2024 College Football Week 7 Tips Compare Spread, Odds, Lines and Betting Trends: Vegas Expert Meets Tips

Big Ten expansion brings with it some new conference rivalries that were once reserved for the Rose Bowl. Some of those will be the focus of the Week 7 college football schedule when No. 2 Ohio State plays No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 Penn State takes on USC in the CBS game at 3:30 p.m. ET. The latest college football odds for Week 7, according to SportsLine consensus, have the Buckeyes at -3 and the Nittany Lions at -3.5 in their respective matchups. The SEC also has a loaded slate, highlighted by No. 9 Ole Miss (-3.5) vs. No. 13 LSU, No. 7 Alabama (-21.5) vs. South Carolina and No. 1 Texas (-15.5 ) against No. 18 Oklahoma in the first SEC edition of the Red River Rivalry.

The action continues well into the evening as No. 18 Kansas State (-3.5) takes on Deion Sanders’ Colorado squad and Heisman hopeful Ashton Jeanty and No. 17 Boise State take on Hawaii on CBS Sports Network, with both kickoffs taking place after 10 a.m. ET. Before you lock in your Week 7 college football picks for these or any other games, be sure to check out legendary Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall’s college football betting guide.

For years, Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information during college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when he was hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as Editor-in-Chief for many years.

Bruce is a featured guest on numerous sports talk radio and television shows across the country and his extensive editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other media outlets. He has won various disability awards and is also working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the Week 7 college football schedule with a mark of 18-8 (+899) on his official SportsLine college football spread picks.

Using his Tech Corner technique that evaluates all the trends and the latest college football odds, Marshall has now turned his attention to college football betting for Week 7 and revealed picks for each matchup. Head over to SportsLine to see every pick.

The best college football predictions for Week 7

One of the top college football picks Marshall recommends for Week 7: He’s backing No. 7 Alabama (-21.5) to cover at home against South Carolina in kickoff at noon ET.

This could be a rare low-buy opportunity for Alabama after the Tide was surprised by Vanderbilt in Nashville last week. It was just two weeks ago that Alabama beat Georgia in Tuscaloosa, in a game in which the Tide led by as many as 28 points. So despite last week’s stumble, Alabama’s chances are still huge.

South Carolina, meanwhile, had shown signs early in the season of being a team that could be included in the SEC mix, but the Gamecocks utterly failed in a 27-3 home loss to Ole Miss last week. Marshall expects Alabama to refocus after it’s embarrassing at Vanderbilt and he likes the Tide, a team that’s on a 13-7 run against the spread in 2022. He also supports the over (50.5), as 12 of Alabama’s last 15 games have cleared the total score. See what other tips you can make here.

How to make college football picks for Week 7

Marshall has evaluated every other match and has come across an alarming 8-0 betting trend that you need to know about this week. Get betting analysis for every match at SportsLine.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence, and what alarming trend do you need to know about? Check out the latest college football odds below, then head over to SportsLine to see which teams you should support, all from the legendary Vegas expert who has won multiple handicapping titles, and find out.

College football odds for Week 7

Complete college football picks, odds and predictions for Week 7 can be found here.

Saturday, October 12th

Clemson at Wake Forest (+20.5, 62.5)

South Carolina at Alabama (-21.5, 50.5)

Stanford at Notre Dame (-22.5, 45.5)

Texas vs. Oklahoma (+15.5, 48.5)

Penn State at USC (+3.5, 50.5)

Mississippi State at Georgia (-33.5, 54.5)

Florida at Tennessee (-14.5, 57)

Ole Miss at LSU (+3.5, 62.5)

Ohio State at Oregon (+3, 54)

Vanderbilt at Kentucky (-12.5, 44.5)

Iowa State at West Virginia (+3, 53.5)

Kansas State at Colorado (+3.5, 55.5)