None of the 45 undefeated teams in Illinois are playing one another in Week 7.
But just because there aren’t showdown games of that nature, that doesn’t mean that the Week 7 schedule lacks intrigue.
There are also 121 teams that have already secured the fifth win that will almost certainly assure a spot in the playoff field, but just underneath them is a large group of 175 teams that either have four or three wins at this point.
For that group, Week 7, and a possible victory that might come in that week, could make that journey to playoff qualification a lot easier. For those that don’t get that win, the road suddenly becomes a lot more difficult.
And the intrigue in Week 7 comes from a heavy amount of games within that group of 175 teams where two teams from within it are locking horn