| MATCHUP | San José State Spartans | Texas Longhorns |
|---|---|---|
| Team Records | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Where | DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX | |
| When | Saturday, September 6, 2025 | |
| Time | 12:00 PM EDT | |
In this article, we will formulate a San Jose State vs Texas Prediction for this College Football Week 2 game on Saturday, September 6th at the Huntington Bank Stadium. Let’s take a look at the prediction for this College Football matchup.
Texas Longhorns Preview
The Longhorns are coming off a 7-14 road defeat in Ohio State in their season opener. Texas got outgained by their opponents by 203-336 yards. They had 13/20 completed passes, 126 passing yards, 77 rushing yards, with turnovers being 0-1. The Longhorns went 3-12 in third down efficiency and had 2-15 penalties.
Arch Manning had 17/30 passes, a team-high 170 passing yards and one touchdown but also threw one interception. Quintrevion Wisner added a team-high 80 rushing yards, while Jack Endries caught 4 passes for 50 yards. Defensively, Brad Spence had nine total tackles, three of them solo. The Longhorns did not have any interceptions in this game.
San Jose State Spartans Preview
The Spartans are coming off a 14-16 home defeat by Central Michigan in their season opener. San José State outgained their opponents by 383-362 yards. They had 24/43 completed passes, 308 passing yards, 75 rushing yards, with turnovers being 3-0. The Spartans went 8-16 in third down efficiency and had 4-39 penalties.
Walker Eget had 24/43 passes, a team-high 308 passing yards, two touchdowns but also threw two interceptions. The rushing attack was led by a back with 44 yards, while Danny Scudero caught 9 passes for 189 yards and one touchdown. The Spartans did not have any interceptions in this game.
Why the Texas Longhorns will win
- Texas has won each of its last 20 games against non-AP-ranked teams.
- San Jose State has lost each of its last 12 games against AP-ranked teams.
- The team ranked 7th in the AP Poll has covered the spread in each of its last six games.
- San Jose State has failed to cover the spread in eight of its last 10 games.
- Texas has won the first quarter in three of its last four games against opponents from the Mountain West Conference.
- Texas has won the first half in each of its last six games against non-conference opponents at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Why the San Jose State Spartans will win
- San Jose State has covered the spread in each of its last five road games against non-conference opponents.
- Texas has failed to cover the spread in four of its last five games.
Total Points Facts
- Nine of San Jose State’s last 10 road openers have gone UNDER the total points line.
- Each of Texas’ last four home openers have gone UNDER the total points line.
Matchup/League Facts
- Texas ranks T1st among FBS teams for Q1 opponent points per game this season (0.0).
- Texas ranks T1st among FBS teams for Q3 opponent points per game this season (0.0).
- San Jose State ranks T1st among FBS teams for Q3 opponent points per game this season (0.0).
- One of San Jose State’s one games this season have been decided by a margin of seven points or less – equal-most amongst FBS teams.
San Jose State vs Texas Prediction
In their only previous meeting back in 2017, Texas destroyed San Jose State by 56-0, covering the spread, as the game went under the point total.
In this San Jose State vs Texas Prediction, Texas is coming in as -36.5-point road favorites, with the total set at 52.5 points. Both teams are coming off defeats in their opening games of the season, with both games being extremely low-scoring ones, with 30 and 21 total points. While I expect Texas to bounce back and win their first game of the season in front of their home crowd, I am not sure if they can cover such a big spread. Instead, I like this game to be a low-scoring one, so take the under 52.5 points in this one.