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How they got here

Last three games · 2025 season

Texas Tech · 12-2

Picked #7 in the preseason · now #6 — about right.

2-1 in its last three, one over ranked or top-40 competition.

L 0–23 vs OregonTop 25 #1 of 668

lost by 23 as a 1-point favorite

W 34–7 vs BYUTop 25 #20 of 668

won by 27 as a 13.5-point favorite

W 49–0 @ West Virginia #118 of 668

won by 49 as a 24.5-point favorite

W 48–9 vs UCF #92 of 668

won by 39 as a 24-point favorite

W 29–7 vs BYUTop 25 #24 of 668

won by 22 as a 13.5-point favorite

W 43–20 @ Kansas StateTop 25 #30 of 668

won by 23 as a 7-point favorite

W 42–0 vs Oklahoma State #188 of 668

won by 42 as a 38-point favorite

L 22–26 @ Arizona StateTop 25 #32 of 668

lost by 4 as a 8.5-point favorite

W 42–17 vs Kansas #49 of 668

won by 25 as a 13.5-point favorite

W 35–11 @ HoustonTop 25 #55 of 668

won by 24 as a 11.5-point favorite

W 34–10 @ UtahTop 25 #48 of 668

won by 24 as a 3.5-point underdog

W 45–14 vs Oregon State #90 of 668

won by 31 as a 23.5-point favorite

W 62–14 vs Kent State #245 of 668

won by 48 as a 47.5-point favorite

W 67–7 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff #181 of 668

won by 60 as a 54.5-point favorite

Last three games · 2025 season

Oregon State · 2-10

Picked #70 in the preseason · now #49 — better than expected.

Three straight losses.

L 8–32 @ Washington State #63 of 668

lost by 24 as a 14.5-point underdog

L 14–31 @ Tulsa #135 of 668

lost by 17 as a 1-point underdog

L 17–21 vs Sam Houston #204 of 668

lost by 4 as a 21.5-point favorite

W 10–7 vs Washington State #87 of 668

won by 3 as a 3-point underdog

W 45–13 vs Lafayette #185 of 668

won by 32 as a 21.5-point favorite

L 14–39 vs Wake Forest #58 of 668

lost by 25 as a 1.5-point underdog

L 23–27 @ App State #144 of 668

lost by 4 as a 2.5-point underdog

L 24–27 vs HoustonTop 25 #50 of 668

lost by 3 as a 12.5-point underdog

L 7–41 @ OregonTop 25 #2 of 668

lost by 34 as a 34.5-point underdog

L 14–45 @ Texas TechTop 25 #21 of 668

lost by 31 as a 23.5-point underdog

L 27–36 vs Fresno State #79 of 668

lost by 9 as a 1.5-point favorite

L 15–34 vs California #65 of 668

lost by 19 as a 3-point underdog

What’s at stake

Make the CFP field

Texas Tech · 41%41% → 42% if win41% → 36% if loss
Oregon State · 0%0% → 1% if win0% → 0% if loss

Texas Tech projected #11 seed

Win the conference

Texas Tech · 36%36% → 36% if win36% → 33% if loss
Oregon State · 3%3% → 6% if win3% → 5% if loss

Win it all

Texas Tech · 2%2% → 2% if win2% → 1% if loss
Oregon State · 0%0% → 0% if win0% → 0% if loss

CFP odds as of September 13, 2026

The series

Texas Tech leads the series 3-0

3 meetings since 1959 · Texas Tech has won the last 3

  • 2026Texas Tech 35–24
  • 2025Texas Tech 45–14
  • 1959Texas Tech 15–14

Best players

Texas Tech

Oregon State

The line, and the room

Oregon State fans are feeling better about their season (80th percentile) than Texas Tech fans are (34th) — even with Texas Tech favored here.

  • Model · 20%
  • Market · 2%
  • Oregon State fans · 80th
  • Texas Tech fans · 34th

Home +25.5 · O/U 52.5

Conditions

63°F · 8 mph wind · Cloudy

Oregon State is worth +2.7 points (±3.8) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 25th percentile.

48% at home, 29% on the road against FBS opponents (21–23 home, 12–30 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -0.9 at home vs. away over 73 games — inside the ±6.4 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

The visitors travel about 1,369 miles to get here.

Texas Tech 35 – Oregon State 24

Oregon State 24: 41%Texas Tech 35: 59%

Called it — picked Texas Tech to win.

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  • BoxThe line

    Jesse Legree (Oregon State): 8 rec · 240 yds · 2 TD

    Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.Legree will not be on this team next season :(r/CFB game thread · ▲ 3

Win-probability model: CollegeFootballData.

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Trajectory

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Texas Tech won 35-24, as picked pregame.