2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team will represent Texas Tech University during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Raiders will play their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium located in Lubbock, Texas, and compete as members of the Big 12 Conference. They are expected to be led by fourth-year head coach Joey McGuire.

2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Joey McGuire (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mack Leftwich (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Shiel Wood (1st season)
Home stadium	Jones AT&T Stadium

2025 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Arizona		0	–	0					0	–	0
Arizona State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Baylor		0	–	0					0	–	0
BYU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Cincinnati		0	–	0					0	–	0
Colorado		0	–	0					0	–	0
Houston		0	–	0					0	–	0
Iowa State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kansas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kansas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Oklahoma State		0	–	0					0	–	0
TCU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
UCF		0	–	0					0	–	0
Utah		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Virginia		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: 2025 Big 12 Championship Game
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of December 31, 2024 Rankings from CFP Rankings

Offseason

Coaching changes

On December 1, 2024, it was announced that defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter and secondary coach Marcel Yates had been fired. The Red Raiders finished the regular season with the worst passing defense in the Big 12, allowing 305.3 passing yards per game, which was also the second-most passing yards allowed per game in all of the FBS; only Tulsa allowed more passing yards per game. The following day, December 2, offensive coordinator Zach Kittley was named the new head coach at Florida Atlantic. On December 4, Houston defensive coordinator Shiel Wood was announced as the Red Raiders' new defensive coordinator. On December 6, Texas State offensive coordinator Mack Leftwich was hired as the Red Raiders' new offensive coordinator.

Transfers

Incoming

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Prev. school
Romello Height	Edge	6'3"	240 lbs	Dublin, GA	Georgia Tech
Lee Hunter	DL	6'4"	320 lbs	Eight Mile, AL	UCF
Skyler Gill-Howard	DL	6'1"	285 lbs	Chicago, IL	Northern Illinois
Howard Sampson	OT	6'8"	325 lbs	Charlotte, NC	North Carolina
Upton Bellenfant	K	6'2"	180 lbs	Murfreesboro, TN	Buffalo
Terrance Carter	TE	6'2"	239 lbs	Lafayette, LA	Louisiana
Will Jados	OT	6'8"	307 lbs	Columbus, OH	Miami (OH)
Anthony Holmes Jr.	DL	6'2"	295 lbs	Houston, TX	Houston
Amier Boyd-Matthews	DB	6'1"	180 lbs	Phoenix, AZ	UTEP

Outgoing

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	New school
Trevon McAlpine	DL	6'3"	280 lbs	Saraland, AL	Tulane
Micah Hudson	WR	5'11.5"	195 lbs	Temple, TX	Texas A&M
Harvey Dyson III	DL	TBA	TBA	Dallas, TX	TBA

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 30	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
September 6	Kent State*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
September 13	Oregon State*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
TBA	BYU	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
TBA	Kansas	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
TBA	Oklahoma State	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
TBA	UCF	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
TBA	at Arizona State	Mountain America Stadium Tempe, AZ
TBA	at Houston	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)
TBA	at Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS
TBA	at Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT
TBA	at West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game

Game summaries

vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff

See also: 2025 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team

Pregame line	Over/under

Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions (0–0) vs Texas Tech Red Raiders (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Golden Lions			0
Red Raiders			0

at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas

• Date: August 30

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	UAPB	TTU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Kent State

See also: 2025 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Pregame line	Over/under

Kent State Golden Flashes (0–0) vs Texas Tech Red Raiders (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Golden Flashes			0
Red Raiders			0

at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas

• Date: September 6

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	KSU	TTU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Kent State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Oregon State

See also: 2025 Oregon State Beavers football team

Pregame line	Over/under

Oregon State Beavers (0–0) vs Texas Tech Red Raiders (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	Total
Beavers			0
Red Raiders			0

at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas

• Date: September 13

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	OSU	TTU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oregon State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving