College Football Week 7 Games: 10 Biggest Matchups to Watch

College football Week 7 features six ranked-vs-ranked matchups, led by Ohio State vs Indiana. CFB Vibes ranks the 10 best games with kickoff times, TV, streaming, radio and model predictions.

College football Week 7 games are headlined by No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana, one of six ranked-vs-ranked matchups in the CFB Vibes top 10 games to watch.

The list ranks the week's six games between ranked teams, then four in which a ranked team is favored by no more than 80%. The CFB Vibes model simulates each game 10,000 times to set its win probability.

Times Eastern. Ranks in team names are the AP Top 25 (Week 7). "Spread" is the betting market's point spread, averaged across books, so it can land on a quarter point. "Win Probability" is the CFB Vibes model's pregame chance to win as of Oct. 13, 2026, the same number each game page shows. Both move until kickoff.

No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana kicks off at noon ET Saturday, Oct. 17, on FOX, streaming on the Fox Sports App. The CFB Vibes model gives Ohio State a 58% chance to win; the point spread is Ohio State -3.5.

On the radio: Ohio State: Ohio State Sports Network · WBNS 1460 AM / 97.1 FM Columbus. Indiana: IU Radio Network · WHCC Bloomington / WIBC Indianapolis.

All 10 games by kickoff, Eastern time.

• ABC carries two of the 10 games, the most of any network.
• One of the 10 is on a streaming service only: No. 25 Northwestern at Michigan State on Peacock.

The CFB Vibes model simulates every game 10,000 times from the betting market's point spread. Its picks in the six ranked-vs-ranked matchups:

• No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana: Ohio State 58% (spread: Ohio State -3.5).
• No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU: Notre Dame 74% (spread: Notre Dame -10.5).
• No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee: Alabama 70% (spread: Alabama -8.75).
• No. 13 Missouri at No. 9 Ole Miss: Ole Miss 65% (spread: Ole Miss -6).
• No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU: LSU 81% (spread: LSU -14).
• No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston: Houston 62% (spread: Houston -4.75).

The closest game on the list is Wisconsin at No. 12 UCLA, where the model gives UCLA a 56% chance to win.

Of the 16 Week 7 games with a ranked team, these are the four in which the ranked team is favored by 80% or less:

• Wisconsin at No. 12 UCLA: UCLA 56% (spread: UCLA -2.5).
• No. 15 Kentucky at Oklahoma: Oklahoma 67% (spread: Oklahoma -7).
• No. 25 Northwestern at Michigan State: Northwestern 67% (spread: Northwestern -7.5).
• Virginia at No. 24 SMU: SMU 72% (spread: SMU -9.25).

Just outside the cut: Arizona State at No. 10 Texas Tech (Texas Tech 81%); No. 11 Utah at Colorado (Utah 83%); Florida State at No. 3 Miami (Miami 91%).

Each program's season-long radio network and flagship station, as the school publishes it. Affiliate lineups and listen-live links are on each team's How to Watch page.

• What are the best college football games in Week 7? 1. No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana; 2. No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU; 3. No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee; 4. No. 13 Missouri at No. 9 Ole Miss; 5. No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU; 6. No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston; 7. Wisconsin at No. 12 UCLA; 8. No. 15 Kentucky at Oklahoma; 9. No. 25 Northwestern at Michigan State; 10. Virginia at No. 24 SMU.
• What is the biggest college football game of Week 7? No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana, the matchup of the two highest-ranked teams by combined AP Top 25 ranking.
• What channel is Ohio State vs Indiana on? FOX, streaming on the Fox Sports App.
• What time does Ohio State vs Indiana start? Noon ET Saturday, Oct. 17.
• How many ranked vs ranked games are in Week 7? Six, and all six are in the CFB Vibes top 10.

• Up to six games between two AP Top 25 teams, highest combined ranking first, then games in which a ranked team is favored by 80% or less, closest first, until there are ten. That order is the Rank column.
• Win probabilities come from the CFB Vibes model, which simulates each game 10,000 times from the betting market's point spreads. A game with no line is not priced and cannot make the list.
• The spread is that same market line, averaged across books. The team with the minus sign is favored to win by that many points.
• TV and streaming are the listings the site's schedule feed carried for each game, the same ones on every team's How to Watch page. A game with no carrier listed yet says so.
• Radio is each program's season-long network and flagship station. Availability can vary by game.

Season

2026, Week 7

Rankings

AP Top 25, Week 7

Games with a ranked team

16

Ranked vs. ranked

6

Figures generated

2026-10-13

• No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana: game page · Ohio State how to watch · Indiana how to watch
• No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU: game page · Notre Dame how to watch · BYU how to watch
• No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee: game page · Alabama how to watch · Tennessee how to watch
• No. 13 Missouri at No. 9 Ole Miss: game page · Missouri how to watch · Ole Miss how to watch
• No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU: game page · Mississippi State how to watch · LSU how to watch
• No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston: game page · Oklahoma State how to watch · Houston how to watch
• Wisconsin at No. 12 UCLA: game page · Wisconsin how to watch · UCLA how to watch
• No. 15 Kentucky at Oklahoma: game page · Kentucky how to watch · Oklahoma how to watch
• No. 25 Northwestern at Michigan State: game page · Northwestern how to watch · Michigan State how to watch
• Virginia at No. 24 SMU: game page · Virginia how to watch · SMU how to watch

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