Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Texas Tech Red Raiders beat the number in 11 of 12 lined games in 2025, a rate no FBS program matched. The one miss was also their only loss, 22-26 at Arizona State as 8.5-point favorites.

Eleven covers in 12

Texas Tech went 12-1 across 13 games, the Big 12 Championship included. Twelve carried a spread, and the Red Raiders covered 11, alone at the top of FBS. The lone miss came at Arizona State, 22-26 laying 8.5, the only game they lost.

The margins

They scored 42.46 points a game and allowed 10.92. Two FBS offenses scored more and two defenses allowed fewer. Five times Tech laid 23.5 points or more, and it covered all five, the widest 62-14 over Kent State at -47.5.

At home the Red Raiders went 6-0 on the spread, a perfect home mark three other programs also posted.

The moneyline

Only nine of the 13 Red Raiders games were priced. Backing Tech in those nine made 1.57 units. The one underdog game paid most: 34-10 at Utah at +140. The loss at Arizona State at -300 cost a full unit; the seven priced wins as favorites made 1.17 units between them.

The total

Twelve Red Raiders games had a total, and seven stayed under it. The season ended in the playoff quarterfinal at the Orange Bowl, a 0-23 loss to Oregon.

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