2024 college football Week 7 picks against the spread, odds, lines, trends: Vegas betting expert reveals picks

Double-digit upsets such as Vanderbilt beating Alabama and Arkansas taking down Tennessee highlighted Week 6, and all that chaos helps set up a massive Week 7 college football schedule. There’s at least one game every day from Tuesday to Saturday and the Saturday slate is arguably the best of the year thus far, highlighted by No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Oregon. The Buckeyes are 4-point favorites in the latest Week 7 college football odds via SportsLine consensus. 

Other notable Week 7 college football lines include No. 1 Texas vs. No. 18 Oklahoma (+14.5) in the first ever SEC version of the Red River Rivalry, No. 9 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 LSU (+3) and No. 4 Penn State vs. USC (+5.5) in the 3:30 p.m. ET CBS game. Before locking in any Week 7 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the college football betting guide from legendary Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall. 

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 while in college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as executive editor for many years. 

An in-demand guest on numerous sports talk radio and TV shows across the country, Bruce’s vast array of editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other outlets. He has won various handicapping titles and also is working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the Week 7 college football schedule on an 18-8 roll (+899) on his official SportsLine college football spread picks. 

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

Top college football predictions for Week 7

One of the top college football picks Marshall is recommending for Week 7: He’s backing No. 7 Alabama (-21.5) to bounce back from its shocking loss to Vanderbilt and win and cover against South Carolina at noon ET on Saturday. He also likes the Over (51) in that matchup. 

“Even with the loss to Vandy, the Tide are still 13-7 ATS since late 2022 and they’re also on 12-2-1 Over run since early last season,” Marshall told SportsLine. “The Gamecocks are 2-1 as dogs this season, but were only 2-5 when getting points in 2023.” See which other picks to make here. 

How to make college football picks for Week 7

Marshall has evaluated every other matchup and he’s found an alarming 23-5 betting trend you need to know this week. Get betting analysis for each matchup 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 visit SportsLine to see which teams to back, all from the legendary Vegas expert who has won multiple handicapping titles, and find out.

Week 7 college football odds 

See full Week 7 college football picks, odds and predictions here.

Tuesday, Oct. 8

FIU at Liberty (-19, 55)

Wednesday, Oct. 9

New Mexico State at Jacksonville State (-21, 57.5)

Thursday, Oct. 10

Coastal Carolina at James Madison (-9.5, 62)

Middle Tennessee at Louisiana Tech (-4, 50)

UTEP at Western Kentucky (-19, 56)

Friday, Oct. 11

Memphis at USF (+6.5, 60)

Northwestern at Maryland (-10, 45)

UNLV at Utah State (+19, 64.5)

Utah at Arizona State (+4, 45)

Saturday, Oct. 12

Clemson at Wake Forest (+20.5, 60.5)

South Carolina at Alabama (-21.5, 51)

Stanford at Notre Dame (-23, 45.5)

Texas vs. Oklahoma (+14.5, 51)

Penn State at USC (+5.5, 48)

Ole Miss at LSU (+3, 64.5)

Ohio State at Oregon (+4, 52.5)

Iowa State at West Virginia (+3, 51)

Kansas State at Colorado (+5.5, 56.5)