Heading into 2025, the Texas Tech Red Raiders have a lot to look forward to. Joey McGuire has assembled an incredibly interesting roster that is loaded with talent and he’s brought in a couple of fascinating coordinators to help round out a really solid coaching staff.
As Texas Tech looks to make its mark in the Big 12 this season, the Red Raiders will need to take on a number of conference opponents who could create headaches for McGuire and his Texas Tech football team.
But what is Texas Tech’s most important game in 2025? Well, if you ask CBS Sport’s Will Backus, that’d be the mid October matchup with the Arizona State Sun Devils.
Texas Tech’s October 18 meeting with Arizona State could be one of the most important games in the Big 12 in 2025
While I don’t totally know if I’m convinced of this assertion of this game being the most “important” game for the Red Raiders in 2025, there are certainly more than a few aspects of this game that will be interesting to keep up with. As Backus notes, and as plenty of others are going to point out, Arizona State won the Big 12 this past season.
The Sun Devils were great and a fun team to keep up with. Kenny Dillingham really overhauled that roster in a hurry and implemented a thrilling offense that put up points left and right all the way to a Big 12 title and an appearance in the College Football Playoffs.
But, it’s important to remember that before Arizona State hit that hot streak to claim the conference crown, the Sun Devils lost to the Red Raiders last September. And there will certainly be a storyline there to keep up with.
So, if you take the fact that Arizona State won the conference last year, the Red Raiders beat the Sun Devils in 2024, add in the fact that TTU and McGuire are in a prove it year following some massive roster investments and you get a game that could be pretty dang noteworthy on October 18.
This could be among the most important games in the Big 12 this season, especially as we find out just how good Arizona State will be this season following last year’s stunning (and definitely unexpected) success.
Interestingly enough, Backus doesn’t list Tech as Arizona State’s most important game. Instead, he gives that title to Iowa State.
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