Ohio State-Indiana Headlines Loaded Week 7 Top 25 Slate
No. 4 Ohio State travels to No. 5 Indiana on Saturday in a rematch of last season's Big Ten championship game, headlining a Week 7 college football schedule that features six matchups between Associated Press Top 25 opponents. Kickoff at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington is set for noon ET on FOX, with the Buckeyes favored by 3.5 points.
Ohio State enters the game built around wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, who sits two touchdowns shy of the all-time Big Ten record for receiving touchdowns. Indiana, under coach Curt Cignetti, is hosting what multiple analysts have called the biggest home game in program history. Elsewhere on the slate, No. 6 Alabama visits No. 14 Tennessee at Neyland Stadium looking to bounce back after a loss to No. 1 Georgia, while quarterback Keelon Russell suffered his first defeat as the Crimson Tide's starter in that rivalry loss. Tennessee will counter with backup quarterback George MacIntyre. live futsal betting odds
Other ranked matchups include No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU, a game with College Football Playoff implications in which the Cougars will be without star running back LJ Martin. No. 13 Missouri visits No. 9 Ole Miss, with quarterback Austin Simmons facing the program he transferred from, opposite Rebels quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. Mississippi State visits LSU at Tiger Stadium, where the Tigers are favored by 14.5 points following an overtime upset loss to Kentucky last week; Bulldogs quarterback Kamario Taylor remains limited by injury. Texas Tech hosts Arizona State in a Big 12 contest, and Oklahoma hosts Kentucky at Memorial Stadium in Norman after the Sooners' win over Texas in the Red River Rivalry. Oklahoma State faces Houston in Houston, UCLA hosts Wisconsin at the Rose Bowl, and Nebraska plays at Oregon, a matchup complicated by Oregon quarterback Dylan Raiola's rough outing against UCLA and Nebraska starter Dante Moore's absence.
FOX Sports analysts RJ Young, Laken Litman and Ben Portnoy offered straight-up picks for each game, splitting notably on Ohio State-Indiana - Young and Litman both backed the Buckeyes, citing Smith's dominance, while Portnoy stuck with his preseason Big Ten favorite, Indiana. The panel otherwise found broad consensus, unanimously picking Alabama, LSU, Texas Tech, Notre Dame, Kentucky over Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and UCLA, while splitting on Missouri-Ole Miss and unanimously backing Nebraska over Oregon.
Each of these results carries postseason weight. Notre Dame-BYU and Ohio State-Indiana both factor into College Football Playoff positioning, while Alabama-Tennessee and the Big 12 games in Lubbock and Houston will shape conference-title races as the season moves toward its final stretch.
