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College football · Week 10 2026 · Saturday, November 7

West Virginia vs Texas Tech prediction and pick

Our West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Tech Red Raiders pick: Texas Tech by 17.9, 86% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 6 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±16.9, so about 51% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

West Virginia at Texas Tech

Sat, Nov 7, time to be announced · Jones AT&T Stadium

Texas Tech by 17.9 · 86% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
West Virginia win14.2%
Texas Tech win85.8%
Middle 50%: Texas Tech by 7 to Texas Tech by 2950%
Middle 90%: West Virginia by 10 to Texas Tech by 4590%
Middle 95%: West Virginia by 15 to Texas Tech by 5195%
Exactly Texas Tech by 34.5%
Exactly Texas Tech by 74.3%
Exactly Texas Tech by 214.2%
Exactly Texas Tech by 144.1%
Exactly Texas Tech by 174.1%
P50
Half of games like this end between Texas Tech by 7 and Texas Tech by 29.
P90
9 in 10 between West Virginia by 10 and Texas Tech by 45.
P95
19 in 20 between West Virginia by 15 and Texas Tech by 51.
Where the forecast comes from
Last seasonTexas Tech+8.7
This season, against its opponentsTexas Tech+6.0
Home fieldTexas Tech+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
West Virginia 3–1 2.4 +0.6
Texas Tech 4–0 3.5 +1.0

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

West Virginia vs Texas Tech: questions and answers

Who will win West Virginia vs Texas Tech?

Our forecast picks Texas Tech, with 86% to win; West Virginia win 14% of the time.

What’s the spread for West Virginia vs Texas Tech?

Our spread: Texas Tech −17.9. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is West Virginia vs Texas Tech?

Saturday, November 7, 2026 (kickoff time to be announced), at Jones AT&T Stadium.