CFB analyst leaves Texas Tech out of preseason Big 12 Championship Game projection

The Big 12 is a chaotic conference that could feature any number of combinations of teams in its conference championship game this season. The parity and depth in the top end of this conference makes it a little tricky to project who will make it to the conference title game. But right now, it seems like On3 college football analyst J.D. Pickell is out on Texas Tech making it. 

Pickell did manage to pick a couple of college football teams from Texas making it to the 2025 Big 12 title game, but neither of which happen to be the Red Raiders. And given the wide open race that the conference will have this year, it’s hard to totally fault him for his choice.

That said, it would have been nice if he’d picked Texas Tech instead of either the Baylor Bears or the TCU Horned Frogs.

College football analyst projects that two Texas teams will make the Big 12 championship game but leaves the Texas Tech Red Raiders out

Again, I’m not faulting him for going with the Bears and the Horned Frogs in the Big 12 championship game this season. Like the Red Raiders, both Baylor and TCU should be notably improved from where they were a season ago. 

Like Texas Tech, both Baylor and TCU will feature offenses that should be exciting to watch and will be led by talented quarterbacks. 

Again, hard to blame Pickell for going with the Bears and Horned Frogs. But it would have been nice to see Texas Tech in that projection.

Here’s who he picked for the Power Four championship games this season:

Joey McGuire and the Red Raiders will have plenty of chances to answer plenty of questions this season. They still have a lot to prove. But, theoretically speaking, Texas Tech will have the talent and the coaching to do just that.