Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (1-1) vs. Baylor Bears (1-1) September 19, 2026 4:00 pm EDT The Line: Baylor Bears -20 / Louisiana Tech Bulldogs +20; Over/Under: 49.5 (Get latest betting odds)
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Baylor Bears meet in week 3 college football action from McLane Stadium on Saturday. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Baylor Bears Prediction.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs come into this game looking to add on to their 44-3 win over Prairie View A&M last time out to improve to 1-1 this season. After this game, Louisiana Tech will head home for a game against Army.
Blake Baker has thrown for 360 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception on 60.0% passing while Trey Kukuk leads the Bulldogs in rushing with 52 rushing yards and 0 touchdowns so far this season. Andrew Burnette has 50 rushing yards and 0 TDs while Jalen Mickens leads Louisiana Tech in receiving with 234 receiving yards and 9 catches to lead Louisiana Tech along with 2 touchdowns as well this season. On defense, Alonzo Jackson Jr. has a team-high 16 total tackles in addition to 3 sacks while Louisiana Tech’s defense as a whole has combined for 7 sacks and 4 interceptions so far this season.
The Baylor Bears come into this game looking to add on to their 44-3 win over Prairie View A&M last time out to climb to 1-1 on the year. After this game, Baylor will head home for a game against Colorado.
DJ Lagway has thrown for 333 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception on 50.0% passing while Dawson Pendergrass leads the Bears in rushing with 157 rushing yards and 0 touchdowns so far this season. Caden Knighten has 99 rushing yards and a TD while Gavin Freeman leads Baylor in receiving with 258 receiving yards and 22 catches to lead Baylor along with 1 touchdown as well this season. On defense, Travion Barnes has a team-high 13 total tackles in addition to 0 sacks while Baylor’s defense as a whole has combined for 9 sacks and 3 interceptions so far this season.
I’m leaning towards Baylor here. I just think that with all the QB uncertainty in this matchup on the injury report, Baylor is still the better team and I don’t trust LA Tech’s QB depth against this Baylor defense. I just don’t love this spot for the Bulldogs as I see Baylor winning this one somewhere in the ballpark of 41-17. Give me Baylor here.