Predicting which of college football's remaining 10 undefeated teams will lose in Week 9

We’re successful nan bosom of nan assemblage shot regular season, and conscionable 10 FBS teams stay undefeated astatine this point.

In nan predictions past week, we were incorrect astir Texas staying undefeated and incorrectly said some Miami (Fla.) and BYU would lose, and they, successful fact, did not. The Longhorns are nan only squad to driblet disconnected this database from past week.

So of nan 10 undefeated teams headed into Week 9, nan Big Ten has three, nan Big 12, ACC and AAC each person 2 and nan SEC is obscurity to beryllium recovered arsenic those teams person been beating each different up each season.

Now, arsenic overmuch arsenic we wish we could, we can’t really foretell nan future. But that’s not stopping america from attempting to educatedly conjecture which assemblage shot teams will beryllium dealt their first nonaccomplishment of nan season. Here are our predictions for this week’s undefeated teams.

All games are connected Saturday unless different noted, each chances of winning are from ESPN’s FPI and each odds are via BetMGM.

No. 1 Oregon (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten)

Wins: Idaho, Boise State, Oregon State, UCLA, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue
Chance of winning out: 15.7 percent
Week 9 game: vs. No. 20 Illinois, 3:30 p.m. ET connected CBS
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes.

Illinois will put up a bully fight, contempt having to travel crossed 2 clip zones to get to Eugene. But nan Ducks really mightiness beryllium nan champion squad successful nan state this season, and we’re not picking against them — and decidedly not arsenic 21.5-point favorites — until they look shaky against a squad they should beat. Dillon Gabriel’s Heisman Trophy run is backmost up and running, and Oregon returns to this database adjacent week.

No. 3 Penn State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten)

Wins: West Virginia, Bowling Green, Kent State, Illinois, UCLA, USC
Chance of winning out: 6.8 percent
Week 9 game: At Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. ET connected NBC
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes.

Every year, we talk astir Penn State being nan existent deal… until it runs head-first into a highly classed Big Ten squad and throws a nonaccomplishment aliases 2 into nan mix. However, THIS Penn State squad mightiness really beryllium for existent pinch nan No. 10 discourtesy and No. 6 defense among FBS teams. The Badgers’ defense mightiness beryllium capable to slow nan Nittany Lions, 6.5-point favorites, down and support it close, but this isn’t nan crippled wherever Penn State messes up.

No. 6 Miami (Fla.) (7-0, 3-0 ACC)

Wins: Florida, Florida A&M, Ball State, South Florida, Virginia Tech, Cal, Louisville
Chance of winning out: 29.1 percent
Week 9 game: vs. Florida State, 7 p.m. ET connected ESPN
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes.

Hurricanes backmost Cam Ward is doing unthinkable things this play and has nan astir passing yards (2,538) truthful acold this play by much than 100. No chance Florida State is nan squad to yet sound disconnected Miami, which is simply a 21-point favorite.

No. 10 Iowa State (7-0, 4-0 Big 12)

Wins: North Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas State, Houston, Baylor, West Virginia, UCF
Chance of winning out: 8.5 percent
Week 9 game: Bye
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes, duh.

The Cyclones’ awesome 2024 run is connected clasp for a bye week earlier taking connected Texas Tech nan first play of November.

No. 11 BYU (7-0, 4-0 Big 12)

Wins: Southern Illinois, SMU, Wyoming, Kansas State, Baylor, Arizona, Oklahoma State
Chance of winning out: 3.8 percent
Week 9 game: At UCF, 3:30 p.m. ET connected ESPN
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes.

It’s really unclear why precisely BYU, an undefeated team, is simply a 1.5-point underdog here, moreover connected nan roadworthy pinch a batch of travel. If nan Cougars lose, it’ll beryllium an highly adjacent game. But we don’t spot that happening.

No. 13 Indiana (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten)

Wins: Florida International, Western Illinois, UCLA, Charlotte, Maryland, Northwestern, Nebraska
Chance of winning out: 7.5 percent
Week 9 game: vs. Washington, noon ET connected BTN
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes.

Look, nan Hoosiers are bound to driblet a crippled astatine immoderate point, right? And this 1 mightiness conscionable beryllium it pinch quarterback Kurtis Rourke out this week arsenic he recovers from insignificant thumb surgery. The Huskies are inconsistent, but moreover without Rourke, Indiana arsenic a 6.5-point favourite should beryllium capable to triumph connected nan ground. Eight-win Indiana, present we come.

No. 19 Pitt (7-0, 2-0 ACC)

Wins: Kent State, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Youngstown State, North Carolina, Cal
Chance of winning out: 0.2 percent
Week 9 game: vs. Syracuse, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. ET connected ESPN
Undefeated aft Week 9: No.

Offensively, nan Panthers are doing conscionable good astatine No. 8 successful yards per crippled (480.8), but their defense will beryllium their downfall. They should perfectly beryllium capable to hit Syracuse astatine location arsenic 5.5-point favorites, but that’s precisely why nan Orange could beryllium poised to manus Pitt its first nonaccomplishment of nan year.

No. 23 Army (7-0, 6-0 AAC)

Wins: Lehigh, Florida Atlantic, Rice, Temple, Tulsa, UAB, East Carolina
Chance of winning out: 2.8 percent
Week 9 game: Bye
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes, duh.

The Black Knights get to return a hit pinch a bye earlier looking up to hosting Air Force connected November 2.

No. 24 Navy (6-0, 4-0 AAC)

Wins: Bucknell, Temple, Memphis, UAB, Air Force, Charlotte
Chance of winning out: 0.4 percent
Week 9 game: vs. No. 12 Notre Dame, noon ET connected ABC astatine MetLife Stadium
Undefeated aft Week 9: No.

It would beryllium truthful breathtaking if nan Midshipmen delivered a 2nd nonaccomplishment to Notre Dame and support their undefeated play alive. And nan neutral tract could use them. Navy is simply a 12.5-point underdog, and while that dispersed seems excessively large, nan Fighting Irish astir apt bargain a triumph here.

Liberty (5-0, 3-0 CUSA)

Wins: Campbell, New Mexico State, UTEP, East Carolina, Florida International
Chance of winning out: 2.5 percent
Week 9 game: At Kennesaw State, Wednesday, 7 p.m. ET connected CBS Sports Network
Undefeated aft Week 9: Yes.

Even if you knew thing astir either of these teams, you’d prime nan undefeated 1 complete nan winless one, particularly since Liberty is simply a 25.5-point favorite. But for what it’s worth, Kennesaw State’s discourtesy is dormant last, 134th of 134 teams.