Overview
- No. 8 Texas Tech (8-1, 5-1) faces No. 7 BYU (8-0, 5-0) on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium, with ESPN College GameDay confirmed on site.
- The matchup carries Big 12 seeding and College Football Playoff implications, with the teams adjacent in the CFP rankings.
- Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire told his team they have earned the right to play but not to win, urging focus as students camp out for GameDay’s return.
- BYU coach Kalani Sitake said RB LJ Martin and LB Jack Kelly are day-to-day and “doing great,” after Martin left the Iowa State game.
- Texas Tech brings the nation’s No. 1 run defense (74.6 rushing yards allowed per game, 13.2 points allowed) against BYU’s ground-driven attack led by freshman QB Bear Bachmeier (1,693 yards, 11 TDs) and RB Martin, while the Red Raiders lean on QB Behren Morton and RB Cameron Dickey.