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

The Red River Rivalry has been one of the best in football for decades and for the first time in history on Saturday, Texas and Oklahoma will play each other as members of the SEC. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. ET and this will be the 120th all-time meeting between the Longhorns and Sooners, with Texas holding a 63-51-5 edge in the series. No. 1 Texas is favored by 15.5 over No. 18 Oklahoma for this neutral-site matchup at the Cotton Bowl according to the latest Week 7 college football odds via SportsLine consensus.

Meanwhile, No. 9 Ole Miss is a 3.5-point favorite on the road over No. 13 LSU according to the Week 7 college football lines. So might you include either of these two crucial SEC matchups as you build your Week 7 college football parlays? 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. Coming off a 3-9 season, Pat Narduzzi's seat looked a little warm, but Pitt is off to a 5-0 start in his 10th season at the helm. Alabama transfer Eli Holstein has been a big part of the turnaround, as he's looked like one of the best quarterbacks in the ACC thus far.

Holstein has completed 65.7% of his passes for 1,567 yards and 15 touchdowns while only throwing three interceptions and he's also rushed for 265 yards and three touchdowns. He's thrown at least 14 passes to six different receivers this season and there are five players on the Pitt roster with at least 200 receiving yards already.

"Cal has a good pass defense on paper, although the Golden Bears have benefitted from playing offensively-inept teams like Florida State and Auburn. Miami's Cam Ward torched the Cal defense for 437 yards last week," Casale told SportsLine. "I still don't think Pitt is getting enough respect from the oddsmakers." 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.