The 2025 college football season continues on Saturday with plenty of marquee games on the Week 7 schedule. Twenty of the teams currently ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll will be in action, including three ranked-on-ranked matchups as the midpoint of the season nears.

The Crimson Tide are 10-0 at home under Kalen DeBoer but just 3-5 away from Bryant-Denny Stadium since the start of 2024. This will be the battle of Alabama QB and Heisman candidate Ty Simpson vs. Missouri's sleeper Heisman candidate in running back Ahmad Hardy.

The top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, led by quarterback Julian Sayin, face the No. 17 Illinois Fighting Illini, led by quarterback Luke Altmyer, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign,

The Illinois Fighting Illini face the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Week 7 college football game. Here are live updates and highlights.

Preview the Oct. 11 matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Illinois Fighting Illini with predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

Just one of the five experts on ESPN's "College GameDay" picked the Fighting Illini to defeat the Buckeyes in the Big Ten Conference game between ranked teams. WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu, a former Oregon player, was the guest picker — and the lone panelist to pick Illinois, simply saying: "I am NOT picking Ohio State ... so, uh, Illinois."

The No. 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes do battle with the No. 17 Illinois Fighting Illini in this highly anticipated Week 7 matchup.

Ohio State and Illinois will meet in Week 7 of the 2025 college football season. Here's how to watch, including start time, TV channel:

After opening at -13.5, the Buckeyes are now 14.5-point favorites in the latest Ohio State vs. Illinois odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 50.5 via SportsLine consensus. Before making any Illinois vs.

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum calls out Ohio State Buckeyes fanbase for being "disgusting and "despicable."

As Ryan Day continues to stack wins for Ohio State, a college football writer compared him to one of the best coaches in the history of college football.