College Football Week 7 Top 25 Picks, Odds, Box Score Predictions, Rankings, Schedule

The SEC has its share of important Week 7 games as well.

The Alabama Crimson Tide continue a brutal stretch of their schedule with a road clash against the Missouri Tigers.

Bama beat the Georgia Bulldogs on the road and then fended off the Vanderbilt Commodores in consecutive weeks. After Saturday’s trip to Columbia, Bama is back home against the Tennessee Volunteers.

Mizzou’s played far less of a brutal schedule, but it be able to catch Alabama at a difficult part of its own SEC slate.

Bama needs its defense to travel to avoid an upset and continues its push toward the top five.

The Crimson Tide limited Georgia to 21 points and held three other opponents to 14 points or fewer in their three other victories.

Containing the Beau Pribula-Ahmad Hardy duo will be tough because Bama averages 155.5 rush yards allowed per game.

Alabama does boast the nation’s fifth-best passing defense, so if it can slow down Hardy out of the backfield, it can limit Pribula’s passing potential.

Mizzou has some impressive defensive numbers of its own. The Tigers allow 203.8 yards per game, the second-fewest total in the country, but they’ve only played two power-four schools.

Saturday’s game will be the true test of Mizzou’s defense, but right now, Bama has the more proven unit.

Prediction: Alabama (-3.5)

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