Virginia Tech Hokies vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/23/24

The Virginia Tech Hokies are in an interesting spot entering their road matchup against the Duke Blue Devils. Coming off the bye week, both QB Kyron Drones and RB Bhayshul Tuten are listed as questionable at the time of writing coming off an abysmal outing against Clemson last time out. The Blue Devils’ defense is on par with that of the Tigers and I don’t expect the Hokies to find more success this time around — especially with lingering injuries to key players. Duke ranks top 33 in both EPA/rush and EPA/dropback and has been excellent on 3rd/4th down success (13th in FBS) defensively. 

On the contrary, Virginia Tech ranks 94th in 3rd/4th down success rate offensively and has struggled to finish drives. The Hokies’ defense has found success when its able to generate pressure on the QB, ranking top 10 in sacks this season. However, the Blue Devils’ offensive line ranks top 25 in pass blocking and should provide Maalik Murphy plenty of time to make plays. The Hokies are in a confusing phase of the season and are hard to pin at the moment, whereas we know exactly what we’re getting with the Blue Devils. I’ll take the home team to cover.

Virginia Tech vs Duke prediction: Duke +3 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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