The Latest Breaking News from Texas Tech

College Football Playoff Bracket Live Projections: Duke vs. James Madison, At-Large Bid Debate

After a chaotic championship weekend, the selection committee faces three big questions heading into Selection Sunday where it will determine the 12-team playoff field.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 5, 2025

How the Big 12 Championship Could Impact Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff Hopes

Much of the debate has been between whether Notre Dame or Miami deserves to be in the field, but it’s BYU that holds all the cards.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 5, 2025

SI:AM | The Wider Impacts of College Football’s Conference Championship Games

Conference titles aren’t just on the line. The results could have a domino effect on the College Football Playoff.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 5, 2025

College Football Playoff Rankings Expose ACC’s Nearly Inevitable Worst-Case Scenario

The conference could be shut out of the playoff, and its highest-ranked team has to sit at home to watch it unfold.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 3, 2025

Alabama’s Nonsensical College Football Playoff Rankings Rise Has Major Ramifications

The Tide’s narrow win over a bad Auburn team somehow became the committee’s justification for jumping Notre Dame.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 3, 2025

Texas Tech, Coach Joey McGuire Agree to Lucrative Contract Extension

The Red Raiders coach will remain with the program long-term.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025

Forde-Yard Dash: Penn State’s Kalani Sitake Interest Adds Chaos to Championship Week

A surprising coaching courtship collides with a College Football Playoff race promising maximum drama.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025

Forde-Yard Dash: Breaking Down Potential CFP Drama, Lane Kiffin’s LSU Unveiling

Playoff contenders brace for a volatile week as coaching exits, league imbalances and head-to-head debates cloud the committee’s choices.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025

Texas Tech System limits how race and gender can be taught, says faculty could face discipline for noncompliance

Tech, now the second Texas public university system to add similar teaching restrictions, had earlier directed faculty to follow state and federal guidance recognizing only two sexes.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 2, 2025

College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 14

Seven teams are locked into the bracket at the end of the regular season, while there is still a chance the ACC misses the field and two Group of 5 teams are in.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 1, 2025