{
  "id": 15232217,
  "title": "ESPN's College GameDay picks Week 7's top games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/espns-college-gameday-picks-week-7s-top-games",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T16:08:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espns-college-gameday-picks-week-160828390.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ESPN's College GameDay has announced its picks for Week 7 of the college football season, featuring a mix of top matchups across the country. The crew, led by Steve Young, the former BYU quarterback, has selected Utah to face Colorado, Wisconsin against UCLA, Penn State versus Michigan, Kentucky against Oklahoma, and Missouri against Ole Miss as their top games for the week. Desmond Howard, the lone consensus pick, has chosen LSU to take on Ole Miss, while Nick Saban and the rest of the crew have opted for the Utah game. This week's celebrity guest picker, Steve Young, brings his NFL experience to the show, having played for the Cougars from 1980-83 and later in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "WATCH: BYU freshman Carter Smith nails $3 million field goal on ESPN College GameDay",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/watch-byu-freshman-carter-smith-nails-3-million-field-goal-on-espn",
        "published": "2026-10-17T16:12:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}