NC State is a 9.5-Point Favorite Over Texas Tech

#16 NC State will host Texas Tech on Saturday at 7pm on ESPN2, and the Wolfpack are 9.5-point favorites to beat the Red Raiders.

Obviously odds can move up and down, and different places have different spreads. Depending on where you look, the Wolfpack opened as 8/8.5-point favorites, but then saw the spread increase. FanDuel has NC State as 10.5-point favorites.

The Total is currently 55.5.

Both NC State and Texas Tech are both 1-1 against the spread thus far in 2022. The Total has gone OVER in both of the Red Raiders’ games, and it has done so in 1 of NC State’s 2 games.

Notes

• Texas Tech are 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games.
• Texas Tech are 6-12 against the spread in their last 18 games played on a Saturday when playing on the road.
• The total has gone OVER in 4 of NC State’s last 5 games.
• NC State is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.
• Texas Tech is 3-2 against the spread in their last 5 games, and has covered in 5 of their last 10. Similarly, the Total has gone OVER in 5 of their last 10 games.
• The Wolfpack has failed to cover the spread in 3 of their last 5 games, and has only done so in 5 of their last 10 games. The Total has gone OVER in 6 of their last 10 contests.

I can only find odds info on the last two times NC State and Texas Tech have played one another. The Wolfpack won both games. In 2003, NC State defeated Texas Tech 49-21, entering the game as a 6-point favorite. In 2002, the Wolfpack defeated the Red Raiders 51-48, entering the game as 2-point underdogs.