On the Hardwood

The Lady Raiders are ranked for the first time since 2012, a huge deal for this team and program, sliding into No. 21 in the Associated Press Top 25. Snudda Collins also received Starting 5 honors from the Big 12 yesterday.

Via College Poll Tracker, Texas Tech rose 4 spots to No. 15 in the latest AP Poll and Christian Anderson received Big 12 Player of the Week and Starting 5 honors from the Big 12.

ESPN’s Joe Lundardi has Texas Tech as a 5 seed for his latest bracketology.

CBS Sports’ Isaac Trotter re-ranks the best players at each position and Christian Anderson is the No. 5 Initiator Point Guard , LeJuan Watts is the No. 5 Wing Handler, and JT Toppin is the No. 1 Small-Ball Big.

On the Gridiron

The latest episode of What’s Next with Robert Giovannetti and head coach Joey McGuire.

ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg predicts the scores of the College Football Playoff:

The best teams money can buy? Let’s freaking go. No two programs seem to get more flak for what they invest in their rosters than Oregon (hello, Phil Knight) and Texas Tech (howdy, Cody Campbell). But the Red Raiders and Ducks have earned their way to this stage and should deliver an incredible matchup in South Florida. Oregon has the quarterback edge with Dante Moore, who should have more wide receivers at his disposal as he faces a top-five defense in Texas Tech. The matchup of Oregon’s offensive line and Texas Tech’s defensive front should be epic. Even though Oregon has CFP experience, Texas Tech should be able to ride Shiel Wood’s defense and just enough offense to get the W.

Prediction: Texas Tech 23, Oregon 20

CBS Sports’ Josh Edwards has a 2026 NFL Mock Draft with David Bailey going No. 17 to Detroit

Via Texas Tech Now, Buster Melton, who is 100 years old and originally from Merkel is Texas Tech’s oldest living quarterback and he’s got the puffer vest to prove it. A cute story.