The 2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Raiders played their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium located in Lubbock, Texas, and competed as members of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joey McGuire.
With a loss by Arizona State on November 28, the Red Raiders clinched a berth in the Big 12 Championship Game, their first appearance in the game in program history. In the Big 12 Championship Game, Texas Tech defeated BYU 34âÂÂ7 for the program's first Big 12 title and won their 12th game of the season, setting a school record for the most wins in a single season. It was also their first conference title since winning a share of the Southwest Conference title in 1994, and their first outright title since winning the SWC in 1955. The Big 12 Championship win also guaranteed the Red Raiders a first-round bye in the playoffs, where they would be defeated by Oregon in the Orange Bowl. All 12 of Texas Tech's regular-season wins and the Big 12 Championship Game had a margin of victory of more than three touchdowns.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders drew an average home attendance of 60,143, the 28th-highest of all college football teams.
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.
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The game was suspended at halftime due to a thunderstorm entering Lubbock. Once play resumed, the second half was played with two, eight-minute quarters.