Texas Tech vs. West Virginia

Texas Tech and West Virginia have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1937; Texas Tech leads the series 8–⁠7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas Tech 6–⁠4, and Texas Tech has won the last 2.

Texas Tech wins
8
West Virginia wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1937
Longest streak
5 West Virginia
Current streak
2 Texas Tech
Last 10 meetings
Texas Tech 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
2010s3–⁠5
2020s5–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Texas Tech 0, West Virginia 1
Average margin
17.7 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas Tech
4–⁠3 Texas Tech’s record at home
At West Virginia
3–⁠4 West Virginia’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Texas Tech first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas Tech’s biggest win2025: Texas Tech 49, West Virginia 0by 49 points
  2. West Virginia’s biggest win2016: West Virginia 48, Texas Tech 17by 31 points
  3. Ranked showdown2018: West Virginia 42, Texas Tech 34No. 12 West Virginia at No. 25 Texas Tech

Coach against coach

YearsTexas TechSeriesWest Virginia
2013–⁠2018Kliff Kingsbury1–⁠5Dana Holgorsen
2019–⁠2021Matt Wells3–⁠0Neal Brown
2022–⁠2024Joey McGuire2–⁠1Neal Brown

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Texas Tech’s side (Kingsbury 1–⁠5 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 Texas Tech and West Virginia, 1937 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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

Seth Doege Texas Tech32 of 42, 499 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT2012 Passing
Tahj Brooks Texas Tech23 carries, 188 yards, 3 TD2024 Rushing

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

On television

2025ESPN0.9 million viewers

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

Every game

Nov 7, 2026West Virginia at Texas Tech upcomingat Texas Tech
Nov 29, 20257Texas Tech 49, West Virginia 0at West Virginia
Nov 30, 2024Texas Tech 52, West Virginia 15at Texas Tech
Sep 23, 2023West Virginia 20, Texas Tech 13at West Virginia
Oct 22, 2022Texas Tech 48, West Virginia 10at Texas Tech
Oct 2, 2021Texas Tech 23, West Virginia 20at West Virginia
Oct 24, 2020Texas Tech 34, West Virginia 27at Texas Tech
Nov 9, 2019Texas Tech 38, West Virginia 17at West Virginia
Sep 29, 201812West Virginia 42, 25Texas Tech 34at Texas Tech
Oct 14, 2017West Virginia 46, 24Texas Tech 35at West Virginia
Oct 15, 201620West Virginia 48, Texas Tech 17at Texas Tech
Nov 7, 2015West Virginia 31, Texas Tech 26at West Virginia
Oct 11, 2014West Virginia 37, Texas Tech 34at Texas Tech
Oct 19, 201316Texas Tech 37, West Virginia 27at West Virginia
Oct 13, 2012Texas Tech 49, 5West Virginia 14at Texas Tech
Jan 1, 1938West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6Neutral siteSun Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.