College football picks for Week 8 games from ESPN College GameDay

Locking in our final picks for college football's biggest Week 8 games with help from ESPN's College GameDay, including Lee Corso's headgear pick

Past the midway point of the 2023 college football season, and many of the division and conference races are starting to heat up with the contenders separating themselves from the pretenders just over a week away from the College Football Playoff selection committee revealing its first rankings. Now, ahead of the loaded Week 8 action, let's make our final game picks.

• Penn State visits Ohio State on the losing end of this rivalry, but this could be the best chance it has to make a statement and move up the Big Ten pecking order.
• The Third Saturday in October reunites Alabama and Tennessee, the latter coming off an upset for the ages in this series, but now the game returns to T-Town.
• USC looks to avoid what would be a playoff-eliminating second straight loss as it hosts Utah and its elite defense to the Coliseum.
• Let's check in with the latest game predictions for Saturday's action, including Lee Corso's latest headgear pick from Columbus.

College football Week 8 picks

Clemson at Miami: A unanimous decision in favor of Clemson to win on the road against the reeling Hurricanes, who would drop to 0-3 in ACC play with a loss.

Duke at Florida State: Likewise for the Seminoles at home against the Blue Devils with a chance to further entrench themselves as the class of the ACC.

Minnesota at Iowa: Three of the four analysts siding with the Big Ten West-leading Hawkeyes to take down the Gophers, while Desmond Howard went with Minnesota.

TCU at Kansas State: Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit joined Howard in predicting Kansas State will take down the Horned Frogs.

Washington State at Oregon: The whole panel elected Oregon to take down the Cougars, on a two-game losing skid after starting 4-0, this week.

Utah at USC: The public vote is siding slightly with the Trojans at 58 percent, as do all of GameDay's analysts, save Kirk Herbstreit, who picked Utah to win.

Tennessee at Alabama: A unanimous vote for the Crimson Tide to avenge last season's upset and stay undefeated in SEC play with a win over the Vols, who would drop to 2-2 in conference play with a loss.

Penn State at Ohio State: Howard, McAfee, and Herbstreit predict the Buckeyes will take care of business at home against their division rivals.

Lee Corso's Headgear Pick: Ohio State over Penn State

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• Penn State at Ohio State
• Tennessee at Alabama
• Utah at USC
• Ole Miss at Auburn
• Texas at Houston
• Michigan at Michigan State

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