LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 Texas Tech’s game times and television designations for its first two games of the 2026 season were announced Wednesday as the Red Raiders will host Abilene Christian in a 6 p.m. CT kickoff on FOX Sports 1 before traveling to Oregon State a week later for a 6:30 p.m. CT start on CBS.<\/p>\n
Texas Tech already has four kick times at 6 p.m. CT or later for the 2026 season, including three inside Jones AT&T Stadium with not only Abilene Christian on Sept. 5 but the Big 12 opener versus Houston on Sept. 18 and the regular-season finale against TCU on Thanksgiving Night. The Big 12 previously announced a 7 p.m. CT kick for both the Houston and TCU games with the league\u00a0opener versus the Cougars airing on FOX and the Battle for the Saddle contest versus the Horned Frogs on ESPN.<\/p>\n
Abilene Christian will serve as Texas Tech’s season-opening opponent for the second time in a three-year span as the two schools previously kicked off the 2024 campaign with a 52-51 overtime victory by the Red Raiders. It will only be the 11th all-time meeting between the two schools that are separated by only 175 miles, completing a two-game contract with the Wildcats, who have reached the NCAA FCS Playoffs each of the past two seasons under former Texas Tech defensive coordinator Keith Patterson.<\/p>\n
The Red Raiders will complete a home-and-home series with Oregon State on Sept. 12 in their first-ever trip to Riser Stadium in Corvallis. It will be only the third all-time meeting between the Beavers and Red Raiders as Texas Tech edged Oregon State, 15-14, in 1959 and then ran away with last season’s meeting with a 45-14 victory. The game will be carried nationally by CBS as part of the Pac-12 television agreement, marking Texas Tech’s first appearance on the network since the 2023 season opener at Wyoming.<\/p>\n
All additional game times and television designations for the remaining eight games on Texas Tech’s schedule will fall under either a 12-day or 6-day selection window, per the Big 12’s television agreement with FOX, ESPN and TNT.<\/p>\n