Best Bets For #8 BYU Vs. #9 Texas Tech Week 11 College GameDay

  • Bear Bachmeier’s rushing yard total is set at 38.5.
  • Behren Morton’s passing yard total is set at 265.5 yards.
  • There is a 52-point total set between Texas Tech and BYU.

LUBBOCK, Texas – College GameDay in Week 11 is sticking with the Big 12 for a top-10 matchup between the #8 BYU Cougars and #9 Texas Tech Red Raiders.

With this top-10 matchup, there are some eye opening lines set for this one on college football prop betting, including different parts of the gameline and player props.

Bear Bachmeier Continues Showing Off His Run Game

Bear Bachmeier Total Rushing Yards

  • Over 38.5 -114
  • Under 38.5 -114

This is an unusually low number set for Bachmeier’s rushing yard total on Utah CFB betting sites, considering his elite dual threat ability this season. He’s totaled 408 rush yards and is averaging 51 rush yards per game on 4.3 yards per carry.

Over his last five games, he’s gone over 38.5 rushing yards every time and hasn’t gone under 43 yards at all over that span.

As for Texas Tech defensively, they’ve allowed opposing QBs to average 24 rush yards per game in Big 12 play this season. However, in their 43-20 win last week against Kansas State, they allowed Avery Johnson to torch them for 88 yards on the ground.

  • Pick: Bear Bachmeier Over 38.5 Rushing Yards

Morton Struggles Against BYU Secondary

Behren Morton Total Passing Yards

  • Over 265.5 -110
  • Under 265.5 -110

This is an outrageously high passing yard total on Texas betting sites for Behren Morton, considering what he’s going against in the BYU secondary. BYU boasts the fourth toughest secondary in the Big 12, allowing just 188.9 pass yards per game to opposing QBs this year. In five Big 12 games this season, they’ve held four opposing QBs under 265.5 passing yards.

In seven games that Morton has started this season, he’s stayed under 265.5 passing yards five times.

  • Pick: Behren Morton Under 265.5 Passing Yards

Defense Sets Tone

BYU Vs. Texas Tech Point Total

  • Over 52 -110
  • Under 51 -110

Oddsmakers on college football sportsbooks are out of their minds for setting a total this high between two of the top-20 defenses in the country.

Combined, Texas Tech and BYU are allowing just 30.2 ppg to opponents. Both of them have been trending under their point totals this season as well. Texas Tech has stayed under five of nine games this season, while BYU is right at a .500 record of 4-4 against their point totals.

  • Pick: BYU/Texas Tech Under 52 Points
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