College football odds, lines, bets, predictions for Week 7, 2021: Proven model backing Ole Miss, Iowa

After a weekend full of upsets, the Week 7 college football schedule is here to navigate through a season that has levels of parity the sport hasn’t seen in a while. Alabama, as it tries to recover from its loss to Texas A&M, is a 17.5-point favorite at Mississippi State in the latest Week 7 college football odds at Caesars Sportsbook. Georgia, the team that overtook the Crimson Tide for the No. 1 spot in the rankings, is a 22.5-point favorite over an undefeated Kentucky team.

Iowa, the second-ranked team in the nation, hosts Purdue as a 12.5-point favorite on Saturday. Texas A&M, after beating Alabama, is an eight-point favorite at Missouri. Which Week 7 college football lines have the best value? Before making any Week 7 college football picks on those games or others, be sure to see the latest college football predictions and betting advice from SportsLine’s proven model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Over the past five-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated a stunning profit of almost $3,800 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. It also enters Week 7 of the 2021 season on a 19-7 run on all top-rated college football side picks. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns.

Now, it has turned its attention to the latest Week 7 college football odds from Caesars and locked in picks for every FBS matchup. Head here to see every pick.

Top Week 7 college football predictions

One of the top college football picks the model is recommending for Week 7: No. 13 Ole Miss covers (-3) at Tennessee in a 7:30 p.m. ET matchup on Saturday. Ole Miss just played one of the games of the year, a 52-51 win over Arkansas, and has one of the nation’s best offenses. Against Tennessee, the Rebels might see a version of themselves.

As Lane Kiffin visits the school where he spent one year before leaving for the USC job, SportsLine projects his Ole Miss team to win and cover behind another big game from Kiffin’s offense. The model projects that Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral throws for over 300 yards, while Ole Miss runners combine for close to 200 yards on the ground. SportsLine’s model projects a 40-32 Ole Miss victory, and shows the Rebels covering the spread in almost 60 percent of simulations. 

Another one of the college football predictions from the model: No. 2 Iowa keeps rolling and covers the 12.5-point spread at home against Purdue in a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff. The Hawkeyes are legitimate national title contenders after opening the season 6-0 and knocking off Penn State in a top-five clash last week. They’ve been covering machines as well, going 5-1 against the spread thus far.

Purdue is just 1-2 straight up in its last three games and hasn’t covered during that span. There’s not much in Purdue’s profile to suggest that the Boilermakers will be able to keep this one too competitive, and SportsLine’s model is projecting that the Hawkeyes cover in well over 60 percent of simulations. 

How to make Week 7 college football picks 

The model has also made the call on who wins and covers in every other game on the Week 7 college football schedule, and it’s calling for a top-10 team to get a huge scare. You can only get every pick for every game at SportsLine.

So what college football picks can you make with confidence? And which top-10 squad gets a huge scare? 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 almost $3,800 in profit over the past five-plus seasons, and find out.

Week 7 college football odds (via Caesars)

Here are the college football lines for some of Week 7’s most notable matchups:

Thursday, Oct. 14

Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama (-3, 49.5)

Navy vs. Memphis (-8.5, 52.5)

Friday, Oct. 15

Marshall vs. North Texas (+10.5, 65.5)

Clemson vs. Syracuse (+13.5, 45.5)

Oregon vs. California (+14, 55.5)

San Diego State vs. San Jose State (+8, 42.5)

Saturday, Oct. 16

UCF vs. Cincinnati (-20, 56)

Michigan State vs. Indiana (+3, 51.5)

Auburn vs. Arkansas (-3.5, 53)

Florida vs. LSU (+10, 58.5)

Texas A&M vs. Missouri (+8, 61)

Oklahoma State vs. Texas (-5, 60.5)

Georgia vs. Kentucky (+22.5, 44.5)

BYU vs. Baylor (-4.5, 48)

Purdue vs. Iowa (-12.5, 43)

Alabama vs. Mississippi State (+17.5, 59)

NC State vs. Boston College (+2, 51)

TCU vs. Oklahoma (-12, 66)

Arizona State vs. Utah (+1, 51)