Iowa at Wisconsin - Week 7 College Football Picks

The Iowa Hawkeyes may have won 10 in a row dating back to last year but they are underdogs in college football picks against Wisconsin on Saturday at 12:00pm EST on ESPN. The Hawkeyes are 6-0 on the season in college football betting while the Badgers are 5-1. The Hawkeyes are off to their best start since 1985 and are tied at the top of the Big 10 with Ohio State. "What we all need to just understand is that this thing is pretty fragile," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. "We've got six tough games coming up. None of us, at least in this building, need to worry too much about the big picture at this point."

Wisconsin is almost a field goal favorite at home in college football odds against the Hawkeyes in this ESPN football game. Iowa has won all of their games this season but three of those victories came by three points or less. Last week the Hawkeyes survived 30-28 against Michigan but didn't cover the spread as 8-point favorites in college football picks. "We're going to have to fight adversity, and we've had to do that a lot in our football games and that's just going to help build character," quarterback Ricky Stanzi said. Iowa has been getting big plays this season from their defense that is tied for second in the nation with 19 takeaways. The defense is third in the Big 10 in scoring defense, allowing just 15.8 points per game.

"You can't be satisfied because when you are satisfied that is when you stop growing," defensive end Broderick Binns said, "We know that it is going to take everything we have from here on out. I think we have a good defense, but I think we have the potential to be a lot better. There are some things we need to clean up." Most online sports handicappers have the Badgers as the week 7 college football pick even though they have not gotten much offense this season. Quarterback Scott Tolzien threw two interceptions last week. The Badgers are trying to avoid what happened last year when they started 3-0 but finished 7-6."

Just the overall demeanor of this team shows me that they're going to be able to bounce back and play a great game on Saturday," head coach Brett Bielema said. Iowa has won five of the last seven college football betting games against Wisconsin although the Badgers won the last one in 2007 by a score of 17-13 at home. The Hawkeyes are 4-0 against the spread in their last 4 road games. The Badgers are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 conference games.
The Hawkeyes are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings against Wisconsin.

Bower's College Football Picks: Iowa had a rough game against Michigan last week but that doesn't mean they should be an underdog to the Badgers even if they are playing in Wisconsin! My college football pick for this game will be to take Iowa plus the points. Vegas odds at Caesars sportsbook have Wisconsin -2.5 in week 7 college football odds against Iowa with a total of 48.