Let’s go ahead and take another moment to be proud of what Shiel Wood and the Texas Tech Red Raiders defense have accomplished this season. Because truly, fully, what Shiel Wood and the Texas Tech football team are doing on the defensive side of things is truly remarkable.
Go ahead and give the man his flowers because the Red Raider defense went from being among the absolute worst in the country and a truly dreadful thing to try and watch to being among the most successful in the country.
There are so many areas in which the Red Raiders have managed to fully and truly thrive on the defensive side of things and I didn’t even know Texas Tech could actually have a successful defense, let alone one of the best in the Big 12.
Right now, the Red Raiders have the Big 12’s best scoring defense when facing conference teams, which feels like a good thing to lead as we enter Week 10.
Texas Tech Red Raider defense ranks the best in the Big 12 in scoring defense in Big 12 games as we enter Week 10
Here’s what that looks like for the Big 12 as we enter Week 10:
- Texas Tech Red Raiders - 12.8 points per game
- Utah Utes 17.8 points per game
- Cincinnati Bearcats - 22.4 points per game
- Houston Cougars - 23.2 points per game
- UCF Knights - 23.5 points per game
- BYU Cougars - 24 points per game
- Kansas State Wildcats - 24.8 points per game
- Arizona State Sun Devils - 27.2 points per game
- Iowa State Cyclones - 27.6 points per game
- TCU Horned Frogs - 28.4 points per game
- Arizona Wildcats - 29 points per game
- Kansas Jayhawks - 30.2 points per game
- Colorado Buffaloes - 33 points per game
- Baylor Bears - 34.2 points per game
- West Virginia Mountaineers - 39 points per game
- Oklahoma State Cowboys - 43.2 points per game
Wood deserves so much respect and credit for what he’s accomplished. He has just taken one of the worst defenses in the country and made it into a decent one. This is a really impressive group that is elevating what Texas Tech is capable of.