2024 College Football Week 9 Tips Compare Spread, Odds, Lines and Betting Trends: Vegas Expert Reveals Tips

The Week 9 college football schedule continues with three exciting games on Friday, including Ashton Jeanty and No. There are four ranked games on Saturday, with college football odds for Week 9 listing No. 12 Notre Dame as a 13.5-point favorite against No. 24 Navy, according to the SportsLine consensus. Another surprising top-25 team, No. 25 Vanderbilt, has a +18.5 lead over No. 5 Texas.

No. 15 Alabama vs. No. 21 Missouri (+17) and No. 8 LSU vs. No. 14 Texas A&M (-1) are some of the other notable college football 9 lines of the week, as these two SEC Matches could end has done a lot to shape the image of the College Football Playoff. Before you lock in your Week 9 college football picks for these or any other games, be sure to check out legendary Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall’s college football betting guide.

For years, Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information during college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when he was hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as Editor-in-Chief for many years.

Bruce is a featured guest on numerous sports talk radio and television shows across the country and his extensive editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other media outlets. He has won various disability awards and is also working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the Week 8 college football weekend schedule with a 24-10 shot (+1281) in his official SportsLine college football spread betting picks.

Using his Tech Corner technique that evaluates all the trends and the latest college football odds, Marshall has now turned his attention to college football betting for Week 9 and revealed picks for each matchup. Head over to SportsLine to see every pick.

The best college football predictions for Week 9

One of the top college football picks Marshall recommends for Week 9: He’s backing Michigan State (+4.5) to cover Saturday’s road game against Michigan at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Wolverines have won four of the last six in this rivalry and have posted huge spread numbers in recent years.

However, Marshall says this is a match where trends from last season can be thrown out the window. Michigan is struggling badly with an ATS record of 1-6, while Michigan State has covered three of its last four games, including a complete upset as a 6.5-point underdog against Iowa last week.

“The Spartans are 1-4 underdogs for head coach Jonathan Smith, a role he previously played well at Oregon State (17-10-1 between 2019-23),” Marshall told SportsLine. See what other tips you can make here.

How to make college football picks for Week 9

Marshall evaluated every other match and found an alarming 27-4 trend that you need to know about this week. Get betting analysis for every match at SportsLine.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence, and what alarming trend do you need to know about? Check out the latest college football odds below, then head over to SportsLine to see which teams you should support, all from the legendary Vegas expert who has won multiple handicapping titles, and find out.

College football odds for Week 9

Complete college football picks, odds and predictions for Week 9 can be found here.

Friday, October 25th

Louisville at Boston College (+7.5, 53.5)

Boise State at UNLV (+3.5, 64.5)

Rutgers at USC (-14, 56)

Saturday, October 26th

Notre Dame vs. Navy (+13.5, 51)

Oklahoma at Ole Miss (-20.5, 49.5)

Washington at Indiana (-6.5, 54)

Nebraska at Ohio State (-25.5, 48.5)

BYU at UCF (-2.5, 53.5)

Missouri at Alabama (-17, 51)

Illinois at Oregon (-21.5, 54.5)

Texas at Vanderbilt (+18.5, 51.5)

LSU at Texas A&M (-1, 54.5)

Michigan State at Michigan (-4.5, 39.5)

Penn State at Wisconsin (+6.5, 47.5)

Cincinnati at Colorado (-6.5, 57)