West Virginia, Baylor coming off Big 12 losses, byes

Baylor (3-2, 1-1 Large 12) at West Virginia (2-3, 0-2), Thursday, 7 p.m. ET (FS1)

Line: Baylor by 3 1/2, in response to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Sequence document: West Virginia leads 6-4.

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

Each groups are coming off of bye weeks that adopted losses. Baylor can hardly afford one other setback in its bid to repeat as Large 12 champion after falling at house to No. 8 Oklahoma State. West Virginia remains to be making an attempt to achieve its footing after shedding its first two league video games, together with a double-digit setback at Texas.

KEY MATCHUP

Baylor QB Blake Shapen in opposition to the West Virginia protection. Shapen threw for a career-high 345 yards in a 36-25 house loss to the Cowboys on Oct. 1. He had two landing passes with two interceptions. West Virginia is permitting a Large 12-worst 8.3 yards per go try and has one interception this season, the bottom within the league.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Baylor: RB Richard Reese. After the Bears needed to exchange their three main rushers from a yr in the past, Reese has scored seven touchdowns and is fourth amongst all freshmen nationally with 400 speeding yards.

West Virginia: WR Bryce Ford-Wheaton. The 6-foot-3 Ford-Wheaton is fourth within the Large 12 with 82 receiving yards per recreation. He’s averaging seven receptions, usually making contested catches, and has 4 landing grabs total however none over the previous three video games.

FACTS & FIGURES

West Virginia is 5-0 in opposition to Baylor in Morgantown … Baylor WR Monaray Baldwin has solely 12 receptions however leads the league with a mean of 21.8 yards per catch. … West Virginia freshman RB CJ Donaldson is within the concussion protocol and can miss the sport after getting damage at Texas. He leads the Mountaineers with 369 speeding yards and 6 TDs. … Baylor has held 4 of its 5 opponents to beneath 100 yards speeding. … West Virginia’s third-down success fee of 49.4% on offense ranks fifteenth nationally.

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