+11.2190665 (LW: #6)

Adjustment: 0%

+4

+4

Tech finally put together a performance I expect out of them. Cincinnati will be your hardest game since Houston followed up by a tough AZ. Better get to running smoothly on all cylinders.

Undefeated with a strong defense. I still stand by the belief that this team folds when they face someone that can both stuff their average offense and can keep pace with their defense, but until that day comes the Red Raiders will sit pretty in the upper strata of my ballot thanks to just about everybody in front of them taking an L.

Still silent eh? No legal thing? At all? Come on, give us a stupid controversy.

(+6)

Best 3 Wins: Houston, Arizona State, Colorado.
0 Losses
A blow out vs Arizona State. Good things all around in Lubbock, avoided the massacre today.

+1

Very similar resume to Miami with one true top win over Houston. Could go either way but like Miami's depth slightly more

0.87161

2.139

6-0

Tech should keep it rolling, with a relatively clear schedule. Also avoid BYU and Utah in the regular season.

The devils may have the raiders to thank. Dilly finally benched Boley, and our new QB started to light it up.

+4; I know ASU isn't great but what a win

Houston win improves so they get the biggest bump

1912.7 -> 1890.9 [-21.8] (#6 -> #6)

LW: #4

Score 78.22 (▲ 2.34) | Place Change: ▲ 5 | Previous Rank: 12th | Wins Composite Rank: 3rd | SoS Composite Rank: 40th | Margin of Victory Rank: 11th | Penalties Composite Rank: 34th | Yardage Composite Rank: 57th | Turnover Composite Rank: 47th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 44th | Other Stats Rank: 9th

+4

63.3%

6-0; valuable win over Houston plus road wins at Oregon State and Colorado.

Felt like they should’ve stopped this game at halftime. Yikes.

81.813 (6-0) +1, +2.911, Might have the best chance to finish the regular season unbeaten among the remaining P4 schools.

I still don't like putting confidence in this team, but I must begrudgingly admit that the tenor of their season has changed dramatically over the last few weeks. A couple blowout wins, plus Oregon State and Houston looking better and better as close-ish victories early in the year, has the Red Raiders a bit more comfortable in the role of playoff contender. I still hesitate to rank them *really* high without more meaningful wins on the resume, but those opportunities are coming up: at Cincy this week, vs Arizona the next, and a titanic trip to Stillwater two weeks after that.

Have that one squeaker vs Houston and that’s it. Just nothing of value here despite the record

1009.96 (+4)

82.62

Since the Houston game, TTech has been not been breezing through their schedule as much as I would have liked to see from them. They have some potential tests coming up in the next month in Arizona & @Oklahoma St. I won't be surprised if they are undefeated going into the Big 12 CG, but I also don't think this team is nearly as good as it was last year, so I won't be surprised if they drop one or both of the two games I mentioned above. This game was more of a step in the right direction though. They did fumble on the goal line at the beginning of the game, showing some of the offensive issues that I think have been prevalent in this team, but then they pick-6ed only a few plays later, and continued to move from there. They are undefeated, and have a good win in Houston (I have them at 14th, currently), which I think should put them high in the rankings. But I also won't be surprised if they move down by the end of the season.

+7 - Undefeated and has the Houston win

Undefeated, close win over Houston, good win over Oregon State.

0 Losses, Best win VS #6 Houston (Close)

+7

Tier 2. Wins over #14 and Or St look good.

Undefeated with a convincing win over Arizona St. Also, the win over Houston keeps looking better and better, with Houston beating OKST (albeit at home by 3).

+5

Good news; you had an offense.
Bad news; it was against a bad team, so you probably need to take the performance with a grain of salt

T1ˢᵗ W/L, T1ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 12ᵗʰ Team Strength, 19ᵗʰ Quality of Wins

(8)

Great game, another team benefiting from the chaos ahead of them.

+2
W (6-0) H +28 vs Arizona State (unranked)
W (5-0) A +22 vs Colorado (unranked)
W (4-0) H +35 vs Sam Houston (unranked)
W (3-0) H +2 vs Houston (22)
W (2-0) A +11 vs Oregon State (unranked)
W (1-0) H +23 vs ACU (unranked)

Texas Tech destroyed a Big 12 opponent. With the rest of the chaos Texas Tech stabilized and moved forward.

(-)

I don’t care for TT but they’re playing ball

(+2)

net elo off def ridge fei
+15.6 +17.8 36.9 19.0 +18.2 +10.8

1715 points

(58.38, +3) Great showing by the Red Raiders as they smashed Arizona State. I think this is a better team than #15, but with a 101st ranked SOS and their only win of merit over Houston (and maybe Oregon State?) there is a lot to prove for Texas Tech. While they avoid BYU in the regular season, the Red Raiders will have a number of opportunities to climb in these rankings.