2024 college football picks, Week 7 odds, lines, best bets from proven expert: This 3-leg parlay pays 6-1

Thomas Casale has locked in his top three college football picks for Week 7 and his CFB parlay could pay out around +600

The Week 7 college football schedule features three heavyweight conference games, with No. 1 Texas (-14.5) taking on No. 18 Oklahoma in the 2024 Red River Rivalry, No. 2 Ohio State (-3.5) and No. 3 Oregon battling for Big Ten supremacy, and No. 9 Ole Miss (-3.5) visiting No. 13 LSU. The road team is favored in all three of those top-25 matchups and the College Football Playoff implications are clear in each matchup. So how should you be playing those games and what other Week 7 college football odds can you take advantage of?

Other notable Week 7 matchups on Saturday include Wisconsin at Rutgers (-2.5) and No. 18 Kansas State (-4) at Colorado. Before locking in any Week 7 college football picks, be sure to see the top Week 7 college football expert picks, predictions and best bets from Thomas Casale.

A frequent guest on national radio and TV shows to discuss college sports, Casale has been betting -- and winning -- for more than 30 years. Over the past two college football seasons, Casale is 122-92-5 (57%) overall on his college football picks and 26-8 (76.4%) in bowl games -- all publicly documented. Anybody who has followed him is way up.

Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 7 college football odds and is sharing his top three best bets. If you parlay them together, you could be looking at a return of around 6-1. Get his top college football picks at SportsLine.

Top Week 7 college football expert predictions

One of Casale's top Week 7 college football picks: He is backing Pittsburgh at -3.5 against California in a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Saturday. The Panthers are up to No. 22 in the AP Top 25 after a 5-0 start that included power conference wins over Cincinnati, West Virginia and North Carolina. The Pitt offense is averaging 45.6 points and 522.2 yards per game thanks to a deep group of playmakers and solid play from their signal caller.

"A main reason for Pitt's resurgence has been the play of quarterback Eli Holstein. The redshirt freshman has thrown for 1,564 yards with 15 touchdowns and just three interceptions on the season," Casale told SportsLine. "Look for Holstein to have success against Cal's pass defense that is allowing 236 yards per game, despite playing only one quality quarterback so far."

The Golden Bears got off to a great with wins over Auburn and San Diego State but are coming off tight losses to Miami (FL) and Florida State. Cal gave up 437 passing yards in the loss to the Hurricanes and now has another high-powered passing attack to deal with on Saturday. See what other picks Casale likes at SportsLine. 

How to make Week 7 college football picks 

Casale has also found two other college football picks he loves, including backing an "angry" team that he expects to roll to a huge win. You can only see his picks at SportsLine.

What are the best bets for Week 7 of college football, and which underdog should you be all over? Visit SportsLine now to see Thomas Casale's college football best bets, all from a proven college football handicapper who has gone 26-8 on bowl games the past two seasons, and find out.