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West Virginia

B12 · 2-0 · power +10.1 · #84
Our numberTTU -19.6 no book has priced this game

Texas Tech

B12 · 2-0 · power +27.0 · #11
Our side
MoneylineTTU to win ours 87%
Projected score 18–38 WVU – TTU
2026-11-07 · kickoff TBD Galaxy Stadium · Lubbock, TX B12 game Early season

The books

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Series Texas Tech lead 8–7 · 15 meetings since 1937
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Texas Tech Red Raiders 252 ranks
West Virginia Mountaineers #253 rush offense Texas Tech Red Raiders #1 run defense
Pass game edge Texas Tech Red Raiders 187 ranks
West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass offense Texas Tech Red Raiders #2 pass defense
Run game even 8 ranks apart
Texas Tech Red Raiders #47 rush offense West Virginia Mountaineers #55 run defense
Pass game edge Texas Tech Red Raiders 131 ranks
Texas Tech Red Raiders #58 pass offense West Virginia Mountaineers #189 pass defense
West Virginia Mountaineers Run-heavy · 62% run Ball-control Texas Tech Red Raiders Balanced · 53% run Ball-control
Rich Rodriguez · 39-38 · defense-minded Joey McGuire · 35-18

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
West Virginia Mountaineers
RB Cam Cook 194 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec #38 RB
QB Michael Hawkins Jr. 287 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT #21 QB
LB Isaiah Patterson 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #193 LB
WR DJ Epps 5 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD #211 WR
Texas Tech Red Raiders
RB J'Koby Williams 187 rush yds · 2 TD · 10 rec #20 RB
LB Ben Roberts 15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL #97 LB
DL A.J. Holmes Jr. 6 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL #187 DL
K Stone Harrington 4 FG · 8 XP · 20 pts #28 K

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
West Virginia MountaineersB12 +10.1 +6.0 +4.0 #84
Texas Tech Red RaidersB12 +27.0 +13.8 +13.1 #11

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
West Virginia offense vs Texas Tech defense-7.1 pts
Texas Tech offense vs West Virginia defense+9.8 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,282 mi
Altitude · context only644 m higher than the visitor's home elevation
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.