Unbeaten Baylor hosts West Virginia on Thursday night. Kickoff from McLane Stadium is at 8 p.m. ET. The Bears are 18.5-point favorites and the over-under for total points scored is 57 in the latest West Virginia vs. Baylor odds. 

Before locking in any West Virginia vs. Baylor picks of your own, you MUST see what Mike Tierney has to say. The veteran sportswriter, whose work has appeared in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, has covered college football of all levels for decades. He has emerged as one of SportsLine's leading analysts in all sports.

What's more, he has had a particularly keen sense for the tendencies of these programs. Tierney is 4-0 in his last four against-the-spread picks involving the Mountaineers and is 18-9 on his last 27 college football picks overall. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP.

Now, he's studied West Virginia vs. Baylor from every possible angle. We can tell you he's leaning over, and he's also found a critical factor that has him jumping all over one side of this spread. You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before you lock in your own picks.

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