Houston at 
Texas TechThe market
DraftKings via collegefootballdata.com, updated Aug 25, 3:49 AM ET.
The venue
Ten seasons at this venue for this two-week window — a fact about the place, not a forecast for the day.
What the models make it
Predicted margin in points, each system carrying its own home-field bump. The year under a name is the season those ratings come from. The market row is the spread as it stands, DraftKings via collegefootballdata.com, updated Aug 25, 3:49 AM ET. Where that is last season, the rating is regressed toward the mean for how wrong a rating can be about a team this early. All 4 systems side with the favorite.
Pickem says
The series
Texas Tech 2–0 Houston as conference opponents since 2011.
If these two finish level in the standings, step (a) of the tiebreaker is head-to-head — which is this game. It is the first thing that separates them, before any of the six steps below it are read.