We’ve gotten over the Week 7 hump of the 2025-26 college football season.

In-State

There weren’t any in-state games during Week 7.

Regional

Houston dealt a massive blow to already reeling Oklahoma State. The Houston Cougars beat the Cowboys 39-17 for a +22 differential. Oklahoma State is now 1-5 overall and 0-3 against Big 12 opponents and their sole win through Week 7 is a 27-7 victory over UT Martin in the season opener. Houston continues its strong start and is now 5-1 overall and 2-1 against Big 12 opponents. Their only loss was am 11-35 letdown against one of this year’s juggernaut teams, Texas Tech.
There was a lot of attention going into this Texas-Oklahoma game, but it turned out to be pretty anticlimactic. Mostly because Texas turned a corner in the 2025-26 season and was able to beat their neighbors to the north 23-6. The Longhorns are now 4-2 overall and 1-1 against SEC competition. We’re halfway through the regular season and it’s still hard to make an assessment about this team. They started things off with a -7 loss to Ohio State (now 6-0) and then they dropped a -8 game to Florida last week. More on the Gators later on. This is the first loss of the season for Oklahoma and they’re now 5-1 overall and 1-1 against conference competition.
Arkansas-Tennessee was a close one, but the Volunteers came up with a +3 win. The final score was 34-31. Tennessee has the one, 41-44, loss to Georgia but is now 5-1 overall and 2-1 against SEC teams. Arkansas is in pretty rough shape heading into the second half of the season. Their record is 2-4 overall and 0-2 in SEC play. There’s always room for things to turn around but the Razorbacks will have to weather six straight conference opponents before they reach the end of 2025-26.

Out-Region

Texas Tech continues to tear through their competition. They finished Week 7 with a +25, 42-17, win over Kansas. The Red Raiders are now 6-0 overall, with half of those victories coming against fellow Big 12 teams.
SMU provided Stanford with some similar punishment. The Mustangs pulled off a +24, 34-10, win over the Cardinal. The SMU picture is still a little unclear seven games into the season. With this win SMU improves to 4-2 overall and 2-0 against ACC opponents. But both of those ACC wins were against Syracuse (now 3-3 overall) and Stanford (now 2-4 overall). They’ve lost their games against good competition, Baylor (45-48) and TCU (24-35), though.
Alabama is on a five-game winning streak with its +3, 27-24 win over Missouri. Things were looking a little shaky in Tuscaloosa after the 17-31 loss to Florida State in the season opener, but they’re a legit contender now.
Ole Miss is turning heads throughout the sport. They finished Week 7 with a +3, 24-21, win over Washington State. The Cougars are only 3-3 overall and things probably shouldn’t have been that close, but you can only argue so much with an undefeated team. Their 6-0 overall and 5-0 conference record will be tested in a different way next week against Georgia.

Southeast

TCU drops to 4-2 overall and 1-2 against Big 12 opponents after its -13, 28-41, loss to Kansas State. It’s the third straight loss to the Wildcats, and Kansas State is only 2-4 overall and 2-2 against Big 12 opponents this season.
Texas A&M improves to 6-0 overall following its +17, 34-17, win over Florida. The Florida Gators earned a marquee, 29-21, win over the Texas Longhorns last week. But after the Aggies avenged their in-state neighbors to the north Florida’s overall record is now 2-4.
LSU has some major flaws but through Week 7 they’re 5-1 overall and 2-1 against SEC competition. They followed up their 19-24 loss to Ole Miss last week with a +10, 20-10, victory over South Carolina.
Auburn dropped a -10, 10-20, loss to Georgia. That locks the Tigers into a three-game losing streak following a 3-0 start to the 2025-26 season. Granted those losses have all been at the hands of ranked opponents, Oklahoma, Texas &M and now the Georgia Bulldogs.