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Minnesota vs. West Virginia Guaranteed Rate Bowl Odds, Plays and Insights

Check out odds, insights and more in our betting preview for the Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Guaranteed Rate Bowl college football matchup on December 28, 2021.

Nov 27, 2021; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Wisconsin Badgers nose tackle Keeanu Benton (95) sacks Minnesota Golden Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan (2) at Huntington Bank Stadium. Minnesota won 23-13. Mandatory Credit: Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK

The Guaranteed Rate Bowl will feature a matchup between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the West Virginia Mountaineers.

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Odds for Minnesota vs. West Virginia

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Over/Under Insights

  • Minnesota's games this season have gone over 45 points seven of 12 times.
  • In 75% of West Virginia's games this season (9/12), the teams combined to score more than Tuesday's total of 45.
  • The combined points per game average of the two teams, 52.9, is 7.9 points more than Tuesday's over/under.
  • The 42.6 combined points per game that these two squads have allowed this season are 2.4 fewer than the 45 total in this contest.
  • The Golden Gophers and their opponents have scored an average of 48.0 points per game in 2021, 3.0 more than Tuesday's total.
  • The 52.7 PPG average total in Mountaineers games this season is 7.7 points more than this game's over/under.

Minnesota Stats and Trends

  • Minnesota has seven wins against the spread in 12 games this year.
  • The Golden Gophers have been favored by 5 points or more five times this season and have covered the spread in two of them.
  • Minnesota's games this year have hit the over in 50% of its opportunities (six times in 12 games with a set point total).
  • This year, the Golden Gophers score just 1.8 more points per game (26.1) than the Mountaineers allow (24.3).
  • Minnesota is 5-2 against the spread and 6-1 overall in games when it records more than 24.3 points.
  • The Golden Gophers average only 10.6 more yards per game (360.3), than the Mountaineers allow per outing (349.7).
  • Minnesota is 5-2 against the spread and 5-2 overall when the team totals over 349.7 yards.
  • The Golden Gophers have turned the ball over 11 times this season, one fewer than the Mountaineers have forced (12).
  • Find the latest spread and moneyline odds for Minnesota at SISportsbook.

West Virginia Stats and Trends

  • Against the spread, West Virginia is 6-6-0 this year.
  • The Mountaineers have covered the spread twice this season when underdogs by 5 points or more (in three chances).
  • West Virginia's games this season have hit the over on five of 12 set point totals (41.7%).
  • The Mountaineers put up 8.5 more points per game (26.8) than the Golden Gophers surrender (18.3).
  • West Virginia is 5-4 against the spread and 6-3 overall in games when it puts up more than 18.3 points.
  • The Mountaineers average 98.5 more yards per game (383.3) than the Golden Gophers allow (284.8).
  • When West Virginia amasses more than 284.8 yards, the team is 5-5 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
  • The Mountaineers have turned the ball over four more times (19 total) than the Golden Gophers have forced a turnover (15) this season.
  • Head to SISportsbook to find the latest moneyline, spread and over/under odds for this matchup.

Season Stats

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