No. 22 Houston visits No. 13 Texas Tech on Friday (7:00 CT, FOX). Live HASHMARK: Texas Tech −18.8 / 84.4%. Vegas close on the schedule: Texas Tech −7.5 — an ~11-point gap and the loudest Friday card.
HX ranks Texas Tech 7th (5.84), +6 vs AP’s 13. Houston sits AP 22 / HX 41 (−19), the second-largest negative AP gap on the Week 3 disagreement card. Post–Week 2 FPI has Tech 16th; SP+ has Tech 15th (19.1). HX is the bullish Tech model among the boards HASHMARK tracks.
This is an HX-vs-market and HX-vs-ballot story, not a claim about Houston’s résumé after two wins. The number on the schedule is the post. If Tech covers like an HX 7 seed, the prior looks early. If Houston keeps it one-score, the book was closer.
Why it matters
Ready Friday social before the Magnolia Bowl lead; HX brand disagreement with a live kick tonight.