The Red Raiders took control of the Big 12 race and have their eyes firmly set on the College Football Playoff

See how Texas Tech basketball coach Grant McCasland promoted positivity to Tech fans right before their football game with BYU.

In a battle of Top 10 teams, there was a clear and decisive victor as Texas Tech football dominated BYU from start to finish.

There were a couple near upsets in the Big Ten that would've tossed College Football Playoff projections into a jumbled mess, but unbeaten Indiana and one-loss Oregon prevailed on their final possessions against Penn State and Iowa, respectively, away from home to keep pace behind top-ranked Ohio State.

Stone Harrington kicked a school-record five field goals and Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez had two takeaways as the No. 9 Red Red Raiders beat eighth-ranked BYU 29-7.

BYU got off to another slow start in a pivotal Big 12 game, but couldn't rekindle another comeback in a 29-7 loss to Red Raiders.

Patrick Mahomes called for Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez to enter the Heisman Trophy conversation following the school's 29-7 win over BYU on Saturday.

Texas Tech football's barber Ivan Ortiz's wife Maddie was critically injured by a drunk driver. BYU fans rallied to exponentially exceed the $25k asked to help.