College football Week 7 odds: Colorado, Fresno State now only teams yet to cover spread in a game

We are roughly at the halfway point of the 2022 college football season with Week 7 on tap and there are just two schools that are yet to cover a spread thus far: Colorado and Fresno State, both 0-5 ATS. The Buffaloes, also winless straight up, already have fired head coach Karl Dorrell. The Bulldogs were supposed to be pretty good with returning quarterback Jake Haener, but have lost four straight following an opening win over Cal Poly.

Stanford had also failed to cover entering Week 6 but did as a 4.5-point home underdog (we took the Cardinal ATS here at SportsLine) against Oregon State on Saturday night.

Colorado, which was off in Week 6, is the only winless SU team in the FBS after Colorado State hit a last-second field goal on Friday night to defeat Nevada, 17-14. The Buffs, who have started 0-5 for just the fourth time, were a great program under coach Bill McCartney from 1989 to 1996, when CU won a national championship and had five AP Top 10 finishes. Colorado has played in just three bowl games in the past 16 seasons, in 2007, 2016 and 2020 – and lost all of them. The school's only winning seasons came in 2016 and 2020 (a pandemic-shortened 4-2 campaign).

The school had to pay Dorrell an $8.7 million buyout. Mike Sanford, who was in his first year as CU's offensive coordinator, has been named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2022 season. He's a former head coach at Western Kentucky. The Buffs are 14.5-point home underdogs this Saturday against California (I actually think they cover that number). Colorado lost 26-3 at Cal last year.

Fresno State is a 6.5-point home underdog Saturday against San Jose State. The Bulldogs are coming off a 40-20 loss at Boise State on Saturday. The game was tied 20-20 late in the third quarter. Haener hasn't played since the team's third game against USC after suffering a high ankle sprain. It's not clear if he will be able to return this week. Sophomore Logan Fife has started the past two games. He's yet to record a touchdown and has thrown four picks. If Haener can play, I think FSU can cover -- if not win -- vs. SJSU. 

There are three schools who have yet to lose a game ATS: James Madison (5-0 ATS), which is new to the FBS, TCU (4-0-1 ATS) and Kansas (5-0-1 ATS). Those latter two played in Lawrence on Sunday and the Frogs won 38-31 to push.

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