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Oklahoma State at West Virginia

Prediction · week 4, 2026 · Sat Sep 26, 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET · Milan Puskar Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Oklahoma State 41, West Virginia 24

Closest: SP+ (Oklahoma State by 2.4, missed by 14.6). 1 of 3 models named the winner. Our call was wrong.

Our call: West Virginia by 5.2Lean

SP+ favors Oklahoma State; Elo and Our model favor West Virginia.

The average of SP+, Elo and Our model; the line is left out and kept as a benchmark. Toss-up under 3 points, Lean 3 to 7, Strong 7 and over. More ›

SP+ has Oklahoma State by 2.4, Elo has West Virginia by 8.9, and Our model has West Virginia by 9.0. The furthest apart are 11.4 points from each other.

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+ Closest
Oklahoma State +8.7 vs West Virginia +3.8
Oklahoma State by 2.4 ✓14.6
Elo
Oklahoma State 1247 vs West Virginia 1408
West Virginia by 8.9 ✗25.9
Our model · experimental
Oklahoma State -4.0 vs West Virginia +2.5
West Virginia by 9 ✗26.0
Line (benchmark)
no pregame line
n/a–
Our call
average of SP+, Elo and Our model · Lean
West Virginia by 5.2 ✗22.2

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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