Louisiana Tech hosts Northwestern State (0-1). The market has Louisiana Tech favored by 44.5.
What’s at stake
Louisiana Tech
- Louisiana Tech is the Conference USA program whose Terry Bradshaw 1968-1969 + 2014 C-USA West Division title + Skip Holtz era + Joe Aillet Stadium define what historic-North-Louisiana-football looks like.
Northwestern State
- A win would be one of Northwestern State’s biggest of the season — a 166-spot gap in the power ratings.
The series
Louisiana Tech leads the series 9-2
11 meetings since 1975 · Louisiana Tech has won the last 2
- 2023Louisiana Tech 51–21
- 2017Louisiana Tech 52–24
- 2014Northwestern State 30–27
- 1994Louisiana Tech 38–28
- 1981Louisiana Tech 37–33
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Northwestern State
The chip · vs the national mediaFans here believe the chip is recognition: Northwestern State produced two NFL Rookies of the Year (a distinction unmatched by almost any other FCS program) and won the Southland four times, yet the program is invisible in the broader college-football narrative. Nobody knows Northwestern State, even though the evidence is in the NFL.
Louisiana Tech
The chip · vs the national mediaFans are tired of their program being treated as a footnote — they'll remind anyone who'll listen that the sport's most famous quarterback came from Ruston, and that the Bulldogs have a national title most of their peers can only dream about.
What this game touches
Carrying a big-time pedigree at a small-time station. Louisiana Tech sent Terry Bradshaw to four Super Bowl wins and won a national title in its division — yet lives as a quiet Conference USA stalwart, its biggest names long gone to bigger stages. The ache is gentle but real: a program with blue-blood roots stuck on the sport's back roads.
Best players
Louisiana Tech
- Jadon Mayfield (LB) · 2025: 61 tackles
- Sifa Leota (LB) · 2025: 58 tackles
- Jakari Foster (DB) · 2025: 55 tackles
The line, and the room
The model and the market don’t fully agree on Louisiana Tech’s chances here.
Home −44.5 · O/U 55.5
Conditions
87°F · 7 mph wind · Rain Shower
Louisiana Tech is 66% at home, 27% on the road since 2018 (29-15 home, 13-35 away).