Texas Tech Red Raiders

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech Red Raiders dropped one spot to No. 13 in the AP Top 25 released Tuesday, three days after a 33-10 win over Abilene Christian. The Associated Press had Texas Tech at No. 12 in its preseason poll. This week the AP put the Red Raiders...

IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 has withdrawn the federal lawsuit it filed against Texas Tech in June over the eligibility of quarterback Brendan Sorsby, ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Monday. The conference filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with prejudice on Sept. 4, Front Office Sports reported. "We are moving...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Quinten Joyner scored on his first carry as a Red Raider, a 14-yard run with 12:14 left in the first quarter that opened the scoring in Texas Tech's 33-10 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday. Joyner tore an ACL in the preseason of 2025 and missed the...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Will Hammond said his surgically repaired right knee felt great in his first start since tearing an ACL last October, and that he came out of Texas Tech's 33-10 win over Abilene Christian able to run. Hammond's last start before Saturday came Oct. 25, 2025, against Oklahoma...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said safety Brenden Jordan missed Saturday's season opener against Abilene Christian because of a team rules violation, and that Jordan will sit out the first two games before returning for the Sept. 18 Big 12 opener against Houston. Jordan, a senior from...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Will Hammond completed his first 14 pass attempts and finished 26-of-33 for a career-high 298 yards in his first start since tearing the ACL in his right knee. No. 12 Texas Tech beat Abilene Christian 33-10 on Saturday night at Galaxy Stadium in front of a sellout...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Mel Kiper Jr. wrote Friday that he has a second-round grade on Texas Tech tight end Terrance Carter Jr. and that it would not be shocking for Carter to join three other tight ends in the first-round conversation. The note came in a 10-prediction ESPN column published...

DALLAS — Former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby discussed the gambling addiction that ended his college career in a Paramount+ docuseries premiering Friday. Justin Williams of The Athletic viewed advance copies of the four-part series and published Sorsby's comments Thursday. It marked Sorsby's first public comments on the case since...

DALLAS — Twelve ESPN staff members published preseason College Football Playoff predictions Wednesday, and five Texas programs landed somewhere on the ballots. Texas appeared on all 12. ESPN published the predictions at 5:30 a.m. CT, with each voter submitting a top 12 instead of filling out a bracket. TCU and...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech quarterback Will Hammond said Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire told him the Red Raiders' preseason ranking is a verdict on the quarterback position, in an interview with Brett McMurphy of On3 published Wednesday morning. "McGuire straight up said 'Will, people are doubting you. If Sorsby...