LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Following its 26-22 loss to Arizona State, Texas Tech (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) dropped seven spots to 14th on the weekly AP Poll.
The top 10 on this week’s AP Poll are 1. Ohio State, 2. Indiana, 3. Texas A&M, 4. Alabama, 5. Georgia, 6. Oregon, 7. Georgia Tech, 8. Ole Miss, 9. Miami, 10. Vanderbilt.
A complete look at the shakeup in the AP Poll across the nation is lower in this page.
Other Big 12 teams in the AP Poll are 11. BYU (up 4), 21. Cincinnati (up 3), 24. Arizona State (unranked last week).
RELATED: No. 7 Texas Tech falls to Arizona State 26-22, Red Raiders now 6-1
Coaches Poll
The Red Raiders fell seven spots to 15th on the US LBM Coaches Poll.
Other Big 12 teams on the Coaches Poll this week: 10. BYU (up 4), 21. Cincinnati (up 3), 25. Arizona State (up 7).
Texas Tech wide receiver Reggie Virgil scores a touchdown against Arizona State in the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)(Rick Scuteri | AP)
Next up Tech hosts Oklahoma State (1-6, 0-4 Big 12) 3 p.m. Saturday at Jones Stadium.
Team Notes
Notes provided by Texas Tech Athletics Saturday:
• Texas Tech did not score on its opening drive for the first time this season. The Red Raiders were one of three FBS schools that had scored on each of their opening drives entering Saturday’s game (Tennessee, Memphis).
• The Red Raiders trailed for the first time in 2025, 3-0, following a 34-yard field goal made with 1:43 left in the first quarter. Texas Tech entered Saturday as the only team in FBS football to have not trailed in a game in 2025. It was set up by a 49-yard explosive pass play on third-and-8 earlier on the possession, which was the longest play from scrimmage allowed in the game, and the third-longest play allowed by the defense this season.
• Texas Tech was held to 142 total yards in the first half (54 rushing/88 passing). The Red Raiders’ 142 total yards were their fewest entering halftime since November 24, 2023 (108 at Texas).
• Entering Saturday, three FBS teams had multiple players with 5+ passing touchdowns this season: Appalachian State, Hawaii, and Pittsburgh. Tech joined that list, with Will Hammond (6) and Behren Morton (13) combining for 19 TD passes.
• Arizona State has won 14 straight games when leading at halftime, tied for the longest active streak among current Big 12 teams (West Virginia), while Texas Tech is 3-13 when trailing at halftime since Joey McGuire’s first season in 2022.
• Texas Tech had three fourth-down attempts all season entering Saturday; the Red Raiders went 1-for-3 today.
• Texas Tech’s five penalties for 39 yards were both its fewest in number, and yards, this season.
AP Top 25 gets an overhaul behind No. 1 Ohio State; Vandy is a top-10 team for 1st time since 1947
(AP)Vanderbilt is a top-10 team in college football for the first time since 1947 in an Associated Press poll that got a nearly complete makeover Sunday after a weekend when nine Top 25 teams lost.
Ohio State was the only team to hold its spot, remaining No. 1 for an eighth straight week after shutting out Wisconsin 34-0 on the road.
Beyond the Buckeyes, significant revision was required with four top-10 teams losing in the same week for a third time this season. Nine Top 25 losing teams were the most since Week 5 in 2022, when 10 went down, according to Sportradar. Four of the losses this week were to unranked opponents.
The Buckeyes received 60 first-place votes, 10 more than a week ago. No. 2Â Indiana pulled away from Michigan State, improved its program-record ranking by one spot and got the other six first-place votes.
Texas A&M’s one-rung promotion to No. 3 gives the Aggies their highest ranking since 1995. No. 4 Alabama has its highest ranking of the season and No. 5 Georgia returned to the top five after a three-week absence.
Oregon, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, Miami and Vanderbilt round out the top 10.
The Ducks bounced back from their home loss to Indiana with a lopsided road win over Rutgers.
Georgia Tech, which won at Duke, hadn’t been in the top 10 since 2014 or ranked as high since 2009. Mississippi’s loss to Georgia caused it to slip three spots, and Miami fell seven after losing to unranked Louisville.
Vanderbilt rallied from its loss at Alabama two weeks ago with a 31-24 win over then-No. 10 LSU. The Commodores earned a seven-spot promotion for their first win over the Tigers since 1990. At 6-1, Vandy is off to its best start since 1950 with two wins over ranked opponents.
Texas Tech’s first loss came at Arizona State and dropped the Red Raiders seven spots to No. 14.
LSU took the biggest fall, plunging 10 spots to No. 20 for its lowest ranking of the season.
In and out
— No. 19 Louisville makes its season debut in the Top 25. The Cardinals, whose only loss was by three points to Virginia on Oct. 4, were 0-18 all-time against top 10 teams in true road games before knocking off the Hurricanes.
— No. 23 Illinois returned despite being idle. The Illini had dropped out for the first time this season after a home loss to Ohio State.
— No. 24 Arizona State, which fell out of the poll after a 32-point loss at Utah, returned following its first win over a top-10 opponent since 2019.
— No. 25 Michigan’s 17-point home win over Washington returned the Wolverines to the rankings after a one-week absence.
— Southern California (20), Memphis (22), Utah (23) and Nebraska (25) dropped out.
Poll points
— Ohio State’s 10 straight appearances in the top five is the longest active streak.
— Georgia’s 140th consecutive week in the poll is the second-longest active streak to Alabama’s 287.
— Vanderbilt’s top-10 ranking is its fifth in program history. The others were in 1937 (1), 1941 (1) and 1947 (2).
— No. 16 Virginia’s ranking is its highest since 2007.
Conference call
SEC (10) — Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22.
Big Ten (5) — Nos. 1, 2, 6, 23, 25.
Big 12 (4) — Nos. 11, 14, 21, 24.
ACC (4) — Nos. 7, 9, 16, 19.
American (1) — No. 18.
Independent (1) — No. 12.
Ranked vs. ranked
— No. 3 Texas A&M (7-0) at No. 20 LSU (5-2): The home team has won the last eight meetings. LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier threw three second-half interceptions and Marcel Reed came off the bench to run for three TDs in Aggies’ 38-23 win last year.
— No. 8 Mississippi (6-1) at No. 13 Oklahoma (6-1): Only their third all-time meeting. Rebels recorded nine sacks in 26-14 win last year.
— No. 15 Missouri (6-1) at No. 10 Vanderbilt (6-1): Vandy kicker Brock Taylor has made 17 consecutive field goals since missing 31-yarder that gave the Tigers a 30-27 double-overtime win last year.
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