Texas Tech just made the 2026 Big 12 title race much more interesting

Yet another impressive win for the Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team. Krista Gerlich and the Lady Raiders just managed to steamroll right over the Baylor Bears in Lubbock, handing the No. 15 team in the country a 31-point beating.

This was complete and total domination for a team that certainly needed just any sort of win over the Bears, let alone one of the most impressive wins that the Texas Tech women’s basketball program has ever seen.

This was remarkable, lopsided, and thrilling all wrapped up in one single dominant victory for the Lady Raiders. And now, with Texas Tech beating Baylor by a score of 87-56, the Lady Raiders have introduced a little bit of chaos into the Big 12 standings.

Big 12 women’s basketball standings update: Where is Texas Tech after the Lady Raiders absolutely crushed the Baylor Bears?

With Texas Tech having no issue steamrolling right past the Baylor Bears to secure a huge win, here’s where the Lady Raiders are standing when looking at the rest of the Big 12:

TCU Horned Frogs - 24-4 overall, 12-3 Big 12
Texas Tech Lady Raiders - 24-4 overall, 11-4 Big 12
Baylor Bears - 22-6 overall, 11-4 Big 12
West Virginia Mountaineers - 21-6 overall, 11-4 Big 12
Oklahoma State Cowgirls - 21-7 overall, 10-5 Big 12
Colorado Buffaloes - 19-8 overall, 10-5 Big 12
Iowa State Cyclones - 21-6 overall, 9-6 Big 12
Arizona State Sun Devils - 21-7 overall, 8-7 Big 12
Utah Utes - 17-10 overall, 8-7 Big 12
Kansas State Wildcats - 15-13 overall, 8-7 overall
BYU Cougars -17-10 overall, 6-9 overall
Kansas Jayhawks - 16-11 overall, 6-9 Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats - 10-17 overall, 5-10 Big 12
Arizona Wildcats - 11-15 overall, 2-13 Big 12
UCF Knights - 10-16 overall, 2-13 Big 12
Houston Cougars - 7-19 overall, 1-14 Big 12

TCU is clearly at the top all alone holding the No. 1 spot in the Big 12 women’s basketball standings right now, but that doesn’t guarantee that they’ll be able to hold onto that spot with the remaining games left on the schedule.

Still, it’s going to take a bit of luck for Texas Tech (or someone else in the conference) to be able to take that top spot away from the Horned Frogs. That three-way tie between the Bears and the Mountaineers does add an extra wrinkle of interest to all of this though!