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Upsets ahead for top 10 teams,? Our college football bold predictions for Week 8

Related Topics: Eddie Timanus, Dan Wolken

USA TODAY

There's nothing predictable about a weekend in the wild world of college football. There can be unexpected and shocking disappointments and unanticipated positive performances on fall Saturdays throughout the country.

The unknown is where they are coming from because even if everyone knows they will happen guessing when and where they will happen is difficult.

That's why we're here to make sense of things. The USA TODAY Sports college football staff — Scooby Axson, Jace Evans, Paul Myerberg, Erick Smith, Eddie Timanus and Dan Wolken — weigh in with its bold predictions for Week 8 of the college football season:

For as bad as Iowa’s offense has been, they have been competitive in games because of their defense, which is only giving up 9.