Kansas State has slowly progressed, stacking back-to-back wins. Avery Johnson has been much better if late as a dual threat quarterback and should find success against this Red Raiders secondary which has been one of their weaker ends. This is also Texas Tech’s third road game in five weeks and could be a look ahead spot to BYU next weekend.

We're taking the points in what should be a shootout with a resurging Wildcats club that has rebounded following a dreadful start. The Red Raiders are powerful but we're not sure they should be laying a TD on the road against a decent conference opponent.

The Kansas State offense is rolling right now having scored 34-34-41-42 in their last four games. Meanwhile, Texas Tech has scored 34+ points in 7 of 8 games this season. I think the Red Raiders are on upset alert for this game which will be played in the 30s. Texas Tech 35, Kansas State 31.

While there continues to a buzz around Texas Tech, we'd still suggest pumping the brakes, as the Red Raiders might be down to third QB Mitch Griffis (albeit with starting experience beforehand at Wake Forest), who admittedly was quite serviceable in last week's romp past Oklahoma State. This price, however, seems to completely dismiss a revived K-State, which has played like many thought it would this season since its mid-September bye. That followed a tough 1-3 start, but the Cats are scoring almost 39 ppg since in their four straight covers, while QB Avery Johnson has tossed 9 TD passes vs. just 1 pick in those past four games. Note eight straight wins for the Wildcats vs. the Red Raiders, too. Play K-State