No. 14 Texas Tech hosts Oklahoma State Saturday

OKLAHOMA STATE AT #14 TEXAS TECH
Lubbock, Texas | Jones AT&T Stadium (60,229)
Oct. 25, 2025
ESPNU | 3 p.m. CDT

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LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 14 Texas Tech (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) aims to bounce back from its first loss of the season when it welcomes Oklahoma State (1-6, 0-4 Big 12) to Lubbock on Saturday. The game will also mark the return of Graham Harrell to Jones AT&T Stadium for his induction into the Texas Tech Ring of Honor. The Red Raiders will look to improve to 7-1 on the season — their best start since 2013 — and remain perfect at home, where they are 4-0 this year and an impressive 19-5 inside Jones AT&T Stadium since 2022.

National television coverage will be provided by ESPNU with Justin Kutcher behind the mic, providing the play-by-play. He will be joined by Dustin Fox in the booth, providing analysis. The broadcast can be accessed from any desktop or laptop computer, a personal cellular device, and television streaming services using the ESPN app.

Texas Tech Sports Network will also broadcast the game over 46 affiliates throughout the state of Texas and New Mexico, as Brian Jensen will have the call alongside analyst John Harris and sideline reporter Chris Level. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 119 or 198, the SiriusXM app on channel 952, as well as on the Varsity app.

TEXAS TECH ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO GAMEDAY POLICIES

Texas Tech Athletics announced Monday changes to its gameday fan policies moving forward as the throwing of objects inside Jones AT&T Stadium – including tortillas – will result in an immediate fan ejection and possible revocation of future ticket privileges for the remainder of the season.
As a result of this policy change, Texas Tech Athletics is directing fans to no longer participate in the tortilla toss tradition at any point in the game, including the opening kickoff. "We have the best fans in the country who impact the game each and every Saturday through the atmosphere inside Jones AT&T Stadium," Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. "We have three important home games remaining this season. Coach McGuire has said multiple times this team's ultimate goal is to play in AT&T Stadium in Arlington for a Big 12 title. I am confident our fans will continue to support our team and coaches with their passionate support and energy to accomplish this goal. We cannot risk penalizing our team by throwing tortillas."

SIX OF SEVEN GAMES IN 2025 SOLD OUT

Texas Tech announced on June 26 that it sold out of its primary ticket inventory for this week's game versus Oklahoma State, and its following home game, Nov. 8 versus BYU, was announced a sellout on Sept. 30.
Texas Tech has sold out of its primary ticket inventory for each of the first six home games in 2025; only the season finale on Nov. 15 versus UCF remains with single-game tickets available for purchase.
Tickets can be purchased online at TexasTech.com or by speaking to a ticket sales representative at 806-742-TECH.
Texas Tech is on pace to set the school record for average home attendance, besting the 58,934 average set in 2014 over six games.
The Red Raiders have rewarded their loyal fan base with a 4-0 record at Jones AT&T Stadium in 2025 and a 41.0 point average margin of victory.
Fans are encouraged to visit SeatGeek for tickets for games that the Texas Tech Athletics Department has previously announced as a sellout.
Texas Tech sold out of season tickets for the third consecutive season in early May as Red Raider fans purchased more than 33,000 season passes for the 2025 campaign.

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THIS WEEK IN THE TOP-25 POLLS

Texas Tech dropped to No. 14 this week in the latest Associated Press poll and to No. 15 in a vote of AFCA coaches compiled by USA Today. The Red Raiders were previously ranked as high as No. 7 prior to their loss at Arizona State, their highest appearance in either poll since late in the 2008 season.
The Red Raiders have been ranked inside the top 25 of both major polls every week thus far this season. Texas Tech entered the 2025 season ranked inside the top 25 of both major polls for the first time since 2008, as the Red Raiders were No. 23 in the Associated Press poll and No. 24 in the AFCA coaches poll. Texas Tech was previously ranked No. 24 in the 2023 AFCA preseason poll before falling out after a season-opening loss at Wyoming.

ULTIMATE GOAL: GET TO ARLINGTON

Texas Tech began this season with the ultimate goal of finding its way to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the site of the Big 12 Championship game. That goal is still in reach even with the Red Raiders' loss last weekend at Arizona State. Texas Tech is now of five Big 12 programs at 3-1 or better in Big 12 play, joining unbeaten BYU (4-0), Cincinnati (4-0) and then Arizona State (3-1) and Houston (3-1).
Texas Tech secured its second 3-0 start to Big 12 play in as many years with its 42-17 victory over Kansas. It marked the sixth time since joining the Big 12 in 1996 that the Red Raiders opened league play with three-consecutive victories. Dating back to joining the Southwest Conference in 1960, this is the eighth time the league slate has been started with a 3-0 record, having done so in 1976 and 1983 and then five times in the Big 12 era in 1998, 2005, 2008, 2013, and 2024.

HOME SWEET HOME

Texas Tech returns to the friendly confines of Jones AT&T Stadium this weekend where the Red Raiders are a perfect 4-0 this season and 19-5 under Joey McGuire since his hiring prior to the 2022 campaign. Texas Tech is tied with Kansas State for the highest home winning percentage among Big 12 members during that span entering this weekend. Texas Tech is 11-4 at home against Big 12 opponents under McGuire and an impressive 8-1 during non-conference play.
This is the 14th time in program history and the third time in a four-year span that Tech has hosted seven games in a season, continuing its recent trend of prioritizing home games. The Red Raiders are slated to host seven home games in two of the next three seasons, with 2027 being the lone exception.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

2: Texas Tech joins Toledo as one of only two FBS teams to lead their conference in both scoring offense and scoring defense entering this weekend.
10.5: David Bailey leads the FBS with 10.5 sacks this season, the most for a Big 12 player through only seven games dating back to 2012.
30: Joey McGuire will be looking for his 30th win of his tenure Saturday, which would make him the quickest to hit that mark in 46 games since Jim Carlen (1970-74).
50: Texas Tech enters this weekend tied for fourth in the FBS with 50 offensive plays from scrimmage that have gone for 20 or more yards, including 32 through the air.
307: Texas Tech ranks tied for fourth in the FBS for scoring offense with 307 points this season (43.7 per game), which leads all Big 12 schools.

INSIDE THE SERIES

This will be the 52nd all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in a series that is tied 24-24-3 overall after the Red Raiders handed the Cowboys a 56-48 loss a year ago in Stillwater. Texas Tech is 13-8-2 all-time at home against the Cowboys with Oklahoma State's last visit coming in 2021.
The Red Raiders are 12-16 all-time against the Cowboys during the Big 12 era despite winning seven of the first nine meetings after the league formed prior to the 1996 season. Oklahoma State returned the favor, winning 12 of the last 15 meetings with Texas Tech's two wins during that stretch coming in a 41-17 road win in 2018, a 45-35 victory at home a year later and then last season's victory.
The Red Raiders snapped a nine-game losing streak to Oklahoma State in their 2018 visit to Stillwater following a 41-17 victory in 2018. It marked the first time Texas Tech had topped Oklahoma State away from home since the 2001 season. Texas Tech is only 3-10 in Stillwater during the Big 12 era with its lone other win coming via a 27-3 victory in 1997.
The victory over Oklahoma State in 2019 marked Texas Tech's first at home against the Cowboys since the 2008 season as the Red Raiders created five takeaways and totaled seven sacks, their most in a game at the time since 2009.
Texas Tech and Oklahoma State have produced several high-scoring shootouts in recent years as the two schools have combined for at least 70 points in 10 of the past 12 meetings. The two schools have combined for 50 or more points in 13 of the past 14 meetings and in 21 of the past 25 contests overall.

TEXAS TECH-OKLAHOMA STATE CONNECTIONS

Texas Tech associate head coach and special teams coordinator Kenny Perry was on the same Kansas staff as Oklahoma State interim head coach Doug Meacham during the 2017-18 season. Perry was in a similar role during those two seasons with the Jayhawks, while Meacham was the offensive coordinator. Texas Tech wide receivers coach and offensive passing game coordinator Justin Johnson was also on the Kansas staff during that span, first as an offensive analyst from 2016-17 and then as the wide receivers coach in 2018.
Meacham also crossed paths with Texas Tech defensive line coach Zarnell Fitch as the two were on the same TCU staff on two different occasions during the 2014-16 seasons and then again from 2020-21. Fitch began his tenure at his alma mater as TCU's Director of High School Relations from 2014-15 before being promoted to defensive line coach, a position he held from 2016-21. Meacham was TCU's co-offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach from 2014-16 before departing for Kansas. He returned to TCU in 2020 as inside receivers and tight ends coach before moving back into the offensive coordinator role a year later.

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