Texas Tech begins critical road stretch at Oklahoma State

#15 TEXAS TECH at OKLAHOMA STATE
Stillwater, Okla. | Boone Pickens Stadium (52,168)
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026
ESPN | 8:30 p.m. CST

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LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) begins a two-game road stretch Saturday at Oklahoma State (6-3, 4-2 Big 12), with the Red Raiders returning to the late television window on ESPN for an 8:30 p.m. CT start at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Red Raiders enter Saturday's game in control of their own destiny in the Big 12 title race as one of only two teams in the league with one loss or fewer, alongside undefeated Utah, while five teams sit one game behind Texas Tech with two losses. Three straight wins to close the regular season would guarantee a return trip to AT&T Stadium in Arlington for a chance to defend their 2025 conference title, while a loss would leave the Red Raiders' path to the Big 12 Championship Game dependent on tiebreakers.

ESPN's broadcast team will feature Roy Philpott handling play-by-play, Brock Osweiler serving as the analyst and Sherree Burruss reporting from the sideline. The broadcast will also be available through the ESPN App on computers, mobile devices and supported television streaming services.

Texas Tech Sports Network will broadcast the game across more than 20 affiliates throughout Texas and New Mexico, with Brian Jensen providing the call alongside analyst John Harris and sideline reporter Chris Level. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channels 176 or 237, on the SiriusXM app on channel 961, and through the Varsity app by searching "Texas Tech."

ONE REGULAR-SEASON HOME GAME REMAINS, GET TICKETS WHILE YOU CAN

Texas Tech hosts TCU at 7 p.m. CT on Thanksgiving Day, closing out its seven-game regular-season home schedule. A limited number of single-game tickets remain. Single-game tickets can be purchased online at TexasTech.com or by contacting a ticket sales representative at 806-742-TECH.
All six of the Red Raiders' previous home games this season were advance sellouts. In total, Texas Tech has had 13 consecutive home games sell out dating back to the start of the 2025 season.
Fans with tickets who are unable to attend the season finale should utilize the Every Seat Counts program, which is designed to ensure Galaxy Stadium is at full capacity each game day.
On May 11, Texas Tech Athletics announced it had sold out its season ticket allotment for the 2026 football season, marking the fourth consecutive year Red Raider football season tickets have sold out. Due to significant demand following the program's continued rise, Texas Tech increased its season ticket allotment for 2026. Red Raider fans purchased more than 33,400 season tickets, while the season-ticket renewal rate reached 95 percent, leaving only limited availability for the wait list.

Joey McGuire celebrates West Virginia win with the band

THIS WEEK IN THE POLLS

College Football Playoff (No. 15): Texas Tech was revealed as the No. 15 team in the first CFP rankings released live on Nov. 3. The second edition will be released on Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.
Associated Press (No. 10): Texas Tech returned to the top 10, at No. 10 in the Associated Press on Sunday following a wild 53-48 victory over West Virginia.
AFCA Coaches Poll (No. 10): The win versus the Mountaineers moved the Red Raiders up three spots to No. 10 in the U.S. LBM coaches poll.
This is the 28th consecutive week the Red Raiders have appeared in the Associated Press poll, the longest run in program history.
Oklahoma State enters the weekend unranked in all three polls; however, the Cowboys are receiving votes in both the AP and AFCA polls. They have the 28th-most votes in each poll that came out this past Sunday.

RED RAIDERS WITH TWO TOP-25 WINS

Texas Tech secured its second top-25 win of the season with a 34-26 victory over then-No. 22 Arizona on Oct. 31. The Red Raiders previously topped a Houston program, 28-26, that was also No. 22 at the time and is now ranked as high as No. 14 in the AP poll. Texas Tech joins Utah as the only Big 12 programs with multiple top-25 wins this season as the two schools are among only four FBS teams with multiple top-25 wins that have failed to lose to a ranked opponent this year.
Texas Tech's win over Arizona marked the ninth victory over a top-25 team already for the Red Raiders under Joey McGuire, a significant improvement for a program that combined for only five such wins in the 10 seasons prior to his arrival. Texas Tech is tied with Utah with nine wins over AP top-25 teams since the start of the 2022 season, which also ranks tied for 12th nationally alongside South Carolina.
Texas Tech is now 5-1 against ranked opponents since the start of the 2025 season. That ranks as the second-highest winning percentage during that span, trailing only Indiana (6-1). The Red Raiders lead all Big 12 programs with five top-25 wins in the past two seasons.

CASTELLANOS SPARKS RED RAIDER OFFENSE

The Red Raiders have averaged 43.5 points and 555 yards of offense over the past two weeks since Thomas Castellanos took over at quarterback in the win over Arizona.
Castellanos pushed Texas Tech to 638 yards of offense this past weekend in a 53-48 victory over West Virginia as the Red Raiders became the first FBS program over the last 30 years to have one player with 350 passing yards, 100 rushing yards and five passing touchdowns and another player in J'Koby Williams with 150 rushing yards and a rushing score.

RED RAIDERS AMONG NATION'S SACKS LEADERS

Texas Tech is once again among the nation's leaders in sacks, especially during Big 12 play, where the Red Raiders have found the quarterback multiple times in five of six contests.
The Red Raiders rank tied for eighth in the FBS with 29.0 sacks, one more than their total a year ago behind a defense that featured multiple NFL selections.
Texas Tech has combined for 18.0 sacks the past four weeks, its second-highest total over a four-game stretch since 1996 and the most since the Red Raiders had 19.0 late in the 2003 season.

INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES

This will be the 53rd all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in a series the Red Raiders now lead 25-24-3 overall after last season's 42-0 shutout in Lubbock. Texas Tech is 9-14-0 all-time in Stillwater, which includes a 4-10 mark since becoming Big 12 counterparts.
The Red Raiders are 13-16 all-time against the Cowboys during the Big 12 era despite winning seven of the first nine meetings after the league formed prior to the 1996 season. Oklahoma State returned the favor, winning 12 of the last 16 meetings, including a nine-game run from 2009-17. Texas Tech has won four of the last seven games since that point with wins in 2018-19 and then again the past two seasons.
Texas Tech and Oklahoma State have produced several high-scoring shootouts in recent years as the two schools have combined for at least 70 points in 10 of the past 13 meetings. The two schools have combined for 50 or more points in 13 of the past 15 meetings and in 21 of the past 26 contests overall.
The Red Raiders shut out the Cowboys a year ago en route to a 42-0 victory. This is the second-straight week Texas Tech has faced an opponent it blanked a year ago as the Red Raiders closed the 2025 regular season with a 49-0 win at West Virginia. Texas Tech's win over Oklahoma State earlier that season marked its first shutout of a Big 12 opponent since defeating Baylor, 28-0, in 2005 and the fourth time in the series the Cowboys had been held scoreless.

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LAST MATCHUP IN 2025

Then-No. 14 Texas Tech shut out Oklahoma State, 42-0, on Oct. 25, 2025, at Galaxy Stadium, bouncing back from its first loss of the 2025 season to improve to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in Big 12 play. It marked the Red Raiders' first Big 12 shutout win since defeating Baylor in 2005.
J'Koby Williams provided an electric start, returning the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown before catching a 26-yard touchdown pass from Will Hammond on Texas Tech's first offensive play to jump ahead by two touchdowns after the first 2 minutes and four seconds of game play. The special teams unit blocked the Cowboys' first punt after going 3-and-out on its opening possession, setting up the short scoring drive.
Jacob Rodriguez returned a fumble 69 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, recording his 11th career fumble recovery as Texas Tech's defense dominated Oklahoma State.
The Red Raiders scored a touchdown in all three phases of the game, marking the first instance for a Texas Tech team to do so since the 2018 season versus Iowa State.
Mitch Griffis threw for 172 yards and a touchdown while adding a rushing score, taking over for Hammond in the second quarter. Hammond completed 9-of-15 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown before leaving with an injury.
Texas Tech's defense limited Oklahoma State to just 182 total yards in the shutout win.
The contest was delayed to start, as it waited out a 25-minute lightning delay before the opening kickoff.

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Castellanos

Mitch Griffis

Will Hammond

Jacob Rodriguez

J'Koby Williams