NCAA football betting – Sooners favored to derail Red Raiders
Bet sports online: Red Raiders looking to stay undefeated
- WHO: No. 2 Texas Tech Red Raiders at No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners (-6)
- WHAT: NCAA football betting
- WHEN: Saturday, November 22 in 8:00 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Memorial Stadium in Norman, OK
- KEY STATS: Oklahoma has won seven of its last 10 against Texas Tech
- PICK: Texas Tech
NCAA football betting figured Texas Tech would have a good season, but no one would have bet the Red Raiders would be undefeated and ranked second in the country this late in the year. However, the Red Raiders face a massive task this Saturday night, when they head to Norman to face No. 5 Oklahoma, which is as dominant at home as any team in the country.
Sportsbook odds give the early edge to the Sooners, but in this matchup of two of the most explosive offenses in the country, offshore sportsbook players will have their hands full making their NCAA football picks.
The Red Raiders (10-0) are coming off a bye week and they will be going up against their fourth-consecutive ranked opponent. Their last effort was a 56-20 romp over Oklahoma State at home, led by Graham Harrell, who was 40-of-50 for 456 yards and six touchdowns.
This was Harrell’s fourth game with five touchdowns or more, and it was also his sixth game with 400 or more passing yards. The Red Raiders are second in the nation in total offense, and the duo of Harrell to receiver Michael Crabtree has torched the Big 12 this season.
Texas Tech vs Oklahoma betting has the Red Raiders as an underdog for the third time in this brutal four-game stretch, but Texas Tech has been overcoming NCAA football betting odds all season.
The Sooners (9-1) continued their offensive explosion with a 66-28 rout at Texas A&M, racking up 653 yards (325 through the air, 328 on the ground). Sam Bradford was 22-of-33 for 320 yards and four touchdowns, setting an Oklahoma career record for completions, and this was his school record-tying eighth game with 300 or more passing yards.
Chris Brown ran for 117 yards and three scores for the Sooners, who were just as impressive on defense as they were on offense. Oklahoma held the Aggies to 278 yards of offense, including 26 yards on the ground, while forcing four turnovers along the way.Texas Tech vs Oklahoma odds are slanted towards the Sooners, who have lost just once at home in their last 18 games at Memorial Stadium.
BLAKE’S PICK:Texas Tech vs Oklahoma betting has the Sooners as six-point favorites at home but, while the Sooners have won seven of their last 10 meetings with Texas Tech, the Red Raiders have taken two of the last three. Like many of the Big 12 showdowns this season, this should be a shootout as two of the top three scoring offenses in the country go head-to-head.
However, the Red Raiders’ defense has been marginally better than Oklahoma’s, and the Sooners have lost their last three “big” games under Bob Stoops (two bowl games, this season’s home loss to Texas). The Harrell-Crabtree duo has been the nation’s best over the past two seasons and, combined with one major defensive stop, online sports betting players should bet on the Texas Tech Red Raiders to move one step closer to the BCS title game with a thrilling win this weekend.
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