Texas Tech wide receiver Coy Eakin (3) makes a leaping catch for a touchdown over BYU defensive back Evan Johnson (0) during the first half of the Big 12 Championship football game at AT&T Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Arlington. For the first time, Texas Tech is going to the College Football Playoff.

The No. 4 Red Raiders punched their ticket to a first-round bye in the CFP with a 34-7 win against BYU on Saturday, giving Texas Tech its first real conference championship since 1976 and its first outright crown since 1955. (There was a five-way tie for second in the Southwest Conference in 1994 because Texas A&M was not eligible.)

BYU believed it should be in the College Football Playoff, but the Big 12 Championship game loss assures the Cougars will fall short again.

Overlooked in Texas Tech’s CFP conversation is that the only Red Raider loss came at ASU without starting quarterback Behren Morton. The bye is locked up, a matter of what seed. https://t.co/0gbQHzQaxc

What we're learning about the College Football Playoff as conference championship games provide the final data points.

Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire explained why a bye in the first round of the College Football Playoff would help.

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College Football's early national signing period begins today and there are a lot of questions revolving around Virginia Tech. Who will come, who will go? In th