College football betting guide: Expert Week 9 CFB predictions, picks, odds & best bets

The home straight of the 2024 college football season is fast approaching as we march into Week 9’s Saturday slate. Alabama fell to Tennessee last week and essentially has its season on the line in this week’s clash with Missouri. Meanwhile, Oregon is now ranked #1 and takes on Illinois...

April 17, 2026 • 7:46 AM

The home straight of the 2024 college football season is fast approaching as we march into Week 9’s Saturday slate. Alabama fell to Tennessee last week and essentially has its season on the line in this week’s clash with Missouri. Meanwhile, Oregon is now ranked #1 and takes on Illinois as Ohio State hosts Nebraska. Will we see any more upsets this week? You can find all of our college football picks and CFB predictions for Saturday’s big matchups. On top of that, we have our college football expert’s best bets of the day, along with our parlays and Same Game Parlay picks to help you bet better today across all of the NCAAF action. Let’s dive in!

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College football Week 9 best bets

Our top college football expert gives their best bets across Saturday’s huge slate.

CFB Week 9 best bets for Saturday — target our expert’s top picks for the day’s games.

College football Week 9 parlays

See our CFB Week 9 parlay for Saturday’s games, while we have an SGP for the crunch battle between LSU and Texas A&M on Saturday night.

College football Week 9 parlay — we’ve cashed 2 parlays in the past 2 weeks!

LSU vs Texas A&M Same Game Parlay — parlay these 3 picks for Saturday night’s matchup at +575 odds!

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College football Week 9 picks

Below, you’ll find our betting previews and NCAAF predictions for the hottest matchups in Week 8:

Nebraska vs Ohio State prediction

Notre Dame vs Navy prediction

Oklahoma vs Ole Miss prediction

Washington vs Indiana prediction

BYU vs UCF prediction

Illinois vs Oregon prediction

Missouri vs Alabama prediction

Texas Tech vs TCU prediction

Texas vs Vanderbilt prediction

Florida State vs Miami prediction

Michigan State vs Michigan prediction

Penn State vs Wisconsin prediction

LSU vs Texas A&M prediction

Kansas vs Kansas State prediction

SMU vs Duke prediction

Cincinnati vs Colorado prediction