Spartan Shadows staff Week 7 college football picks against the spread

Week 7 of the college football is here and that means it’s time for our weekly Spartan Shadows staff pick ’em.

Hey everyone, welcome back to the weekly staff college football pick ‘em. Week 6 is over and holy upsets, batman. In total, seven teams ranked in the AP Top 25 lost last week. This is the college football craziness we’ve come to know and love.

Speaking of craziness, Mario Cristobal blew a game in the most painful way possible for the second time of his career. Michigan State fans laughed cause we like to see Miami suffer. Personally, that gave me a little cause for concern. I’d rather not have more big name schools need coaches to fill as well. It was still hilarious to see, though.

We also had one of the biggest college football rivalry games in sports take place last week in the Red River Shootout. That game once again lived up to its thrilling billing. Oklahoma scored the go-ahead touchdown with 17 seconds to play to beat Texas.

Let’s check out the rest of the scores from our picks.

Week 6 results

• No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Texas — Line: Texas -6.5; Result: Oklahoma cover
• No. 23 LSU at No. 21 Missouri — Line: LSU -6.5; Result: LSU cover
• Rutgers at Wisconsin — Line: Wisconsin -14; Result: Rutgers cover
• No. 13 Washington State at UCLA — Line: UCLA -3.5; Result: UCLA cover
• Purdue at Iowa — Line: Iowa -1.5; Result: Iowa cover
• Colorado at Arizona State — Line: Colorado -4.5; Result: Arizona State cover
• No. 11 Alabama at Texas AM — Line: Alabama -2.5; Result: Alabama cover
• No. 20 Kentucky at No. 1 Georgia — Line: Georgia -14.5; Result: Georgia cover
• No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 25 Louisville — Line: Notre Dame -6.5; Result: Louisville cover
• No. 2 Michigan at Minnesota — Line: Michigan -19.5; Result: Michigan cover

For the staff picks recap: Our consensus picks of Notre Dame and Alabama went 1-1. So that is not terrible? We mostly all lost the Colorado and Washington State games. Shout out to Joey for picking ASU and UCLA on those. Also shout out to Max with the horns down call of OU beating Texas. He was the only person to pick that. It was another week, another rough performance, for me. I tried a new strategy when making the picks and well that didn’t do much.

As for records this week, we were all clumped together again. The top two performers last week were Joey and HopMan. They both went 6-4. Next we have Anthony and Daily going 5-5 with solid splits. Everyone else went a close 4-6. Not much separation will come from this week. That is expected though.

Let’s check out the standings.

Updated standings after Week 6

1. Daily MSU: 33-25-2
2. Connor: 32-26-2
3. Emmett: 31-27-2
4. (Tie) Max and Hop: 30-28-2
5. Chris: 28-30-2
6. (Tie) MSU Recruits and Joey: 27-31-2
7. Anthony: 26-32-2

Side Competition updates:

Welp, Daily’s ascent to the top of our leaderboard is now complete. He did lose a game in his battle with HopMan however after Hop tied for the best record last week. Can Daily keep up his hot streak and keep his distance of three games? Both guys are rounding in to form at the half waypoint. Could be a great race down the stretch.

In the battle for the Cane’s Box: Anthony was able to gain a game back on me this week. His ability to split 5-5 was key as I continue to struggle. Hopefully this week, I can turn it around a bit. My lead over Anthony is now at two games.

Now, onto the Week 7 college football picks.

Week 7 picks

Disclaimer: All lines are as of 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 10, from FanDuel. All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.

• Indiana at No. 2 Michigan — Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on FOX (Line: Michigan -33.5)

Daily: Indiana
Connor: Michigan
Emmett: Michigan
Max: Michigan
Hop: Michigan
Chris: Michigan
MSU Recruits: Michigan
Joey: Michigan
Anthony: Michigan

• No. 8 Oregon at No. 7 Washington — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC (Line: Washington -2.5)

Daily: Washington
Connor: Washington
Emmett: Washington
Max: Oregon
Hop: Washington
Chris: Washington
MSU Recruits: Washington
Joey: Washington
Anthony: Oregon

• Texas A&M at No. 19 Tennessee — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS (Line: Tennessee -3.5)

Daily: Texas A&M
Connor: Tennessee
Emmett: Tennessee
Max: Tennessee
Hop: Texas A&M
Chris: Tennessee
MSU Recruits: Texas A&M
Joey: Texas A&M
Anthony: Tennessee

• No. 23 Kansas at Oklahoma State — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1 (Line: Kansas -3.5)

Daily: Kansas
Connor: Kansas
Emmett: Kansas
Max: Kansas
Hop: Oklahoma State
Chris: Oklahoma State
MSU Recruits: Oklahoma State
Joey: Oklahoma State
Anthony: Kansas

• No. 14 Louisville at Pitt — Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CW (Line: Louisville -7.5)

Daily: Louisville
Connor: Louisville
Emmett: Louisville
Max: Louisville
Hop: Louisville
Chris: Louisville
MSU Recruits: Louisville
Joey: Pittsburgh
Anthony: Louisville

• No. 10 USC at No. 21 Notre Dame — Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC (Line: ND -2.5)

Daily: USC
Connor: Notre Dame
Emmett: USC
Max: USC
Hop: Notre Dame
Chris: USC
MSU Recruits: USC
Joey: Notre Dame
Anthony: USC

• No. 25 Miami at No. 12 North Carolina — Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC. Line (UNC -3.5)

Daily: North Carolina
Connor: North Carolina
Emmett: Miami
Max: North Carolina
Hop: North Carolina
Chris: North Carolina
MSU Recruits: North Carolina
Joey: Miami
Anthony: North Carolina

• Missouri at No. 24 Kentucky — Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on SECN (Line: Kentucky -2.5)

Daily: Kentucky
Connor: Kentucky
Emmett: Missouri
Max: Kentucky
Hop: Missouri
Chris: Kentucky
MSU Recruits: Missouri
Joey: Missouri
Anthony: Kentucky

• No. 18 UCLA at No. 15 Oregon State — Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX (Line: Oregon State -3.5)

Daily: Oregon State
Connor: Oregon State
Emmett: Oregon State
Max: Oregon State
Hop: UCLA
Chris: Oregon State
MSU Recruits: UCLA
Joey: Oregon State
Anthony: Oregon State

• Michigan State at Rutgers — Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on BTN (Line: Rutgers -5.5)

Daily: Michigan State
Connor: Michigan State
Emmett: Rutgers
Max: Michigan State
Hop: Rutgers
Chris: Michigan State
MSU Recruits: Rutgers
Joey: Rutgers
Anthony: Rutgers

Looks like we got some heavy leans for Oregon State, Louisville, and Michigan this week. Michigan State comes back after the bye week to play in Piscataway. The Spartan offense may be looking to potentially make a switch to Katin Houser at quarterback so hopefully that sparks the Spartan offense.

As always, Go Green and happy college football watching, everyone.