Despite coming into the season with little to no fanfare, Texas Tech put together the best season in school history, ending the regular season with the program’s first outright conference title since 1955.
Texas Tech Is Dominating Opponents At A Historic Clip
After destroying BYU 34-7 last weekend in the Big 12 Championship Game, Tech officially clinched the No. 4 seed in the College Football Playoff and will play in the Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami on New Year’s Day. As a result of getting a bye in the first round, Tech gets to soak in and celebrate the biggest win in program history just a little longer.
“Texas Tech has never won a Big 12 Championship, and we’re now the Big 12 champions. We’re the first, and we’ve done something nobody’s ever done. And I’m proud of them,” Red Raiders head coach Joey McGuire said in his post-game press conference after the Big 12 Championship Game.
“I just can’t say enough about Cody Campbell and the Matador Club and just forward thinking that helped us create this team.”
When Texas Tech gets back to work, it will play the winner of the Oregon-James Madison game, which will take place on Dec. 20 in Oregon.
Regardless of their opponent, the Red Raiders must keep the pedal to the metal and stay in dominant form if they want their dreams of winning a national championship to become a reality. Tech dominated so much in 2025 that they joined the 2018 Alabama squad as the only teams in FBS/FCS (1978) history to have their first 12 wins of a season come by 20 or more points.
One of the biggest surprises and reasons for Texas Tech’s success on the offensive side of the ball this season has been the emergence of sophomore star running back Cameron Dickey. With a power and shifty running style similar to NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, Dickey led the Big 12 in touchdowns with 14 while surpassing 1,000 yards for the first time in his career.
If Texas Tech is going to win the first CFP game in school history and make a legitimate run at a national title, Dickey and Tech’s offense, which averaged 42 points per game this season, must stay consistent and productive in the playoffs.
“I’m very excited to have the opportunity to play in the College Football Playoff and a chance to win a national title while showing everyone we have a legit team and a lot left in the tank to make a run,” Dickey said while celebrating the Big 12 championship.
“I felt like we set a new standard for our program by winning the Big 12 and getting to the playoffs this season. Now we must regroup and continue doing our thing and getting better so that we can continue moving forward.”
With a $50 million NIL fund available through Campbell, along with the consistency and continuity established daily by McGuire and his staff, Texas Tech’s playoff run is laying the groundwork for this to become the standard rather than the exception for Red Raider Nation.
