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College football Week 7 schedule: Straight-up picks for Top 25 games

By Dominic Gugliotta

SANTA CLARA, CA - JANUARY 07: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his first quarter touchdown reception against the Clemson Tigers the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Levi's Stadium on January 7, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CA - JANUARY 07: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his first quarter touchdown reception against the Clemson Tigers the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Levi's Stadium on January 7, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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Picking winners for all of the Top 25 games in Week 7, including who wins a Death Valley showdown between SEC rivals LSU and Florida.

Week 7 features several interesting matchups including Alabama vs Texas A&M, LSU vs Florida, Penn State vs Iowa and Oklahoma vs Texas in an incredible slate in college football. Starting with the Alabama Crimson Tide, it is almost impossible to pick against this incredible offense so far this year. Texas A&M has shown flashes this season, but the combination of Henry Ruggs III and Jerry Jeudy at the wide receiver position will be impossible to defend on Saturday.

Staying in the SEC, LSU’s quarterback Joe Burrow, backed by head coach Ed Orgeron this week, has been arguably the most impressive player in the sport so far this season. For the Tigers to keep their SEC and college football playoff hopes alive, the team will need to rely on Burrow to grind out a win against a Florida defense that ranks No. 11 in total defense this season.

The Big Ten’s marquee matchup this week is between the Nittany Lions and the Iowa Hawkeyes in a mid-tier Top 25 game. After the loss to the Michigan Wolverines, Nate Stanley will have to improve on a miserable performance one week ago. Throwing zero touchdowns and three interceptions while completing under 60 percent of his passes, Stanley needs to move forward and try to figure out another top-15 defense in Penn State.

The Big 12 contest that everyone has waited for is finally here in Week 7 as Sam Ehlinger will go toe-to-toe with Jalen Hurts in a must-see 12 p.m. kickoff. Two of the games brightest stars look to keep playoff hopes alive in the always entertaining Red River Showdown. Oklahoma currently sits as a 10.5-point favorite in this game but watch out for the Longhorns at home who will be looking to play spoiler to Lincoln Riley’s hype train.

Some other potential upset games this week include a Temple Owls team that faces the newly ranked Memphis Tigers in an American Athletic Conference game. Temple has the defense to compete against the Tigers but will have to put up some points to stay with them. Herm Edwards has booted out a couple of teams from a Top 25 spot and it could be time for Washington State to do the same to them in a Pac-12 game taking place at 3:30 p.m.

Week 7 schedule and predictions (winner in bold)

Saturday, Oct. 12

  • South Carolina at No. 3 Georgia 12 p.m., ESPN
  • No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 11 Texas 12 p.m., FOX
  • No. 16 Michigan at Illinois 12 p.m., ABC
  • No. 23 Memphis at Temple 12 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 1 Alabama at No. 24 Texas A&M 3:30 p.m., CBS
  • Florida State at No. 2 Clemson 3:30 p.m., ABC
  • Michigan State at No. 8 Wisconsin 3:30 p.m., BTN
  • Washington State at No. 18 Arizona State 3:30 p.m., PAC12
  • No. 25 Cincinnati at Houston 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • Texas Tech at No. 22 Baylor 4 p.m.
  • USC at No. 9 Notre Dame 7:30 p.m., NBC
  • No. 10 Penn State at No. 17 Iowa 7:30 p.m., ABC
  • Louisville at No. 19 Wake Forest 7:30 p.m., ACCN
  • No. 7 Florida at No. 5 LSU 8 p.m., ESPN
  • No. 15 Utah at Oregon State 8 p.m., PAC12
  • Hawaii at No. 14 Boise State 10:15 p.m., ESPN2

Overall record: 100-20

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