Oregon State Beavers vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 09/13/25

The Texas Tech Red Raiders host the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday afternoon. The Beavers continue to play a quasi-independent schedule as they wait on the Pac-12 to reconstitute, but in the meantime, they are not very good. They were blasted by Cal in the season opener, and Cal is picked to finish at the bottom of the ACC. They then lost at home to Fresno State, although to be fair, Oregon State controlled the game statistically in every way except the score. The Beavers will travel to Lubbock to face a Texas Tech team that I think is very good, but one that hasn’t really drawn national attention yet. This game is the Red Raiders’ chance to prove themselves before conference play gets going, and I think they will win big. My Oregon State vs Texas Tech best bet is the Red Raiders -23.5.

The Red Raiders invested heavily in the transfer portal, and they got a lot better in the offseason. They boast a dangerous veteran QB in Behren Morton who has mastery over a high-scoring offensive system, and he had 250 yards and 3 TDs while basically only playing the first half. Sure, they have been untested thus far — playing Arkansas-Pine Bluff and lowly Kent State, but that has only helped keep this number down. With a very navigable conference schedule, this team should continue to climb. I don’t think Oregon State has the defensive horses to stop Tech, and the run-first, ball control offense isn’t the right way to combat the Red Raiders. I think this one gets ugly.

Oregon State vs Texas Tech prediction: Texas Tech -23.5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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