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20Houston Cougars
5-1, 3-3 ATS
Sat Oct 17 · 7:30 PMFOXFOX OneTDECU Stadium

The number

Spread
OKST +4.5 -110
HOU -4.5 -110
Open HOU -4.5
Fair, no vig: OKST -100 / HOU -100 (hold 4.8%)
Best: OKST +5 -115 at Bally Bet; HOU -4.5 -108 at BetMGM
Total
Over 62.5 -110
Under 62.5 -110
Fair, no vig: O -100 / U -100 (hold 4.8%)
Best: O 62.5 +100 at theScore Bet; U 62.5 -108 at Caesars
Moneyline
OKST +160
HOU -200
Fair, no vig: OKST +173 / HOU -173 (hold 5.1%)
Best: OKST +165 at Bally Bet; HOU -184 at FanDuel

Updated Fri 3 PM ET Consensus of 10 US books: the line most books are dealing, with the middle price. Lines move. Check your book before you bet. Fair odds strip out the book's cut so you can see the price the market really implies.

Every book (10)
BookOKSTHOUOverUnderOKST MLHOU ML
DraftKings+4.5-110-4.5-110o62.5-110u62.5-110+160-192
FanDuel+4.5-110-4.5-110o62.5-110u62.5-110+152-184
BetMGM+4.5-110-4.5-108o62.5-108u62.5-110+160-190
Caesars+4.5-108-4.5-112o62.5-112u62.5-108+159-190
theScore Bet+4.5-110-4.5-110o62.5+100u62.5-120+155-185
BetRivers+4.5-110-4.5-114o62.5-110u62.5-113+165-210
Fanatics+4.5-110-4.5-110o62.5-110u62.5-110+165-200
Hard Rock Bet+4.5-110-4.5-110o62.5-110u62.5-110+165-200
Bally Bet+5-115-5-108o62.5-109u62.5-112+165-205
betPARX+5-115-5-108o62.5-109u62.5-112+165-205

Highlighted: the best number on each side. Legal US sportsbooks only.

Injury report

From the Big 12 availability report (Thursday report). Posted Thu 10 PM ET. Posted at 10 PM ET the three nights before the game and 90 minutes before kickoff. We check every 30 minutes. See the official report

Oklahoma State
Out
  • Landon Dean DT
  • Mose Phillips III S
Doubtful
  • Dayvon Standard WR
Houston
Out
  • De'Marion Thomas DL
  • Jaden Yates LB
Doubtful
  • Alvin Williamson Jr. DB
Questionable
  • Jalen Mayo DB
  • Miller Malone LB
Probable

Ejiro Egodogbare (DL), JD Rhym (DB)

No status changes since the first report we saw (Thu 10 PM ET). Changes and line moves will line up here.

Line movement

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HOU line, game-week open to now. Dashed lines are key numbers.
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Total, game-week open to now.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

SpreadSplit 1-1
Oklahoma St 11 Houston
Total2 of 2 on Over
Over 20 Under

Each capper counts once. See their picks

Tracker bettors

Shows up once 10 people log a bet on this game. Log yours

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Betting form, 2026

Oklahoma State LWWWW

ATSTotals
All games4-1 80%Small sample3-2 60% overSmall sample
Road1-1 50%Small sample1-1 50% overSmall sample
As underdog2-0 100%Small sample
Last 54-1 80%Small sample

5 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Houston LWWLLW

ATSTotals
All games3-3 50%Small sample4-2 67% overSmall sample
Home1-2 33%Small sample2-1 67% overSmall sample
As favorite1-3 25%Small sample
Last 53-2 60%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Common opponents

Same opponents, side by side: how each team did, by how much, and whether they covered. Margin is points scored minus allowed; the line is that team's closing spread.

Opponent Oklahoma St Houston
UCF
W 42-28 home
+14 · -10.5 Covered
W 27-17 home
+10 · -10.5 Didn't cover

Against 1 common opponent: Oklahoma St won by 14.0 on average, 1-0 against the spread. Houston won by 10.0 on average, 0-1 against the spread.

Last season (2025): 4 common opponents
Opponent Oklahoma St Houston
Arizona
L 13-41 away
-28 · +23.5 Didn't cover
W 31-28 home
+3 · +2.5 Covered
Baylor
L 27-45 home
-18 · +21.5 Covered
W 31-24 away
+7 · +2.5 Covered
Texas Tech
L 0-42 away
-42 · +35.5 Didn't cover
L 11-35 home
-24 · +11.5 Didn't cover
UCF
L 14-17 away
-3 · +12.5 Covered
W 30-27 away
+3 · +1.5 Covered

Against 4 common opponents: Oklahoma St lost by 22.8 on average, 2-2 against the spread. Houston lost by 2.8 on average, 3-1 against the spread.

Head to head since 2019

DateScoreCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 11, 2025HOU 39, OKST 17HOU -14.5HOU covered47.5Over
Nov 18, 2023OKST 43, HOU 30OKST -6.5OKST covered57Over

Oklahoma State 1-1 ATS in these meetings. 2 meetings is not a trend, and rosters turn over. Closing lines from ESPN's archive.

Side by side

OKSTHOU
4-1Record5-1
4-1Against the spread3-3
3-2Over-under4-2
+5.9Avg cover margin+5.8
38.2Points per game40.0
21.4Points allowed19.2
6.97Yards per play6.74
521.4Yards per game481.8
5.10Rush yards per carry5.50
68.6Completion %67.1
33.9Third down %62.7
+1Turnover margin+8
4Sacks allowed5
48.4Penalty yards per game58.2

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

What the public cappers like

Spread
1 Oklahoma St1 Houston
Houston -4.51
Rico Bosco 1u*Line -4.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 48-35 · Original post
Oklahoma St -5.51
Dave Portnoy 1u*Line -5.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 32-34-1 · Original post
Total
2 Over0 Under
Over 62.52
Big Cat 1u*Line 62.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 94-66-4 · Original postDave Portnoy 1u*Line 62.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 32-34-1 · Original post
Moneyline
No picks

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

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