{"id":131210,"date":"2026-01-21T01:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/131210\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:20:19","slug":"texas-tech-records-highest-ranked-ap-poll-finish-in-school-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/131210\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech records highest-ranked AP Poll finish in school-history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final Associated Press (AP) Poll was released Tuesday morning, following the CFP National Championship finale Monday night between Indiana and Miami. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/red-raider-sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Raiders<\/a> checked in at #7 in the final edition of the poll, making it their highest-ranked finish in the poll in school history. <\/p>\n<p>It is also Texas Tech\u2019s first appearance in the final AP Poll since 2009. They were ranked #21 at the conclusion of that season.<\/p>\n<p>Full Ranking<\/p>\n<p>The entirety of the final rankings are listed below. Indiana takes the top-spot following their win over Miami to take home the school\u2019s first national championship.<\/p>\n<p>1. Indiana<br \/>2. Miami<br \/>3. Ole Miss<br \/>4. Oregon<br \/>5. Ohio State<br \/>6. Georgia<br \/>7. Texas Tech<br \/>8. Texas A&amp;M<br \/>9. Alabama<br \/>10. Notre Dame<br \/>11.\u00a0BYU<br \/>12.\u00a0Texas<br \/>13.\u00a0Oklahoma<br \/>14.\u00a0Utah<br \/>15.\u00a0Vanderbilt<br \/>16.\u00a0Virginia<br \/>17.\u00a0Iowa<br \/>18.\u00a0Tulane<br \/>19.\u00a0James Madison<br \/>20.\u00a0USC<br \/>21.\u00a0Michigan<br \/>22.\u00a0Houston<br \/>23.\u00a0Navy<br \/>24.\u00a0North Texas<br \/>25.\u00a0TCU<\/p>\n<p>Others receiving votes:\u00a0Illinois 123, Washington 76, SMU 69, Duke 58, Arizona 54, Georgia Tech 44, Tennessee 10, Missouri 8, Louisville 7, Louisville 3, W. Michigan 2, Wake Forest 2, Hawaii 1, Boise St. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation with other Red Raiders on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside The Double T<\/a> forum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/register\/?returnto=\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe today<\/a> to get the most in-depth Texas Tech sports and recruiting coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/redraidersports?s=21&amp;t=lBfTSdY9NaAjam8V0TzQBg\" rel=\"nofollow\">@RedRaiderSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like and follow us on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rrs_rivals?igsh=MWMyNDRsazdnMG5lZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@rrs_rivals<\/a> &amp; like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redraidersports?mibextid=LQQJ4d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final Associated Press (AP) Poll was released Tuesday morning, following the CFP National Championship finale Monday night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-131210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}