Texas Tech's wild gamble paid off as an unabashed success, and one that will echo through the future years of Red Raiders football. When players tour the Womble Football Center, there will be a Big 12 championship trophy greeting them at the entrance, and College Football Playoff logos across the walls.

A year after getting absolutely crushed by Ohio State in the Rose Bowl as the College Football Playoff’s No. 1 seed, Oregon is headed to the semifinals. The Ducks easily have won their first two games if this year’s Playoff and will next head to Atlanta.

Texas Tech fans are feeling it after the loss to Oregon in the College Football Playoff. What's next for the Red

Jacob Rodriguez and Texas Tech’s high-priced defense delivered opportunity after opportunity, disrupting the Oregon Ducks’ dominant offense to put the Red Raiders in position to seize control of a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game.

Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton endured a long and grueling road to the College Football Playoff. Morton has spent the second half of the 2025 season recovering from a hairline fracture in his right fibula,

Reports surfaced that several top programs were pursuing 2027 five-star defensive lineman Jalen Brewster — and those were tossed aside by his agency.

Cody Campbell is a billionaire supporter of Texas Tech, his alma mater. He also has a distinct vision of where college sports needs to go if it is going to survive.