Texas Tech Red Raiders

Big 12Lubbock, TXJones AT&T Stadium

2026: 6–⁠0 (3–⁠0 Big 12), No. 8 in the AP poll. Last: beat Arizona State 53–⁠25 at home. Next: at Cincinnati, Saturday, Oct 24.

  1. W 33–⁠10Abilene Christian
  2. W 35–⁠24at Oregon State
  3. W 28–⁠26No. 22 Houston
  4. W 49–⁠14Sam Houston
  5. W 29–⁠7at Colorado
  6. W 53–⁠25Arizona State
  7. Oct 24at Cincinnati
  8. Oct 31Arizona
  9. Nov 7West Virginia
  10. Nov 14at Oklahoma State
  11. Nov 21at Baylor
  12. Nov 26TCU
  • Outfitted by Adidas
  • Live mascot: Masked Rider
  • Sudler Trophy, 1999

Texas Tech has played football since 1925 and is 595–⁠471–⁠24 in the 1,090 games on record here, which start in 1926. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 7, in 2025. They have won nine Border Conference titles (the last in 1955), plus two Southwest Conference titles, one Big 12 Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1938, the NFL Draft has taken 103 players from here in its first seven rounds, 10 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took four players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 8 players and 1 coach from Texas Tech. Mike Leach (2000–⁠2009) won more games here than any other coach: 84. The most-played rival is Baylor: 83 meetings, Baylor leads 42–⁠40–⁠1. This season, under Joey McGuire, they’re 6–⁠0.

Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock
Jones AT&T StadiumPhoto: Oruiz1213, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • Texas Tech is one of six FBS teams that are unbeaten this season, with BYU, James Madison, Miami, UCLA and Utah.

Computed from every game through Oct 17 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 1996Texas Tech lost to No. 5 Nebraska 24–⁠10 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
625–⁠488–⁠32 official; 595–⁠471–⁠24 on file; how we count
Postseason
17–⁠24 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 150 ranked
Elo now
1719 9th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 9 · Composite No. 9 in FBS, Oct 17. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2025 rated 1748
Conference titles
12 last in 2025
Bowl record
17–⁠25–⁠1 official, bowls only
Seasons
101 since 1926, 1,090 games

Identity

Fight song
Fight, Raiders, Fight
Band
Goin’ Band from Raiderland since 1925, 400+ members

2026 season 6–⁠0

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Texas Tech’s Elo through 2026: 1665 going into the opener, 1719 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 12 to unranked.1650167517001725Elo 1665 going in; beat Abilene Christian 33–10; AP No. 12Elo 1671 going in; beat Oregon State 35–24; AP No. 13Elo 1680 going in; beat Houston 28–26; AP No. 13Elo 1686 going in; beat Sam Houston 49–14; AP No. 11Elo 1693 going in; beat Colorado 29–7; AP No. 12Elo 1706 going in; beat Arizona State 53–25; AP No. 10Now: Elo 1719 after the latest game1719
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Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20282 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20292 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20303 games: 2 home, 1 neutral, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20323 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Texas Tech’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 10, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Texas Tech.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Adidas · Official source
Mascot
Raider Red · Official source
Live mascot
Masked Rider (horse) · Official source
Student section
The Jones Student Section at Galaxy Stadium · Official source
Athletic director
Kirby Hocutt · Official source
Radio flagship
KTTU-FM · Single source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, July 2024 through 2034. 10 years.

  • Texas Tech Athletics, Jul 1, 2024: 10-year partnership effective July 1, 2024
  • KCBD, Jul 1, 2024: Adidas is the footwear and apparel partner for 10 years

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1926

Best seasons ever
Texas Tech end-of-season Elo from 1926 to 2026, best in 2025 at 1748.1300150017001900194019601980200020202025 peak: Elo 1748
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Joey McGuire2022–⁠202641–⁠18
Sonny Cumbie20212–⁠3
Matt Wells2019–⁠202113–⁠17
Kliff Kingsbury2013–⁠201835–⁠40
Chris Thomsen20121–⁠0
Tommy Tuberville2010–⁠201220–⁠17
Ruffin McNeill20091–⁠0
Mike Leach2000–⁠200984–⁠43
Spike Dykes1986–⁠199982–⁠67–⁠1
David McWilliams19867–⁠4
Jerry Moore1981–⁠198516–⁠37–⁠2
Rex Dockery1978–⁠198015–⁠16–⁠2
Steve Sloan1975–⁠197723–⁠12
Jim Carlen1970–⁠197437–⁠20–⁠2
J.T. King1961–⁠196944–⁠45–⁠3
DeWitt Weaver1951–⁠196049–⁠51–⁠5
Dell Morgan1941–⁠195055–⁠49–⁠3
Pete Cawthon1930–⁠194070–⁠25–⁠6
Grady Higginbotham19290–⁠2
Ewing Y. Freeland1926–⁠19280–⁠5

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesTTU record
Baylor8340–⁠42–⁠1
Texas7318–⁠55
Texas A&M7032–⁠37–⁠1
TCU6733–⁠31–⁠3
Oklahoma State5225–⁠24–⁠3
SMU4933–⁠16
Rice4827–⁠20–⁠1
New Mexico4537–⁠6–⁠2
Every opponent (132)

Every program Texas Tech has played, A to Z, with Texas Tech’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

12, counting shared titles
Big 12 Conference 1
2025
Southwest Conference 2
1976 (shared), 1994 (shared)
Border Conference 9
1937, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
Big 12 South 1
2008 (tied)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1925–⁠1931
  2. Border Conference 1932–⁠1956
  3. Independent 1957–⁠1959
  4. Southwest Conference 1960–⁠1995
  5. Big 12 since 1996
  • 1996Joined the Big 12 from the Southwest Conference. Source

Texas Tech’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2025Jacob Rodriguez LBLombardi, Nagurski, Bednarik, Butkus
2008Michael Crabtree WRBiletnikoff
2008Graham Harrell QBUnitas Golden Arm
2007Michael Crabtree WRBiletnikoff
1996Byron Hanspard RBDoak Walker
1993Bam Morris RBDoak Walker

Consensus All-Americans 14

2025David Bailey DL
2025Jacob Rodriguez LB
2013Jace Amaro TE
2008Brandon Carter OG
2008Michael Crabtree WR
2007Michael Crabtree WR
1998Montae Reagor DE
1996Byron Hanspard RB
1995Zach Thomas LB
1991Mark Bounds P
1982Gabriel Rivera DT
1977Dan Irons OT
1965Donny Anderson RB
1960E.J. Holub C/LB

Led the nation 13

2016Patrick Mahomes passing yards (5,052 yds), total offense (5,307 yds), total offense per game (410.5)
2015Patrick Mahomes total offense per game (393.0)
2008Graham Harrell passing yards (5,111 yds)
2007Graham Harrell passing yards (5,705 yds), passing touchdowns (48 TD), total offense (5,614 yds), total offense per game (431.8)
2007Michael Crabtree receptions (134 catches), receiving yards (1,962 yds), receiving touchdowns (22 TD)
2004Sonny Cumbie passing yards (4,742 yds), total offense (4,575 yds), total offense per game (381.3)
2003B.J. Symons passing yards (5,833 yds), passing touchdowns (52 TD), total offense (5,976 yds), total offense per game (459.7)
2002Kliff Kingsbury passing yards (5,017 yds), passing touchdowns (45 TD), total offense (4,903 yds)
1993Bam Morris rushing touchdowns (22 TD), points per game (12.2)
1984Keith Henderson kickoff return average (28.9)
1959Bake Turner yards per catch (20.2)
1939Earle Clark yards per catch (17.3)
1938Elmer Tarbox yards per catch (21.4)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2025Jacob Rodriguez LB5th
2008Graham Harrell QB4th
2008Michael Crabtree WR5th
1965Donny Anderson RB4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
8
Coaches
1
2025Graham Harrell QB
2022Michael Crabtree WR
2015Zach Thomas LB
2014Jerry Moore coach here, 1981–⁠1985
2012Gabe Rivera DT
2008Dave Parks WR
1991Hub Bechtol E
1989Donny Anderson RB
1986E.J. Holub C/LB

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
103 since 1938
First-round picks
10
AAFC and AFL picks
4 1947–⁠48, 1961, 1964
2026David Bailey DENo. 2, New York Jets
2023Tyree Wilson DENo. 7, Las Vegas Raiders
2020Jordyn Brooks OLBNo. 27, Seattle Seahawks
2017Patrick Mahomes QBNo. 10, Kansas City Chiefs
2009Michael Crabtree WRNo. 10, San Francisco 49ers
1983Gabriel Rivera DTNo. 21, Pittsburgh Steelers
1981Ted Watts DBNo. 21, Oakland Raiders
1965Donny Anderson RBNo. 7, Green Bay Packers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Texas Tech University
Enrollment
40,757 32,580 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Lubbock, Texas
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1923
Graduates’ median earnings
$62,454 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @TexasTechFBInstagram @texastech_fbFacebook TexasTechFootball
Athletics department
X @TechAthleticsInstagram @texastechathleticsFacebook TTUAthletics

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones texastech.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠03–⁠012Joey McGuire171921.6
202512–⁠28–⁠1237Joey McGuire174827.6
20248–⁠56–⁠3Joey McGuire15484.3
20237–⁠65–⁠4Joey McGuire15906.1
20228–⁠55–⁠4Joey McGuire15948.5
20217–⁠63–⁠6Matt Wells, Sonny Cumbie15229.8
20204–⁠63–⁠6Matt Wells1431-4.2
20194–⁠82–⁠7Matt Wells14682.7
20185–⁠73–⁠6Kliff Kingsbury14748.7
20176–⁠73–⁠6Kliff Kingsbury14894.8
20165–⁠73–⁠6Kliff Kingsbury14783.7
20157–⁠64–⁠5Kliff Kingsbury15174.5
20144–⁠82–⁠7Kliff Kingsbury14414.9
20138–⁠54–⁠5Kliff Kingsbury157714.0
20128–⁠54–⁠5Tommy Tuberville, Chris Thomsen154417.0
20115–⁠72–⁠7Tommy Tuberville14644.8
20108–⁠53–⁠5Tommy Tuberville16107.4
20099–⁠45–⁠321Mike Leach, Ruffin McNeill169924.6
200811–⁠27–⁠11212Mike Leach170623.0
20079–⁠44–⁠422Mike Leach163424.9
20068–⁠54–⁠425Mike Leach160517.9
20059–⁠36–⁠22120Mike Leach165825.4
20048–⁠45–⁠318Mike Leach167619.5
20038–⁠54–⁠4Mike Leach161111.9
20029–⁠55–⁠3Mike Leach163416.1
Every season back to 1926 (76 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20017–⁠54–⁠4Mike Leach157814.7
20007–⁠63–⁠5Mike Leach15177.9
19996–⁠55–⁠3Spike Dykes1535-7.4
19987–⁠54–⁠4Spike Dykes15528.1
19976–⁠55–⁠3Spike Dykes15833.7
19967–⁠55–⁠3Spike Dykes161415.7
19959–⁠35–⁠223Spike Dykes164313.0
19946–⁠64–⁠3Spike Dykes154511.8
19936–⁠65–⁠2Spike Dykes15459.0
19925–⁠64–⁠3Spike Dykes1499-1.0
19916–⁠55–⁠3Spike Dykes15562.2
19904–⁠73–⁠5Spike Dykes15002.6
19899–⁠35–⁠319Spike Dykes162511.8
19885–⁠64–⁠3Spike Dykes15155.0
19876–⁠4–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Spike Dykes15252.6
19867–⁠55–⁠3David McWilliams, Spike Dykes15234.4
19854–⁠71–⁠7Jerry Moore1440-3.1
19844–⁠72–⁠6Jerry Moore1424-4.2
19833–⁠7–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Jerry Moore1391-6.2
19824–⁠73–⁠5Jerry Moore1397-3.2
19811–⁠9–⁠10–⁠7–⁠1Jerry Moore1375-7.4
19805–⁠63–⁠5Rex Dockery14801.0
19793–⁠6–⁠22–⁠5–⁠1Rex Dockery14877.5
19787–⁠45–⁠3Rex Dockery158914.1
19777–⁠54–⁠48Steve Sloan157710.8
197610–⁠27–⁠113Steve Sloan167319.7
19756–⁠54–⁠3Steve Sloan155912.7
19746–⁠4–⁠23–⁠4Jim Carlen157511.1
197311–⁠16–⁠12011Jim Carlen170620.5
19728–⁠44–⁠3Jim Carlen153712.8
19714–⁠72–⁠5Jim Carlen1492-0.7
19708–⁠45–⁠2Jim Carlen15398.5
19695–⁠54–⁠3J.T. King1489
19685–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3J.T. King1495
19676–⁠45–⁠2J.T. King1517
19664–⁠62–⁠5J.T. King1478
19658–⁠35–⁠2J.T. King1576
19646–⁠4–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1J.T. King1508
19635–⁠52–⁠5J.T. King1421
19621–⁠90–⁠7J.T. King1332
19614–⁠62–⁠5J.T. King1426
19603–⁠6–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1DeWitt Weaver1429
19594–⁠6DeWitt Weaver1414
19583–⁠7DeWitt Weaver1383
19572–⁠8DeWitt Weaver1397
19562–⁠7–⁠11–⁠3DeWitt Weaver1451
19557–⁠3–⁠13–⁠0–⁠1DeWitt Weaver1611
19547–⁠2–⁠14–⁠019DeWitt Weaver1675
195311–⁠15–⁠012DeWitt Weaver1690
19523–⁠7–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1DeWitt Weaver1444
19517–⁠44–⁠0DeWitt Weaver1579
19503–⁠83–⁠2Dell Morgan1448
19497–⁠55–⁠0Dell Morgan1535
19487–⁠35–⁠0Dell Morgan1606
19476–⁠54–⁠0Dell Morgan1549
19468–⁠33–⁠1Dell Morgan1564
19453–⁠5–⁠21–⁠0–⁠1Dell Morgan1419
19444–⁠72–⁠0Dell Morgan1413
19434–⁠6Dell Morgan1433
19424–⁠5–⁠13–⁠0–⁠1Dell Morgan1553
19419–⁠22–⁠0Dell Morgan1618
19409–⁠1–⁠10–⁠1Pete Cawthon1574
19395–⁠5–⁠12–⁠1Pete Cawthon1486
193810–⁠12–⁠011Pete Cawthon1628
19378–⁠43–⁠0Pete Cawthon1557
19365–⁠4–⁠10–⁠0–⁠1Pete Cawthon1430
19355–⁠3–⁠20–⁠1Pete Cawthon1525
19347–⁠2–⁠11–⁠0Pete Cawthon1588
19338–⁠11–⁠0Pete Cawthon1609
193210–⁠22–⁠0Pete Cawthon1577
19313–⁠1Pete Cawthon1495
19300–⁠1Pete Cawthon1430
19290–⁠2Grady Higginbotham1410
19280–⁠2Ewing Y. Freeland1435
19270–⁠2Ewing Y. Freeland1452
19260–⁠1Ewing Y. Freeland1480

Officially 625–⁠488–⁠32 since 1925 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 595–⁠471–⁠24 (−30 wins, −17 losses, −8 ties). Our file starts in 1926; the program began in 1925. Some games are missing from our source.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.