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College football odds, picks, bets, predictions for Week 7, 2024: Computer model backs Notre Dame, Vanderbilt

SportsLine's advanced computer model has revealed its 2024 Week 7 college football picks

07 Oct 2024, 15:04 · CBS Sports

Last week's college football slate saw four top-10 teams go down, shaking up the rankings heading into the Week 7 college football schedule. Top-ranked Alabama fell to Vanderbilt in shocking fashion, so the Crimson Tide cannot afford another upset loss when they host South Carolina on Saturday afternoon. The now-No. 7 Crimson Tide are 21.5-point favorites against the Gamecocks in the Week 7 college football odds. South Carolina is coming off a 27-3 loss to then-No. 12 Ole Miss, so should you fade the Gamecocks with your Week 7 college football bets?

No. 2 Ohio State (-4.5) travels to No. 3 Oregon in the biggest game of the week, while No. 1 Texas (-14.5) faces No. 18 Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl. Another important Week 7 college football spread pits No. 13 LSU (+3) against No. 9 Ole Miss on Saturday night. Before locking in any Week 7 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the latest college football predictions from SportsLine's proven model.

The model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Since its inception, it has generated a profit of well over $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college spread football picks, and is 8-4 on top-rated picks over the past two weeks of this season. Anyone who has followed it has seen strong returns.

Now, it has turned its attention to the latest college football odds and Week 7 college football betting lines on the spread, money line and over/under. Head here to see every pick.

Top college football predictions for Week 7

One of the college picks the model is high on during Week 7: No. 11 Notre Dame (-23.5) cruises to a blowout win over Stanford in a 3:30 p.m. ET matchup on Saturday. Notre Dame's shocking loss to Northern Illinois in Week 2 certainly seems like an outlier at this point, as the Fighting Irish have looked excellent in their other four games. They opened their three-game homestand with wins over Miami (OH) and then-No. 15 Louisville, covering the 6.5-point spread in their 31-24 win over the Cardinals.

Senior quarterback Riley Leonard had 163 passing yards, 52 rushing yards and three total touchdowns last week. He is facing a Stanford defense that has been torched by Clemson and Virginia Tech in its last two games, allowing a combined 71 points in those blowout losses. SportsLine's model has Notre Dame scoring more than 40 points on Saturday, helping the Fighting Irish cover the spread in 60% of simulations. See the rest of its Week 7 college football picks here.

Another prediction: Vanderbilt (+13.5) stays within the spread against Kentucky in a 7:45 p.m. ET kickoff on Saturday. The Commodores are coming off undoubtedly the biggest win in school history, taking down a top-five opponent for the first time in their 40-35 win over No. 1 Alabama. Senior quarterback Diego Pavia completed 16 of 20 passes for 252 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 56 yards.

That performance did not come out of nowhere for Vanderbilt, as it also beat Virginia Tech in its season opener before taking then-No. 7 Missouri to double overtime as an 18-point underdog. Pavia has completed 66.7% of his passes for 973 yards, eight touchdowns and zero interceptions this season, engineering an efficient offense. The model has him accounting for more than 200 yards on Saturday, as Vanderbilt covers the spread well over 60% of the time. See picks for every other game in Week 7 here.

How to make college football picks for Week 7

The model has also made the call on who wins and covers in every FBS matchup in Week 7, and it's calling for a whopping 10 underdogs to win outright. You can only get every pick for every game at SportsLine.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence, and which 10 underdogs win outright in Week 7? Check out the latest college football odds below, then visit SportsLine to see which teams win and cover the spread, all from a proven computer model that has returned well over $2,000 in profit since its inception, and find out.