It should be quite the interesting week of NFL betting action in Week 7, as some of the top teams in the league square off against one another with playoff positioning firmly being on the line. Don’t miss our look at the Week 7 odds and all of the NFL betting lines for this week.

There’s no game on the board this week that is more important than the clash between the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos. Simply put, this is the biggest regular season game that the Colts have played since moving to Baltimore. They are taking on their former QB Peyton Manning, a legend in Indianapolis and a man for whom many teenagers are named for both in Indiana and in Tennessee. You won’t find a more loved man in the city that doesn’t currently play for the Colts, and there is going to be a huge tribute to Manning for what he did in Indy prior to this game. It should be emotional for sure, and we expect that Manning is going to be in his element playing in his old home. The Broncos, who have the best team in football right now, are -6.5 in this one, and that makes them the second biggest road favorites of the weekend. This game also features a ‘total’ of 56, the highest of the weekend.

The other road favorites of note and substance this weekend are the San Diego Chargers and the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks take on the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday Night Football this week, while the Bolts are going against the winless (and hapless) Jacksonville Jaguars. Seattle is giving 5.5 in this one, which is a far cry from the 58-0 score that these two teams played to last year. Don’t be shocked if this one is about some payback in the NFC West, as the Cards can get within just one game of the division lead if they can pull off this shocker. Jacksonville meanwhile, is the biggest home underdog of the weekend, as it is a 7.5-point pup. However, with the Chargers flying across the country and playing at 10:00 AM local time game the week after playing on Monday Night Football, the deck is stacked in favor of the hosts. If there was ever a game in which Jacksonville was going to beat a good team, this would be the game.

And then there are some games this weekend that just look flat out weird. The San Francisco 49ers are only laying four on the road against the Tennessee Titans, who are still using QB Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback. Meanwhile, the Carolina Panthers are -6.5 and bordering on -7 at home against the St. Louis Rams in a battle of teams that, at least on paper, look relatively comparable. The Washington Redskins have a significantly worse record than the Chicago Bears, and the argument could be made that these two teams will finish nowhere near each other this year. However, off of their bye week, QB Robert Griffin III and the Redskins are only a pick ’em at home against Chicago, insinuating that this could be the best game of the day on the Week 7 betting lines. Perhaps the oddest of the odd? The New York Jets are only +3.5 at home against the New England Patriots, who feel like they should be favored by at least a TD in this one.

Not every game is complete lopsided by looks, though. The Houston Texans are in desperate need of a victory, and they are going to try to snap their four-game losing streak against the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs just broke the record for the loudest crowd road ever at an NFL game at 137.7 dB, and you know that this is going to be amped up for this game against the two-time defending AFC South champs. QB Matt Schaub is highly suspect at this point, and he is questionable for this game with a leg injury. The Houston offense needs any spark that it can get. The Texans are sharp for sure, and they are +6.5 on the road at Arrowhead. This game features the lowest ‘total’ of the day at 39.5, and it is one of the four games on the docket with ‘totals’ of 41 or lower, making it the lowest scoring week by average ‘total’ in NFL betting action this year.

The Detroit Lions and the Cincinnati Bengals were both laughing stocks for a number of years, but now, they are both division leaders with a chance to really put their foot down in their respective divisions. The Bengals are on the road at Ford Field, where they are getting 2.5, though Detroit is still wondering if it is going to have its best offensive weapon, WR Calvin Johnson ready to go in this game.

The Philadelphia Eagles are -2.5 at home with QB Nick Foles calling the shots against the Dallas Cowboys in a game where first place is on the line in the NFC East. The Miami Dolphins are -7.5 at home against the Buffalo Bills, who could be starting either QB Thad Lewis or the newly acquired QB Matt Flynn under center this week. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are getting 7.5 against the Atlanta Falcons, who also have injury problems the likes of which you wouldn’t believe. When he gets in the huddle on Sunday, the only skill player that might be looking back at QB Matt Ryan that was starting the season in that huddle is TE Tony Gonzalez. WR Roddy White, WR Julio Jones, and RB Steven Jackson all expect to be sitting this one out.

In the 4:00 ET hour, the Pittsburgh Steelers are trying to salvage their season, something that they will be able to accomplish if they can beat the NFL betting lines against the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers are -2.5 at home against the defending Super Bowl champs. Elsewhere, the Green Bay Packers, even without LB Clay Matthews and WR Randall Cobb, are -10.5 at home against the Cleveland Browns.

Sadly, the worst game of the week is probably the Monday Night Football game. The winless New York Giants are favored by 3.5 to get their first victory of the campaign against the one-win Minnesota Vikings, who are going to be starting QB Josh Freeman, marking their third starting quarterback thus far in six games on the season.

2013 NFL Week 7 Spreads @ SportBet Sportsbook (as of 10/17/13):
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Week 7 NFL Point Spreads for Thursday, October 17th
303 Seattle Seahawks -5.5
304 Arizona Cardinals +5.5
Over/Under 41

Week 7 NFL Lines for Sunday, October 20th (1:00 ET Kickoffs)
397 New England Patriots -3.5
398 New York Jets +3.5
Over/Under 43.5

399 San Diego Chargers -7.5
400 Jacksonville Jaguars +7.5
Over/Under 45.5

401 Houston Texans +6
402 Kansas City Chiefs -6
Over/Under 39.5

403 Cincinnati Bengals +2.5
404 Detroit Lions -2.5
Over/Under 47

405 Buffalo Bills +7.5
406 Miami Dolphins -7.5
Over/Under 42.5

407 Chicago Bears pk
408 Washington Redskins pk
Over/Under 50

409 Dallas Cowboys +2.5
410 Philadelphia Eagles -2.5
Over/Under 54.5

411 St. Louis Rams +6.5
412 Carolina Panthers -6.5
Over/Under 42

413 Tampa Bay Buccaneers +7.5
414 Atlanta Falcons -7.5
Over/Under 43

NFL Week 7 Lines for Sunday, October 20th (4:00 ET Kickoffs)
415 San Francisco 49ers -4
416 Tennessee Titans +4
Over/Under 40

417 Cleveland Browns +10.5
418 Green Bay Packers -10.5
Over/Under 46.5

419 Baltimore Ravens +2.5
420 Pittsburgh Steelers -2.5
Over/Under 41

Week 7 Sunday Night Football Lines for Sunday, October 20th
421 Denver Broncos -6.5
422 Indianapolis Colts +6.5
Over/Under 56

Monday Night Football Week 7 Spreads for Monday, October 21st
423 Minnesota Vikings +3.5
424 New York Giants -3.5
Over/Under 46.5

Looking for all of the college football on TV this week? You’ve come to the right place here at Bankroll Sports, as we are breaking down all of the best games on the docket and where you can find each and every one of them on the NCAA football television schedule for Week 8.

NCAA Football games on National Television shown in bold

NCAA Football On TV for Tuesday, October 15th (10/15/13)
8:00 ET Louisiana Lafayette @ Western Kentucky (ESPN2, Watch ESPN)

We’re starting off with our games on those really odd nights of the week, and the first of these games pits Western Kentucky against Louisiana Lafayette. Both of these teams are hoping to make it to a bowl game this year, knowing that they have a 7-4 record between them. The Hilltoppers haven’t been beaten in a game this year at home, and that includes a de facto home game against Kentucky, a team from the SEC. ULL is going to be hard-pressed to win this one, though it is clearly one of the best teams in the Sun Belt this year. this one might play into the Sun Belt title race this year.

NCAA Football On TV for Thursday, October 17th (10/17/13)
7:30 ET Miami @ North Carolina (ESPN, Watch ESPN)

The ACC Coastal Division might be wide open this year. North Carolina is only 1-4, and it is going to need to get on a real roll if it is going to make it to a bowl game this season. The Hurricanes are undefeated at this point, and if they can win this game, they are going to be making a case to be in the thick of the National Championship race as well along with Clemson and FSU. The Tar Heels aren’t nearly as bad as 1-4 suggests, and they can win this game when push comes tos shove, especially here at home where they played tremendously well last season. This is a must-win for UNC, or its chances at a bowl game in this season that was full of promise will be very much so in peril.

CFB TV Schedule for Friday, October 18th (10/18/13)
8:00 ET UCF @ Louisville (ESPN, Watch ESPN)

The Cardinals proved that they were beatable last week when they were tested by Rutgers at home, and now they have another short week of preparation to take on a UCF team that has already gone on the road and beaten Penn State this season. Some think that this is the biggest game in the history of the Knights, and that would surely be the case if they were to win this one. This might be the only team left that can stop the Cardinals, as we haven’t seen a lot of progress from any of the other teams out of the AAC at this point. If UCF can win this game, not only are the National Championship hopes for Louisville said and done with, but so too might be the team’s hopes of a BCS bowl game, as the Knights would have the inside track towards the first ever AAC title.

NCAA Football TV Schedule for Saturday, October 19th (10/19/13)
12:00 ET South Carolina @ Tennessee (ESPN, Watch ESPN)
12:00 ET Georgia @ Vanderbilt (CBS)
12:00 ET Texas Tech @ West Virginia (FOX Sports 1)
12:00 ET TCU @ Oklahoma State (FOX)
12:00 ET Minnesota @ Northwestern (ESPN2, Watch ESPN)
12:00 ET Purdue @ Michigan State (Big Ten Network)
12:00 ET SMU @ Memphis (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
12:00 ET Connecticut @ Cincinnati (ESPNU, ESPN Game Plan)
12:00 ET Navy @ Toledo (ESPNEWS, Watch ESPN)
12:21 ET Florida @ Missouri (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
12:30 ET Syracuse @ Georgia Tech (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
1:00 ET Akron @ Miami (OH) (ESPN3.com)
1:00 ET Army @ Temple (ESPN3.com)
1:00 ET Ohio @ Eastern Michigan (ESPN3.com)
2:00 ET Ball State @ Western Michigan (ESPN3.com)
3:00 ET Northern Illinois @ Central Michigan (ESPN3.com)
3:30 ET Iowa @ Ohio State (ABC)
3:30 ET Auburn @ Texas A&M (CBS)
3:30 ET UCLA @ Stanford (ABC OR ESPN2, Watch ESPN)
3:30 ET Oklahoma @ Kansas (ABC OR ESPN2, Watch ESPN)
3:30 ET Indiana @ Michigan (Big Ten Network)
3:30 ET Maryland @ Wake Forest (ESPN2 OR ESPNU, Watch ESPN)
3:30 ET BYU @ Houston (ESPN OR ESPNU, Watch ESPN)
3:30 ET Duke @ Virginia (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
3:30 ET Massachusetts @ Buffalo (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
3:30 ET North Texas @ Louisiana Tech (CBS Sports Network)
6:00 ET Washington @ Arizona State (Pac-12 Network)
7:00 ET Arkansas @ Alabama (ESPN OR ESPN2, Watch ESPN)
7:00 ET LSU @ Ole Miss (ESPN OR ESPN2, Watch ESPN)
7:00 ET Iowa State @ Baylor (ESPNU)
7:00 ET Old Dominion @ Pittsburgh (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
7:00 ET Georgia State @ Texas State (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
7:30 ET USC @ Notre Dame (NBC)
8:00 ET Florida State @ Clemson (ABC)
8:00 ET Wisconsin @ Illinois (Big Ten Network)
8:00 ET Nevada @ Boise State (CBS Sports Network)
8:00 ET Rice @ New Mexico State (ESPN3.com, ESPN Game Plan)
10:00 ET Washington State @ Oregon (FOX Sports 1)
10:00 ET Utah @ Arizona (Pac-12 Network)
10:30 ET Oregon State @ California (ESPN2, Watch ESPN)

It’s definitely another edition of Separation Saturday for a lot of the Top 25 teams in the land. Right off the bat, there are four Top 25 teams that are on the road in the noon hour, and three of those teams are in the SEC. The one that isn’t is Texas Tech, which has to take on West Virginia. Very quietly, the Red Raiders are one of the two teams in the Big XII yet to lose a game this year, and Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury deserves a lot of credit for keeping this team in the saddle through half of the season.

Meanwhile in the SEC, we have already learned just how dangerous playing against good teams can be. Florida was beaten last week on the road by LSU, and now it has to take on the team that is all of a sudden one of the favorites in the SEC East in Missouri. The Tigers upset Georgia on the road last week, and though it won’t have QB James Franklin, it does have a shot if its defense can find a way to stick with UF’s. That Georgia team has a battle against Vanderbilt, a team which is another one of the many that can beat any of the best in the conference. South Carolina also kicks off at noon against the Volunteers, who almost upset Georgia two weeks ago.

Later in the day, there are more Top 25 teams that have to go on the road. Few are going to be paying that much attention to the game between Northern Illinois and Central Michigan, though this is one of the few games left on the docket that the Huskies might even remotely be challenged in. The MAC is weak, and Central shouldn’t have a shot either. Iowa takes on Ohio State at the Horseshoe in a game that should provide to be a wakeup call for an overrated bunch of Hawkeyes. Oklahoma should get back into the swing of things when it takes on a Kansas team that hasn’t won a massive Big XII game under Head Coach Charlie Weis.

There are two Top 25 matchups that are worth watching at 3:30 ET, though. Texas A&M was pushed last week by what amounts to be one of the best 25 teams in the land in Ole Miss, and now it gets an Auburn team that has quietly moved into the Top 25 this year with Head Coach Gus Malzahn trying to make less of a mess out of what this team has been facing in the last few seasons since winning the National Championship. The other Top 25 game is clearly one of the best battles of the day. Stanford watched its National Championship dreams go up in flames on the road last week against Utah, and it will be quite interesting to see how this team reacts to coming home to play against UCLA in a rematch of the Pac-12 Championship Game from last year. The Bruins definitely have a chance to make a statement here, as they are a Top 10 team that will be underdogs against the Cardinal.

There are some other 3:30 ET games of note as well. Michigan has to come home to take on Indiana in what could be a dangerous game for Big Blue. Maryland and Wake Forest face off in the ACC Atlantic Division. BYU and Houston play a game that could be a big one between two teams that are hoping to make some progress.

The night games head back to the SEC, where the top two teams in the conference are expecting to take down fellow SEC West teams. Alabama has a date with the slumping Razorbacks in what should be another blowout game, while LSU has to go on the road to take on an Ole Miss team that has been right on the verge of beating some great teams over the course of the last few weeks. Notre Dame also takes on USC, while Wisconsin goes on the road to take on Illinois.

In the Pac-12, the two highlight games pit Washington State against Oregon and Oregon State against Cal. The Ducks might be the only team left in the Pac-12 with a shot to win it all this year, but they have a tough task against the Cougars, who seem poised for one of these upsets at some point.

But of course, the game of the night is one of the first battles of the year between a pair of Top 5 teams. Florida State hasn’t really been tested this year, but the team is off of a bye week going on the road to Clemson. The Tigers have already won a huge game against Georgia to start the season, but that loss has been diminished just a bit after the Dawgs were beaten at home by Missouri and were nearly beaten by Tennessee the week before. Still, there is a ton on the line here. QB Jameis Winston and QB Tajh Boyd are both Heisman Trophy candidates, and they are leading really the only two teams that can win the ACC Atlantic Division this year. The winner will certainly have a ticket punched to Charlotte for the league title game this year, while the loser is going to need to run the table to get back into the hunt for the National Championship. The winner will almost certainly be the #3 team in the country when we have this discussion next week. This was a real show of a game last year when the Seminoles won at home against the Tigers, but Death Valley has been a nightmare for the garnet and gold, and they definitely need their best game to win this one.

There is no game on the weekly NFL schedule like Monday Night Football, and here at Bankroll Sports, we are keeping close tabs on all of the MNF games this year and taking our weekly look at the Monday Night Football game this week!

Note: All Monday Night Football games can be seen on ESPN, and all MNF kickoffs are slated for 8:30 p.m. (ET), except where noted.

This Week’s Monday Night Football Game Preview
Minnesota Vikings +3.5
New York Giants -3.5
Over/Under 46.5

With just one win between the two teams, the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants definitely aren’t providing the sexiest matchup on the docket, especially not for a Monday Night Football game. However, this is the game that we are tasked with this week, and we don’t expect it to be pretty.

Three of the main players in this game that will be racking up stats were free agents earlier this year. QB Josh Freeman for Minnesota is obviously the big one, as he is going to be making the start on Monday for the first time in his career outside of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, some forget about RB Brandon Jacobs and the newly acquired RB Peyton Hillis. These are really the only two guys in the backfield for the Giants that can carry the football, and as long as they keep two arms around the rock and don’t put it on the ground, Head Coach Tom Coughlin isn’t going to care.

The recipe for both these teams is very simple. Minnesota has to run the ball and force turnovers, real weaknesses of the Giants. The G-Men absolutely cannot stop turning the ball over, and the end result is game after game of disappointment. The ground attack ranks 26th in the league on the defensive side, and we don’t see things getting any better against RB Adrian Peterson. On the other side of the ball, the Giants have to put pressure on Freeman and make him use some of the playbook to beat them. There can’t possibly be that much chemistry between Freeman and his receivers. Playaction bombs seem to be the most effective play in the arsenal, and the only way to take that away is by taking away All Day. If AP goes off for 30 carries and 220 yards, this game won’t even be remotely close, and it will be the third in a row in which the boo birds are gawking at the Giants the whole night at home.

Minnesota has won four of the last five games in this series, including taking two straight here in the Meadowlands. However, the Giants won the most recent meeting 21-3, and they held the Vikes down to just 161 yards in the game in 2010. If that’s what happens again, New York will surely get its first victory of the campaign.

As always, the games on the Sunday Night Football schedule are the best of the bunch to end a full weekend of football, and here at Bankroll Sports, we are taking care of our Sunday Night Football preview each and every week, as well as providing you with an up to date schedule of all of the Sunday Night Football games on the docket for the 2013 season.

Note: All Sunday Night Football games can be seen on NBC, and all SNF kickoffs are slated for 8:30 p.m. (ET). The ability to flex games starts in Week 10.

This Week’s Sunday Night Football Game Preview
Denver Broncos -6.5
Indianapolis Colts +6.5
Over/Under 56

We have seen every single Sunday Night Football game this year feature at least 29 points scored by the winner, and we can just about darn near guarantee that that is going to be what happens in this one once again in Week 7. The Denver Broncos are scoring points at a ridiculous clip this year, and they’ll take on the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Field.

Of course, the headline here is going to be about QB Peyton Manning coming back to Indy, the city that he essentially built from a football perspective. Manning now is leading the best offense he has arguably ever had, and that’s saying a lot, knowing that he had a season where he threw for the most touchdowns in NFL history at the time. However, what is really getting to us is the fact that this defense isn’t all that great. Some of it is the circumstance of always playing from ahead, and that means lots of soft zones and such, but we have seen this unit look horrid against QB Tony Romo and the Cowboys and now at times against QB Chad Henne and the Jaguars. One of those is excusable. The other isn’t. There are definitely flaws in this undefeated side.

Indy is far from perfect as well, and the argument could be made that this team was fortunate to beat both Seattle and Oakland at home this year. However, the Colts are the worthy AFC South leaders in our eyes, and we have to imagine that they are going to want to stretch out this lead even more. Indy is already a game up on the Titans and two up on the Texans, and both teams are big underdogs this week. QB Andrew Luck is taking over for the departed Manning, and he is going to try to be the next great Colts quarterback to lead this team for a decade. Luck is another one of these once-in-a-generation types of talent, and he’ll go far, but is he ready to really take down a man that has already carved out a Hall of Fame career?

Watching the NFL betting trends here is sickening. Do you care that Manning has five straight wins and covers in this series or the fact that the Colts have five straight wins and covers in this series? The truth of the matter is that Luck was still a frosh at Stanford the last time that these two teams played, and that really probably prompts you to throw out the record books.