Depending on who you ask, expectations might be pretty high for Joey McGuire and the Texas Tech Red Raider football team as we get closer and closer to the start of the season. We’ve talked a bit about some of that and a lot of it has to do with the additions to TTU’s roster via the transfer portal this offseason. And that’s all fine and dandy, but we really don’t know what to expect for Tech this season.
Well, if you ask ESPN’s Football Power Index, the Red Raiders may have a pretty decent season, but the Red Raiders may not make a huge splash on the national scale this year.
Folks, if you don’t like it when people joke about the Red Raiders winning just seven or eight games a year, you’re really not going to love where ESPN’s FPI has Texas Tech ranked. Because right now, the calculating computer rankings machine has McGuire’s Red Raiders at No. 35 in the country.
That’s okay, but it certainly isn’t going to be what many Texas Tech fans want from McGuire and the Red Raiders this season.
ESPN FPI preseason rankings: Texas Tech sits at No. 35 ahead of the 2025 season
McGuire is going to need to accomplish more than produce the 35th best team in the country this season with the roster that he has and the investment that Texas Tech has put into this team. The schedule, while there are some challenges typical of life in the Big 12, is navigable and Texas Tech could have a truly fun season with a ton of wins if things go right.
But that will mean that McGuire and the Red Raiders will achieve beyond where the current FPI rankings have Texas Tech. There will be plenty of chances for TTU to prove itself and we’ll see if this Texas Tech team can do just that.