Baylor vs. West Virginia Picks, Predictions College Football Week 7: Do Mountaineers’ Big 12 Woes Continue?

Baylor has struggled to find consistency this season. The Bears started 1-1 before back-to-back wins over Texas State and Iowa State. They lost 36-25 to Oklahoma State two weeks ago. West Virginia started 0-2 before wins against Towson and Virginia Tech. Before their bye, they lost 38-20 to Texas.

Baylor and West Virginia play each other on Thursday, October 13 at 7 p.m. ET at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV. The weather is expected to be 63 degrees, 90% chance of rain, 8-mph SW wind.

Baylor vs. West Virginia is a college football game. The consensus line is Baylor -3.5. Tickets are split 50/50, but WestVirginia has won 68% of the money.

Baylor vs. West Virginia is a Big 12 game in Week 7.

Baylor fell into a 23-3 hole at home against Oklahoma State. The Bears fought back valiantly, scoring 22 of the following 32 points. Oklahoma St. allowed more explosive plays than it created and owned a considerable special teamsadvantage. Baylor is 20-4-2 against the spread in its last 26 games following an ATS loss. West Virginia has covered the spreads in just one of its recent six conference games.

Baylor and West Virginia are playing in the Big 12 this week. The Mountaineers played zone and other coverages on 90.3% of Texas' dropbacks and man coverage on just 9.7%. Texas went 3-for-3 for 72 yards against man but just 50% against zone. Baylor had just 4.2 yards per completion, a 15.8% success rate and a 0% explosive-play rate against Oklahoma State's zone coverage.

West Virginia is under-receiving after CJ Donaldson is ruled out with a concussion. Baylor is expected to cover the team total. The freshman leads the Mountaineers with 389 rushing yards on an average of 6.9yards per carry.

Baylor vs. West Virginia picks were made 10/12/2022 at 5:49 a.m. ET.