Joey McGuire and the Texas Tech Red Raiders really needed to make a statement on Saturday when they welcomed the Mike Gundy-less Oklahoma State Cowboys to Lubbock. Thankfully, that’s exactly what the Red Raiders did.
Texas Tech was able to go out and score in all three phases of the game and secured a 42-0 win over the Cowboys.
Now, it’s worth noting that quarterback Will Hammond did get dinged up and the Red Raiders as a whole just didn’t look perfect (especially on the offensive side of things, Texas Tech was definitely a little clunky on offense). Still, getting a 42-0 win isn’t anything to complain about and beating Oklahoma State kept the Red Raiders in the race to get to the Big 12 championship game.
Texas Tech is currently tied for third in the conference standings right now, right alongside Willie Fritz and the Houston Cougars, who have shocked a number of folks to get to 7-1 so far this season.
Big 12 standings after Week 9: Texas Tech holds on tight to tie for 3rd with Houston Cougars after beating Oklahoma State
And this is what the Big 12 standings look like following the week 9 shenanigans:
- BYU Cougars - 8-0 overall, 5-0 Big 12
- Cincinnati Bearcats - 7-1 overall, 5-0 Big 12
- Texas Tech Red Raiders - 7-1 overall, 4-1 Big 12
- Houston Cougars - 7-1 overall, 4-1 Big 12
- TCU Horned Frogs - 6-2 overall, 3-2 Big 12
- Utah Utes - 6-2 overall, 3-2 Big 12
- Arizona State Sun Devils - 5-3 overall, 3-2 Big 12
- Kansas State Wildcats - 4-4 overall, 3-2 Big 12
- Iowa State Cyclones - 5-3 overall, 2-3 Big 12
- Baylor Bears - 4-4 overall, 2-3 Big 12
- Kansas Jayhawks - 4-4 overall, 2-3 Big 12
- Arizona Wildcats - 4-3 overall, 1-3 Big 12
- UCF Knights - 4-3 overall, 1-3 Big 12
- Colorado Buffaloes - 3-5 overall, 1-4 Big 12
- West Virginia Mountaineers - 2-6 overall, 0-5 Big 12
- Oklahoma State Cowboys - 1-7 overall, 0-5 Big 12
Houston took care of business against Arizona State, which dropped the Sun Devils down a bit. Other than that, not much happened to the top grouping of teams in the Big 12 this past weekend. Which means that things are going to get real interesting real quick.
The Red Raiders have already beaten Houston and will get the chance to meet up with the BYU Cougars in Lubbock in a Week 11 showdown that’s going to get plenty of attention. And that’s going to truly impact Texas Tech’s shot of getting back in control of this conference.