Texas vs Kansas State 11/26/21 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Texas Longhorns and Kansas State Wildcats meet Friday afternoon in week 13 Big 12 college football action from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Kansas State is fresh off a matchup versus Baylor. The Wildcats ended up losing by 10 points. As for Texas, they played West Virginia in their last game. In that one the Longhorns lost by eight points. Check back all season long for free college football picks at Sports Chat Place. 

Kansas State got off to a 3-0 start this year, but then hit a losing streak versus Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Iowa State. The Wildcats were able to recover from there and rattled off wins versus Texas Tech, TCU, Kansas and West Virginia. 

In the game versus Baylor last weekend, Kansas State got to within a 17-10 deficit heading into the fourth quarter but couldn’t catch up in a 20-10 loss. QB Skylar Thompson put up 158 yards on 15-of-29 passing and Deuce Vaughn rushed 11 times for 128 yards and a score. 

Over on the Texas side, they won four of their first five games with a lone loss to Arkansas as the blemish. The Longhorns hit the skids after that though, falling to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Iowa State and Kansas. 

In Saturday’s game versus West Virginia, the Longhorns were outscored 21-10 in the second half and couldn’t get much closer in a 31-23 defeat. QB Hudson Card finished on 123 yards with a TD, and Keilan Robinson added 111 yards and a score on nine carries. 

The Wildcats are 5-0 ATS versus a team with a losing record and 10-3 ATS in the last 13 November games. Kansas State is 3-1-1 ATS in the last five overall. 

Meanwhile, Texas is 1-7 ATS in the last eight Friday games and 0-6 ATS in the last six overall. Texas is 0-5 ATS in their last five in November. 

PICK: I’m going to stick with Kansas State. The Wildcats had a pretty solid game against a great Baylor team on Saturday and would have been even better without the two turnovers. I like Kansas State to build off that effort in this one. 

As for Texas, they weren’t able to make much of an offensive impact against West Virginia with 355 total yards, 16 first downs and 2-of-10 on third-down tries. The Longhorns didn’t have the ball for very long either. If Kansas State can replicate that sort of clock-control game they should be fine on a cover here.