Week 7 Football Pick’em Contest Strategy & Advice (2025)

Week 7 NFL pick’em advice and strategy for spread pools, game winner contests, and NFL pools with confidence points. Find value plays to gain an edge in each format.

by Spencer Limbach - Oct 19, 2025

Here we go with our NFL Pick’em & Spread Pool article for Week 7. This column pairs with our Football Pick’em Picks tool, which blends public pick-popularity data with advanced modeling to surface the smartest plays for your pool and situation.

Each week, we discuss practical tactics for NFL and college pick’em and, most importantly, explain the “why” behind our recommendations, especially when the numbers point to a contrarian edge.

We’ll keep this article updated throughout the week with fresh insights, injury notes, and any late-breaking developments.

Here’s what’s included so far:

• 10/19: Sunday Rooting Rundown, Week 7
• 10/17: Arizona, Duke, and Utah are CFB Value Favorites
• 10/16: Week 7 Picks Video
• 10/15: Denver is an Unpopular Favorite Against the Spread
• 10/14: Week 7 Early Value Picks
• 10/14: Week 6 Results
• FYI: Notes About Picks We Highlight
• FYI: About Our Pick’em Pool Advice

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Sunday Oct. 19

Sunday Rooting Rundown

Our pick recommendations can be for different teams for different types of pools. What we recommend in a season-long can differ from what we recommend in a weekly contest, and spread pools can be a different beast. Even in spread pools, you may have a different pick recommendation than our general numbers, because of the specific numbers available in your pool.

This Week 7 rooting guide offers a general overview of our pick recommendations, and individual results may vary.

The early morning game in London this week is the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. the Los Angeles Rams. You are probably getting the favored Rams in game winner pools, though there is closer to a split in weekly game winner depending on pool size and risk level. The Rams are the more frequent spread pick in spread pools, though it is split and may depend on contest line.

Here are the rest.