West Virginia Mountaineers vs Arizona State Sun Devils Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/15/25

The West Virginia Mountaineers will travel this Saturday to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils in a Big 12 matchup. West Virginia has a record of 4-6 and a conference record of 2-5. The Mountaineers have won 2 straight games, including a 29-22 win over Colorado last weekend. The Mountaineers won the game behind freshman quarterback Scotty Fox Jr., who threw for 202 and 1 touchdown. West Virginia has now won 2 out of the 3 starts by Fox., as he led WVU to a win against Houston with his one loss being 23-17 against TCU.

Arizona State has a record of 6-3 and a conference record of 4-2. The Sun Devils are coming off a 24-19 win against the Iowa State Cyclones, a game in which quarterback Sam Leavitt missed due to injury. Jeff Sims stepped in and threw for 177 yards and 1 touchdown. Sims won the game mostly with his legs, running for 228 yards and 2 touchdowns. The mark set a quarterback rushing record for Arizona State’s school history. The Sun Devils will need another good performance from Sims with Leavitt out for the remainder of the season. 

This will be an intriguing matchup of quarterbacks that did not start the season under center for either school, but have both taken control of the offense in exciting fashion. Fox is much younger and more inexperienced than Sims. Fox is a true freshman, while Sims is in his 6h season of college football.

There should be a good amount of ground game in this matchup. In its 2 wins over Houston and Colorado, West Virginia ran the football efficiently and consistently. Head coach Rich Rodriguez has always favored the running game, and West Virginia currently runs the football 57% of the time – ranking 27th in nationally with 4.5 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Arizona State will need to rely on Sims’ legs again with receiver Jordyn Tyson out with an injury.

This game will come down to whoever can tackle better on defense. Sims should be able to find success against a defense that has struggled in the past against dual-threat quarterbacks. Earlier this season, West Virginia gave up 38 points to BYU in a loss, and 48 in a loss to Utah. Both of those teams run a high number of designed quarterback runs and found a lot of success against West Virginia. I expect Arizona State to find similar success.

West Virginia vs Arizona State prediction: Arizona State Sun Devils -11.5 (-105) is available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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