There aren't going to be that many more chances to knock off the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Ohio State Buckeyes. These two teams are the top two in America for sure, and it isn't often that they're going to be playing on the road against Top 10 teams again for the rest of the year. The time is now to jump on these teams if they're going to be beaten, and in a year where at least one of the Top 10 teams in the nation has gone down every single week, this is a golden opportunity for Tennessee and Wisconsin respectively to shine.
College Football Week 7 Opening Odds at BookMaker.eu
Appalachian State ( -10.5 ) at Louisiana Lafayette
Navy ( -2.5 ) at East Carolina
Duke at Louisville ( -31 )
Memphis ( -11 ) at Tulane
Mississippi State at BYU ( -7.5 )
San Diego State ( -16 ) at Fresno State
Western Michigan at Akron ( OTB )
Eastern Michigan at Ohio ( -9.5 )
Bowling Green at Toledo ( -24 )
Ball State ( -8 ) at Buffalo
Connecticut at South Florida ( -17 )
Louisiana Tech ( -15 ) at Massachusetts
Virginia Tech ( -18 ) at Syracuse
Temple at UCF ( -3 )
Iowa ( -13.5 ) at Purdue
Minnesota at Maryland ( OTB )
Illinois at Rutgers ( OTB )
Iowa State at Texas ( -14 )
North Carolina at Miami ( -7 )
N.C. State at Clemson ( -16 )
Northwestern at Michigan State ( -4.5 )
Kansas State at Oklahoma ( -11.5 )
Nebraska ( -7 ) at Indiana
Missouri at Florida ( OTB )
Southern Miss at LSU ( -24 )
Pittsburgh ( -5 ) at Virginia
West Virginia at Texas Tech ( -1 )
New Mexico vs. Air Force ( -13 )
Tulsa at Houston ( -19 )
Florida Atlantic at Marshall ( OTB )
Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech ( -11 )
Georgia State at Troy ( -16 )
South Alabama at Arkansas State ( -6 )
UTSA at Rice ( PK )
Central Michigan ( -3 ) at Northern Illinois
Kent State at Miami ( OH ) ( OTB )
Alabama ( -10.5 ) at Tennessee
Ole Miss ( -7 ) at Arkansas
Vanderbilt at Georgia ( OTB )
Arizona State at Colorado ( -9 )
Kansas at Baylor ( -35 )
Wake Forest at Florida State ( -23.5 )
Florida International at Charlotte ( OTB )
Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee State ( -1 )
Texas State at Louisiana Monroe ( -6.5 )
Stanford at Notre Dame ( -2.5 )
Ohio State ( -10 ) at Wisconsin
New Mexico State at Idaho ( -3.5 )
UCLA at Washington State ( -4 )
USC ( -7 ) at Arizona
Colorado State at Boise State ( -27 )
Utah ( -13 ) at Oregon State
Nevada at San Jose State ( -1 )
UNLV at Hawaii ( -4.5 )
Games of the Week
Alabama at Tennessee – Saturday 3:30 p.m. ET
Butch Jones was only really going to be able to keep his job this year if he really took the Volunteers in the right direction, and that meant breaking at least one of the losing skids the team has had against Florida or Alabama. Mission No. 1 was accomplished when Tennessee beat UF 38-28 on Rocky Top a few weeks ago. Can Mission No. 2 be completed as well? It's going to be a tough road for sure against an Alabama team that has really just ripped through its foes and is already battle-tested on the road having won in Arkansas and Ole Miss already this year.
The Crimson Tide though, were nearly beaten in this game last year, and the argument could be made that this is a better Tennessee team than what we saw a year ago. The big problem we see out of the Volunteers is that they turn the ball over too much and get themselves into too much trouble. They turned the ball over seven times last week against Texas A&M on the road, and they've fallen behind by at least two scores four times already this season and have lived to tell about all but one of them.
We will say this much, though. If you think you can rely upon magic to get you past Alabama after falling behind by two or three TDs, you're out of your mind. The Tide are set at -10.5, but we know they'll cover this spread if the Volunteers get out of the blocks as poorly in this one as they have in recent weeks.
Ohio State at Wisconsin – Saturday 8 p.m. ET
The Badgers have already made a couple really loud statements this year. The big problem they've got though, is that the wins over Michigan State and LSU don't look nearly as good now as they did at the time of those victories, and the close loss at Michigan was still a loss. Still, for a team that has already played at the Big House and at Spartan Stadium, not to mention having played a "home game" at Lambeau Field, it'll be nice to get one of these massive games at home.
And it doesn't get more massive than this. The Badgers have upset many a big team at the Bounce House over the years, and the fact that this game is being played at night with the College GameDay crew in attendance is only going to make the game bigger and bigger.
The Buckeyes though, have looked unfazed this year. They're sitting at No. 2 in the land, and the argument could be made that they've been the most impressive team in the nation this year. They were pushed for three quarters by Indiana last week and had to seriously play in the fourth quarter for the first time really this season, but even that game turned into a bit of a romp in the end.
That's why the Bucks are double-digit favorites on the road at -10, and there might not be anything derailing this team the rest of the way until the Michigan game if this one is overcome.
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