Texas Tech Red Raiders vs Kansas State Wildcats Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/01/25

One of the marquee games in the Big 12 on Saturday comes in the Little Apple, where the Kansas State Wildcats will host the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a spot that could be extremely tricky for a Texas Tech team that has had its struggles on the road of late. After all, Joey McGuire’s team has already lost outright to Arizona State on the road as a favorite of just over a touchdown, and the Red Raiders will likely be making another quarterback change heading into this game following the loss of Will Hammond for the remainder of the season. Yes, starting quarterback Behren Morton is back under center, but it remains to be seen if he’s fully healthy, and he also hasn’t played all that well in conference play when he has been healthy this season. He’ll be going up against a Kansas State defense that hasn’t been anything special, but the Wildcats might have turned a corner of late, having allowed just over 24 points per game over the last month and they’re coming off an effort where they held Kansas’ explosive offense to just over 3 yards per play.

On the other side of the ball, it’s been a trying season for Chris Klieman’s team on offense, but there have been glimpses of hope in recent weeks as the Wildcats have seemed to find their footing in Big 12 play. Avery Johnson struggled mightily in September, but he also has 12 total touchdowns to just 1 interception over the last month and he should be able to throw the ball a bit against a Texas Tech secondary that is the weakness of this defense, as much as it has any clear weakness on paper. There is proof of concept for how to attack what has been an excellent Red Raiders unit, and I expect Klieman and his staff to refer to the Arizona State game and look to get Jayce Brown (577 yards, 4 touchdowns) the ball early and often in this one. While I have questions about Kansas State’s ability to stay in the fight if it gets down big early on, I’ll trust in the spot and this coaching staff to keep this game within one score on Saturday.

Texas Tech vs Kansas State prediction: Kansas State +7.5 available at time of publishing. Playable to 7.

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