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USA TODAY Sports college football staff picks for Week 7

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Sometimes the weekly schedule in college football can bring a collective yawn from across the country. No major games that appear to have College Football Playoff implications. Dampened rivalries. So-so conference matchups. That's what you have in Week 7.

That doesn't mean, as we saw last week, there won't be any drama.

The lone matchup of ranked opponents is in the Pac-12. Both Utah and Southern California have already lost once in the conference, meaning the loser has no margin for error if it wants to win the South division.

The Trojans still have questions surrounding their national standing after a shaky September.