Overview
- No. 5 Oregon faces No. 4 Texas Tech in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal on Jan. 1 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, with both teams entering at 12-1.
- Texas Tech ranks among the nation’s top teams on both sides of the ball, while Oregon brings a top-10 scoring offense and defense to a strength-on-strength matchup.
- Oregon’s plan stresses controlling time of possession behind its run game to limit Red Raider possessions, a blueprint reinforced by Texas Tech’s lone loss.
- Ball security looms large as Oregon quarterback Dante Moore counters a secondary that has 12 interceptions, with coaching emphasis on winning the takeaway battle.
- All-American linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, who finished fifth in Heisman voting and has four interceptions, headlines Texas Tech’s disruptors as the Red Raiders return from a 26-day layoff.