Arizona State vs. Texas Tech

Arizona State and Texas Tech have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1999; Texas Tech leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Texas Tech 4–⁠3.

Arizona State wins
3
Texas Tech wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1999
Longest streak
2 Texas Tech
Current streak
1 Texas Tech
Last 10 meetings
Texas Tech 4–⁠3
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠2
2020s1–⁠2
Average margin
13.1 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arizona State
3–⁠0 Arizona State’s record at home
At Texas Tech
3–⁠0 Texas Tech’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Arizona State first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Arizona State’s biggest win1999: Arizona State 31, Texas Tech 13by 18 points
  2. Texas Tech’s biggest win2026: Texas Tech 53, Arizona State 25by 28 points
  3. Upset2013: Texas Tech 37, Arizona State 23Texas Tech had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArizona StateSeriesTexas Tech
2013–⁠2017Todd Graham1–⁠2Kliff Kingsbury
2024–⁠2026Kenny Dillingham1–⁠2Joey McGuire

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arizona State’s side (Graham 1–⁠2 against Kingsbury). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arizona State and Texas Tech, 1999 on130015001700200020052010201520202025

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

Nic Shimonek Texas Tech37 of 50, 543 yards, 6 TD2017 Passing
Patrick Mahomes Texas Tech38 of 53, 540 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT2016 Passing
Davis Webb Texas Tech28 of 41, 403 yards, 4 TD2013 Passing
Kalen Ballage Arizona State13 carries, 137 yards, 7 TD2016 Rushing

Named most valuable

Davis Webb2013
Will Smith2013

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

On television

2025FOX2.6 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 17, 202610Texas Tech 53, Arizona State 25at Texas Tech
Oct 18, 2025Arizona State 26, 7Texas Tech 22at Arizona State
Sep 21, 2024Texas Tech 30, Arizona State 22at Texas Tech
Sep 16, 2017Texas Tech 52, Arizona State 45at Texas Tech
Sep 10, 2016Arizona State 68, Texas Tech 55at Arizona State
Dec 30, 2013Texas Tech 37, 16Arizona State 23Qualcomm StadiumHoliday Bowl
Sep 6, 199925Arizona State 31, Texas Tech 13at Arizona State

Every game is listed as played on the field.