No. 13 Texas Tech (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) hosts No. 22 Arizona (6-1, 3-1) on Saturday. The Red Raiders are coming off a loss in a game they were favored to win on the road, after starting the season 6-0.
Texas Tech lost 37-24 at Cincinnati as a double-digit favorite. The team had 13 penalties and three turnovers, along with special teams issues, and allowed 255 yards rushing. Coach Joey McGuire called it "a perfect storm with really bad football." He also said he found his notes from last season looked nearly the same as what he planned to tell the team this year.
Last season, Texas Tech lost 26-22 at Arizona State, then won six straight games, including the Big 12 championship game over BYU. The team lost to Oregon in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal Orange Bowl. Arizona coach Brent Brennan said his team would get Texas Tech's best effort and that the environment would be incredible.
Arizona is off to its best start since 2014 and has won five straight games since a 33-27 double-overtime home loss to No. 8 BYU. Texas Tech has won its last 11 home games, one short of the school record set in 1942.