Free NCAA Football Prediction: West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech Odds
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College Football Handicapping Analysis: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Virginia Tech Hokies
West Virginia Mountaineers (1-2) vs. Virginia Tech Hokies (2-1)
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm EST
Venue: Lane Stadium
NCAA Football ATS Spread Odds: W. Virginia -2.5 / Virginia Tech +2.5 (Bet Now!)
NCAA Football Moneyline Odds: Mountaineers / Hokies
NCAA Betting Total Odds: O/U 52.5
Week 4 college football sees the Mountaineers and Hokies meeting at Lane Stadium on Thursday night.
The Mountaineers are favored by -2.5 points in this non-conference matchup, and we have a 52.5 showing on the total.
West Virginia Mountaineers
That says that West Virginia is favored in this game and now we get to question why that is the case? The Mountaineers have not exactly been playing like a sound football team to open the 2022 campaign, as a win over Towson is the only reason this program has a win to show for the season.
West Virginia leads the series between these two with 29 wins while Tech has taken 23 victories with one tie in the mix, but these two programs have only met twice since 2005. One of those meetings came last season as the Mountaineers came away with a 27 – 21 win.
JT Daniels was supposedly going to bring balance to this offense from his experience with Georgia, and we have seen 3 of the easiest overs of the season come in through 3 games. While Daniels may have the offense ranked 14th in the nation averaging 509.7 yards per game, the defense that only returned 4 starters from last year’s squad is not holding up their end of the bargain thus far.
The Mountaineers are allowing over 33 points per game which puts them in triple-digits among the rankings, but the Hokies have not come out of the gate moving the ball with much success themselves this season.
Virginia Tech Hokies
Virginia Tech’s offense has not looked like one to fear in 2022, as this team is only putting up just over 23 points a game and their schedule hasn’t exactly been intimidating to say the least. The Hokies are putting up 367.7 yards per game and that ranks them all the way back at 92nd in the nation in total yards.
This team is still recovering from the opening day loss to Old Dominion, and the offense has struggled to get all 27 points they’ve scored against Boston College and Wofford over their last 2 games.
Malachi Thomas has yet to make an appearance this season, and his status for Thursday is still questionable, but Marshall transfer Grant Wells has been extremely inconsistent moving the offense. With 4 interceptions and 4 TD passes to his credit, Wells has been trying to build some confidence with his new receiving corps, and he hasn’t exactly found his go-to guy yet. Kaleb Smith has caught 8 passes for 131 yards and he is one of 4 different receivers that has a TD pass on this roster.
The defensive side of the ball has been the strength of this team to this point, and stopping the run has been the commitment being made. The Hokies rank 3rd in the land only giving up 40 yards a game on the ground, and they rank 5th in the country in total yards allowing just under 200 yards an outing.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Mountaineers are 1-4 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
- Mountaineers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Home team is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings.
4* Free West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Virginia Tech Hokies NCAA Betting Final Analysis:
With a sound defense and home field advantage, I am taking all 2.5 of those points and if you are a teaser kind of dude you should surely buy it up to get better than the FG if you like. I see the +3 at about -125, so there is some semblance of value to buying the hook in this spot.
4* Free West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Virginia Tech Hokies NCAA Betting Pick: Hokies +2.5
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