Week 7 College Football Lines

Written by Jack Jones

Here’s a quick look at the betting odds for some of the top matchups in college football for Week 7. You can click on each matchup for a more detailed preview and you can see the odds on every single game this week on our odds page.

Thursday October 13, 2011

8:00 PM ET | San Diego State at Air Force (Air Force -7, O/U 59) – Get ready for a lot of running in this one. These two have combined to average 89 rush attempts per game to just 52 pass attempts. This spread seems right based on how the season has gone so far.

9:00 PM ET | USC at Cal (USC -3.5, O/U 58.5) – Both offenses in this match up average over 450 total yards per game. This total seems low with numbers like that. USC has given up more than 40 points per game and Cal has given up at least 30 points in three games already this season.

Friday October 13, 2011

9:00 PM ET | Hawaii at San Jose State (Hawaii -6, O/U 55.5) -Not really a great match up here, but it’s the only game on Friday, so bear with me. Hawaii typically struggles on the mainland, but they’ve won 5 of the last 6 in this series.

Saturday October 14, 2011

12:00 PM ET | Michigan at Michigan State (Michigan State -1.5, O/U 49.5) -I can see why this line is about a coin flip. Both teams have impressive wins this season. I would note that Michigan’s best win this season game at home, but their win at Northwestern last week was impressive. The Spartans just beat Ohio State on the road, which is a great accomplishment, even if the Buckeyes are having a down year.

12:00 PM ET | Baylor at Texas A&M (A&M -9, O/U 76) -All you need to do is look at the total to know this game is going to be a shootout. Baylor is averaging just under 48 points per game – their lowest output being 35 points, while Texas A&M has scored 45 or more points twice this season and averages just under 40 points per game.

12:20 PM ET | South Carolina at Mississippi State (South Carolina -3, O/U 47) – Hopes were high at Mississippi State this season, but they’ve come up short in their big games this year. South Carolina looks good, but their starting QB just got kicked off of the team and their loss at home to Auburn two weeks ago show they are vulnerable.

3:30 PM ET | Oklahoma State at Texas (Okie St. -8.5, O/U 65) – It would be easy to jump on the Cowboy’s bandwagon for this game. Texas just got embarrassed in the Red River Rivalry last week and Oklahoma State just threw up 70 points on Kansas. I would use caution, however, as putting too much stock in the previous week is often the biggest mistake you can make in betting football.

3:30 PM ET | LSU at Tennessee (LSU -17.5, O/U 43.5) -Right now LSU looks unbeatable. I thought this spread looked very high at first glance, but I’m not comfortable betting against the Tigers at this point in the season.

3:30 PM ET | Ohio State at Illinois (Illinois -3.5, O/U 44) -You can’t deny the success that Illinois has had, but having seen them play I can’t say I’m that impressed. Nobody knows what’s going on with Ohio State. In the first half of the Nebraska game they looked like they were back at the top of college football. Then there was the second half. This would be a good game to stay away from in my opinion.

3:30 PM ET | Georgia Tech at Virginia (GA Tech -7.5, O/U 55.5) - Georgia Tech had been on a roll until last week, when they looked very beatable at home against Maryland. I’m not sure that Virginia is the team to pull off an upset, but crazier things have happened.

7:00 PM ET | Florida at Auburn (Florida -2, O/U 49.5) -Urgency has to have kicked in for the Gators, who have lost two straight SEC games. I think most people thought this would be a down year for Auburn, but they’ve looked much better than anticipated with conference wins of Mississippi State and South Carolina.

7:00 PM ET | Northwestern at Iowa (Iowa -6.5, O/U 54) -Northwestern is better than their record, but they’ve had a tough run lately. They’ve beaten the Hawkeyes in the last two meetings, and Iowa did not look good at Penn State last week, but the Hawks are one of the best home teams in the nation in recent years, both straight up and against the spread.

7:00 PM ET | Kansas State at Texas Tech (Texas Tech -3.5, O/U 59.5) -Neither one of these teams was really expected to do much this season, but both have looked great so far. Kansas State has wins over Miami, Baylor and Missouri, while Texas Tech hung with Texas A&M last week in the Red Raiders’ only loss this season.

7:00 PM ET | Clemson at Maryland (Clemson -8, O/U 54) -Clemson suddenly looks like a championship contender. It won’t be easy for them this week at Maryland, but the Terps simply haven’t looked good since their Week 1 win over Miami.

7:00 PM ET | Georgia at Vanderbilt (Georgia -11, O/U 41) – Georgia has really turned it around with three-straight SEC wins after losing their first two games of the season. Vandy is heading in the opposite direction, winning their first three games, but getting beat up in their first two conference games of the year.

10:15 PM ET | Arizona State at Oregon (Oregon -14, O/U 66.5) – Oregon has been on a mission since losing to LSU in Week 1 this season. The Ducks are averaging over 50 points per game on about 540 total yards of offense per game. Arizona State is a solid team in their own right, but my advice is to not bet against Oregon right now.

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