Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders remain at No. 9 in national polls
March 17, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK – Texas Tech is the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament West Region but will also go into the national tournament at No. 9 in the Associated Press Top 25 and USA TODAY Coaches Polls. The Red Raiders have now been in the Top 10 of the national polls for a program record five straight weeks after not being ranked in the preseason through the 12th week of the season.
Tech entered the AP Top 25 for the first time this season in Week 13 on January 27 at No. 22 in the AP Top 25 and have now been ranked eight straight weeks. Along with the national polls, the Red Raiders are at No. 7 on Kenpom and in the NCAA NET.
Duke (31-3) remains the top-ranked team in the AP Top 25 and is followed by Houston (30-4), Florida (30-4), Auburn (28-5) and St. John's (30-4) in the top five. The Big 12 is also represented by No. 15 Iowa State (24-9), No. 17 BYU (24-9) and No. 21 Arizona (22-12).
March Madness begins for Texas Tech with a 2025 NCAA Tournament West Region First Round matchup against No. 14 UNC Wilmington at 9:10 p.m. on Thursday at the INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. The regional site also includes No. 6 Missouri and No. 11 Drake playing at 6:35 p.m. on Thursday to set up Saturday's Second Round contest. Missouri (22-11) is ranked at No. 23 in the AP Top 25. The game between the Red Raiders and Seahawks (27-7) will be broadcast on truTV while the Texas Tech Sports Network radio call can be heard locally on Double T 97.3 and the national radio coverage is on SiriusXM channel 211.
RANKINGS
• Texas Tech has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for a program record eight straight seasons
• After going most of the season unranked, Tech has now been ranked eight straight weeks and in the Top 10 for five straight weeks
• Tech entered the AP Top 10 for the first time at No. 9 and was at No. 10 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll (Feb. 17)
• The Red Raiders were at No. 12 (Feb. 10) in the AP Top 25 and USA TODAY Coaches poll along with being at No. 9 in the NCAA NET and Kenpom
• Tech was at No. 13 in the AP Top 25 and No. 12 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll on Monday, February 3 for its highest ranking under McCasland
• Tech entered the AP Top 25 for the first time this season on January 27 at No. 22 in the AP Top 25 and was at No. 19 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll… The team was also at No. 11 in Kenpom.com and in the NCAA NET
• Tech moved from unranked to No. 24 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll (Nov. 18)... A loss to Saint Joseph's bumped Tech from the USA TODAY Coaches Poll… The Red Raiders started the 2024-25 season unranked in the preseason polls after being at No. 22 in both national polls going into the NCAA Tournament last season… The Red Raiders were at No. 25 in the final 2023-24 USA TODAY Coaches Poll and received votes in the final AP Poll
• Texas Tech was picked 7th in the Big 12 Preseason Poll and did not have a player selected in the 2024 preseason awards
• Last season, Tech was at No. 15 (Jan. 29) for its highest ranking of the season; Tech came into the 2023-24 season unranked in the AP Preseason Poll and remained unranked in the Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 18, Dec. 25, Jan. 1, and Jan. 8 polls; The team received votes for the first time last season with 62 in the January 8 poll after the win over the Longhorns in Austin to begin conference play
• The No. 15 national ranking was the highest since the program was No. 12 in the AP Top 25 at the end of the 2022 season… Tech was as high as No. 9 in 2022
• Tech's highest AP ranking in program history came at No. 6 in February of 2018 (16th Week Poll)… The 2018-19 team was No. 8 in the final week of the regular season and No. 7 throughout the postseason that led to the 2019 National Championship Final
