The season’s first significant top-10 shakeup went down in Week 7, when West Virginia, Georgia, Washington and Penn State all saw their playoff chances take a hit. It was wild, but it was only a taste of what’s ahead. Some of last week’s biggest winners face tricky tests in Week 8 against teams the college football public may be sleeping on: Michigan heads to Michigan State, LSU hosts Mississippi State and Oregon heads to Washington State. And that group doesn’t include Clemson’s game against ACC Atlantic challenger NC State or Cincinnati’s bid to remain undefeated in Philly.
Below, our writers and editors take turns defending their straight-up picks for the biggest games of the Week 8 slate.