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#13Texas Tech at Oregon State

Prediction · week 2, 2026 · Sat Sep 12, 6:30 PM CT / 7:30 PM ET · Reser Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Texas Tech 35, Oregon State 24

Closest: Elo (Texas Tech by 21.9, missed by 10.9). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Texas Tech. The line, shown for comparison only, has Texas Tech by 27.0.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Texas Tech by 23.2 and Elo has Texas Tech by 21.9. SP+ and Elo are 1.3 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+
Texas Tech +18.9 vs Oregon State -6.8
Texas Tech by 23.2 ✓12.2
Elo Closest
Texas Tech 1870 vs Oregon State 1260
Texas Tech by 21.9 ✓10.9
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Texas Tech by 2716.0

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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