WVU Football Heavy Underdog at Kansas Despite Pitt Win

For a sense of humble pie, oddsmakers don’t appear impressed by West Virginia’s Backyard Brawl win over Pitt. WVU entered their rivalry game against Pitt as a heavy underdog, but ended up beating the Panthers 31-24 in overtime.

And at the open of a new week, the Mountaineers are once again predicted to lose in convincing fashion. Both DraftKings and FanDuel have Rich Rodriguez’s team as a double digit underdog to Kansas.

West Virginia is currently +11.5 on DraftKings and +12.5 on FanDuel.

Through three games, the Jayhawks share WVU’s 2-1 record at the start of Big 12 play. West Virginia has wins over Robert Morris and Pitt and a loss at Ohio.

Kansas, coming off a bye following their loss to Missouri, their out of conference rival, has wins over Fresno State and Wagner.

WVU beat Kansas 32-28 in a back and forth thriller last season. Rodney Gallagher caught the game-winning touchdown for the Mountaineers.

West Virginia and Kansas will air nationally on FS1 and kickoff from Lawrence at 6 pm ET.

For a related story, WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez admitted the win over Pitt meant more than just any win.