No. 7 Red Raiders take 6-0 record to Tempe

#7 TEXAS TECH AT ARIZONA STATE
Tempe, Ariz. | Mountain America Stadium (53,599)
Oct. 18, 2025
FOX | 1 p.m. MST / 3 p.m. CDT

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) will take its undefeated record into another marquee Big 12 matchup this Saturday as the No. 7 Red Raiders travel to face Arizona State (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) in Tempe at 1 p.m. local time in Arizona. The Red Raiders are one of 11 undefeated teams remaining in college football and are the lone FBS school that has not trailed in a game, heading into their sixth all-time meeting with the Sun Devils. Tech is coming off a 42-17 victory over Kansas, improving to 3-0 in Big 12 play. It marked the sixth win by 24 or more points this season as the Red Raiders lead the FBS in points differential (35.3).

Television coverage will be provided by FOX. Connor Onion will provide the play-by-play and will be joined by former Oregon football head coach Mark Helfrich, serving as the broadcast analyst in the booth. In addition to traditional outlets, fans can access the game from their mobile or streaming device by using the FOX Sports app.

Texas Tech Sports Network will also broadcast the game over 46 affiliates throughout the state of Texas and New Mexico, as Brian Jensen will have the call alongside analyst John Harris and sideline reporter Chris Level. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 119 or 198, the SiriusXM app on channel 952, as well as on the Varsity app.

SIX OF SEVEN GAMES IN 2025 SOLD OUT

Texas Tech announced on June 26 that it sold out of its primary ticket inventory for its next home game on Oct. 25 versus Oklahoma State, and its following home game, Nov. 8 versus BYU, was announced a sellout on Sept. 30.
Texas Tech has sold out of its primary ticket inventory for each of the first six home games in 2025; only the season finale on Nov. 15 versus UCF remains with single-game tickets available for purchase.
Tickets can be purchased online at TexasTech.com or by speaking to a ticket sales representative at 806-742-TECH.
Texas Tech is on pace to set the school record for average home attendance, besting the 58,934 average set in 2014 over six games.
The Red Raiders have rewarded their loyal fan base with a 4-0 record at Jones AT&T Stadium in 2025 and a 41.0 point average margin of victory.
Fans are encouraged to visit SeatGeek for tickets for games that the Texas Tech Athletics Department has previously announced as a sellout.
Texas Tech sold out of season tickets for the third consecutive season in early May as Red Raider fans purchased more than 33,000 season passes for the 2025 campaign.

RED RAIDERS LOOKING FOR 7-0 START

The Red Raiders will look to extend their undefeated start to their season this weekend with a win to move to 7-0 on the season. A victory over the Sun Devils would mark the fifth time in program history that Texas Tech has started its season with a 7-0 record and the third time since joining the Big 12 Conference in 1996.
This is the seventh time in school history the Red Raiders have opened with a 6-0 record or better, and the first time since 2013 when Texas Tech rolled off seven consecutive wins to open the Kliff Kingsbury era.
In the four previous seasons with a 7-0 start, the Red Raiders have gone on to win at least 10 games in all but one of them, which was that 2013 season as Texas Tech proceeded to drop its next five games. The Red Raiders ended the other three seasons ranked no lower than No. 13 in the final AP poll.

TECH ENTERS THE TOP 10 OF BOTH POLLS

Texas Tech moved up again in the latest college football rankings this week as the Red Raiders are now No. 7 in the Associated Press poll and No. 8 in a vote of AFCA coaches compiled by USA Today. This is the highest the Red Raiders have appeared in either poll since Nov. 23, 2008, when Texas Tech dropped to No. 7 in the AP rankings after losing its first game of the season at Oklahoma the previous day.
This is the 33rd time Texas Tech has appeared in the top 10 of the Associated Press poll in its history. The Red Raiders have only reached the top five in the AP poll twice previously, which came over three-straight weeks of Texas Tech's 1976 season under Steve Sloan and then again during its memorable 2008 campaign under Mike Leach.
The Red Raiders have been ranked inside the top 25 of both major polls every week thus far this season. Texas Tech entered the 2025 season ranked inside the top 25 of both major polls for the first time since 2008, as the Red Raiders were No. 23 in the Associated Press poll and No. 24 in the AFCA coaches poll. Texas Tech was previously ranked No. 24 in the 2023 AFCA preseason poll before falling out after a season-opening loss at Wyoming.
It was the first time the Red Raiders had appeared in the Associated Press poll since Sept. 23, 2018, when Texas Tech was No. 24 nationally after starting its season 3-1 overall with wins over Lamar, Houston, and at No. 15 Oklahoma State and the lone loss coming in the opener to Ole Miss.

REMINDER ABOUT SCHEDULE COMPARISONS

The only real criticism the Red Raiders have received so far this year is regarding their non-conference schedule. As a reminder, two other current top-15 teams in No. 8 Oregon and No. 14 Oklahoma, faced two of Texas Tech's non-conference opponents in recent weeks, with both winning by a smaller margin of victory. Oregon topped its in-state rival Oregon State, 41-7, on Sept. 20 in Eugene, one weekend after the Red Raiders downed the Beavers, 45-14, at home. Oklahoma, meanwhile, shut out a Kent State program, 44-0, that was blown out by the Red Raiders, 62-14, in week two.
Texas Tech's three opponents thus far in Big 12 play are a combined 6-1 in conference games not involving the Red Raiders and 14-2 overall.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

1: Texas Tech is the only team in the country not to trail in a game all season. The Red Raiders are also the national leader with an average scoring margin of plus-35.3.
9: Texas Tech set a single-game school record with nine sacks in its win over Kansas, breaking the previous mark of eight that was set in a 1993 win at SMU.
30: Joey McGuire will be looking for his 30th win of his tenure Saturday, which would make him the quickest to hit that mark in 46 games since Jim Carlen (1970-74).
48: Texas Tech enters this weekend as the FBS leader with 48 offensive plays from scrimmage that have gone for 20 or more yards, including 31 through the air.
212: Texas Tech has outscored opponents by 212 points this season as the Red Raiders rank second in the FBS with an average win margin of 35.3 points per game

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN

While Texas Tech is off to a 3-0 start in Big 12 play in 2025, none of those wins came against teams the Red Raiders played in 2024, making Arizona State the first repeat opponent from last season.
Texas Tech returns 33 players from last season who took part in its victory over Arizona State at Jones AT&T Stadium on Sept. 21, including 13 who made a start on either side of the ball. That list includes quarterback Behren Morton, wide receivers Caleb Douglas and Coy Eakin, as well as linebackers Jacob Rodriguez and Ben Roberts.
Each of Texas Tech's top eight tacklers from last season's victory return this season as Roberts led the team with 11 stops, followed by Rodriguez with 9, Chapman Lewis with seven, and then A.J. McCarty, Amier Washington, Maurion Horn, John Curry, and Brenden Jordan, all with four each. Rodriguez had one of Texas Tech's two tackles for loss in the win, while McCarty and Washington combined for the other via a sack.
Offensively, Morton threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns in the win, completing 24-of-44 passes overall. He found Johncarlos Miller II for Texas Tech's first touchdown of the afternoon on a 5-yard strike to cap the opening drive. It was the lone catch of the afternoon for Miller. Douglas also had five catches for 63 yards, while Eakin was on the receiving end of three passes for 29 yards.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Texas Tech and Arizona State will meet for the sixth time in history Saturday and for the second time as Big 12 members. The Red Raiders will enter the matchup with a 3-2 advantage all-time in the series after winning each of the last two meetings, including a 30-22 victory last season in Lubbock. Each of the last two meetings has taken place inside Jones AT&T Stadium, with the Red Raiders also winning a 52-45 shootout early in the 2017 season.
The 2017 victory split a non-conference home-and-home series between the two schools as the Sun Devils previously topped the Red Raiders, 68-55, in Tempe a year earlier. Texas Tech quarterbacks threw for at least 500 yards in both of those games, with Patrick Mahomes II torching Arizona State for 540 yards and five touchdowns in 2016, followed by Nic Shimonek and his 543 passing yards and six touchdowns in 2017.
The two schools first met to kick off the 1999 season, the final year for the Red Raiders under legendary head coach Spike Dykes. The Sun Devils limited Texas Tech to only 246 yards of total offense in a 31-13 loss as the Red Raiders were unable to follow a Shaud Williams touchdown on their opening drive with much offense the rest of the night.
Texas Tech and Arizona State did not meet again after that 1999 encounter until the 2013 Holiday Bowl, where the Red Raiders knocked off the 16th-ranked Sun Devils, 37-23, in San Diego. Davis Webb threw for 403 yards and four touchdowns in the victory, which improved the Red Raiders to an 8-5 finish under first-year head coach Kliff Kingsbury.

TEXAS TECH-ARIZONA STATE CONNECTIONS

Texas Tech junior kicker Ian Hershey was on the opposite side of last season's 30-22 victory by the Red Raiders. Hershey was Arizona State's primary field goal kicker a year ago, as he connected on a successful 34-yard attempt to put the Sun Devils on the board for the first time early in the second quarter. The Red Raiders did get to one of Hershey's extra points as E'Maurion Banks got his hands up to record a key block late in the third quarter, which kept Texas Tech's lead at 24-16 with 3:39 remaining in the frame.
The trip to Arizona State will be a return home for junior cornerback Amier Boyd, who hails from Phoenix and attended Mountain Pointe High School. Boyd is the lone Arizona native on the Red Raider roster as he arrived at Texas Tech following three seasons at UTEP. Boyd has played in five of six games thus far, totaling nine tackles to go along with an interception, which came in the season opener versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Texas Tech offensive line coach Clay McGuire will be more than familiar with Arizona State defensive coordinator Brian Ward, as well as linebackers coach and defensive run game coordinator A.J. Cooper, as the trio were on the same staff together at Washington State in 2022. Prior to that, McGuire was on the same USC staff as Arizona State cornerbacks coach Bryan Carrington, who was an offensive quality control analyst with the Trojans in 2021. That was McGuire's lone season on the USC staff as offensive line coach.

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No. 7 Red Raiders take 6-0 record to Tempe

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Players Mentioned

E'Maurion Banks

Amier Boyd

John Curry

Caleb Douglas

Coy Eakin

Ian Hershey

Maurion Horn

Brenden Jordan

Chapman Lewis

A.J. McCarty

Johncarlos Miller II

Behren Morton

Ben Roberts

Jacob Rodriguez

Amier Washington

No. 7 Red Raiders take 6-0 record to Tempe

Next Event

Players Mentioned

E'Maurion Banks

Amier Boyd

John Curry

Caleb Douglas

Coy Eakin

Ian Hershey

Maurion Horn

Brenden Jordan

Chapman Lewis

A.J. McCarty

Johncarlos Miller II

Behren Morton

Ben Roberts

Jacob Rodriguez

Amier Washington

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