
No. 4 Texas Tech rode a strong second half defensively to a 34-7 rout of the No. 11 BYU Cougars on Saturday afternoon to win the Big 12 championship.
The win for the Red Raiders locked up a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff, while the loss for BYU likely ends their College Football Playoff hopes. Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire believes BYU should still be under consideration to make the field, and Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake made his case during postgame media availability, in which he called Texas Tech "the best team in the country."