Baylor vs. West Virginia

Baylor and West Virginia have 13 meetings on file, the first in 2012; West Virginia leads the series 8–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s West Virginia 6–⁠4.

Scheduled 2027 at Baylor. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Baylor wins
5
West Virginia wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2012
Longest streak
3 West Virginia
Current streak
1 Baylor
Last 10 meetings
West Virginia 6–⁠4
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s3–⁠5
2020s2–⁠3
Both ranked
1 meeting: Baylor 0, West Virginia 1
Average margin
13.8 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Baylor
4–⁠2 Baylor’s record at home
At West Virginia
6–⁠1 West Virginia’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Baylor’s biggest win2013: Baylor 73, West Virginia 42by 31 points
  2. West Virginia’s biggest win2018: West Virginia 58, Baylor 14by 44 points
  3. Upset2014: West Virginia 41, Baylor 27West Virginia had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2024: Baylor 49, West Virginia 35Baylor had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown2012: West Virginia 70, Baylor 63No. 25 Baylor at No. 9 West Virginia

Coach against coach

YearsBaylorSeriesWest Virginia
2012–⁠2015Art Briles2–⁠2Dana Holgorsen
2020–⁠2024Dave Aranda2–⁠3Neal Brown

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Briles 2–⁠2 against Holgorsen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Baylor and West Virginia, 2012 on130015001700201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Geno Smith West Virginia45 of 51, 656 yards, 8 TD2012 Passing
Nick Florence Baylor29 of 47, 581 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2012 Passing
Will Grier West Virginia26 of 37, 375 yards, 5 TD2017 Passing
Stedman Bailey West Virginia13 catches, 303 yards, 5 TD2012 Receiving
Terrance Williams Baylor17 catches, 314 yards, 2 TD2012 Receiving
Corey Coleman Baylor10 catches, 199 yards, 3 TD2015 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 16, 2024Baylor 49, West Virginia 35at West Virginia
Nov 25, 2023West Virginia 34, Baylor 31at Baylor
Oct 13, 2022West Virginia 43, Baylor 40at West Virginia
Oct 9, 2021Baylor 45, West Virginia 20at Baylor
Oct 3, 2020West Virginia 27, Baylor 21at West Virginia
Oct 31, 201912Baylor 17, West Virginia 14at Baylor
Oct 25, 201813West Virginia 58, Baylor 14at West Virginia
Oct 21, 201723West Virginia 38, Baylor 36at Baylor
Dec 3, 201614West Virginia 24, Baylor 21at West Virginia
Oct 17, 20152Baylor 62, West Virginia 38at Baylor
Oct 18, 2014West Virginia 41, 4Baylor 27at West Virginia
Oct 5, 201317Baylor 73, West Virginia 42at Baylor
Sep 29, 20129West Virginia 70, 25Baylor 63at West Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.