#5

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Big 12 · 12-2

Jones AT&T Stadium · 60,454 seats

Texas Tech Red Raiders rank #5 of 136 FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.166 points per play (Elo 1809), a 12-2 record in the Big 12, and 32% of that rating still riding on preseason priors. They went 11-2 against the closing spread.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.166
#5 of 136
Elo
1809
Off EPA/play
+0.073
higher is better
Def EPA/play
-0.145
lower is better
Off success
+0.024
Def success
-0.080
Off explosive
+0.011
Def explosive
-0.035
Rush EPA
+0.060
offense
Pass EPA
+0.073
offense
Pts / drive
3.15
10.2 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
4.76
inside opp 40

All splits are opponent-adjusted, per play. Defensive numbers are from the defense's perspective: negative means opponents produced less than expected.

What drives our rating

No black box: these are the actual model inputs behind Texas Tech's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior+0.050

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior remaining32%

How much of today's rating still rides on that prior — fades as real games arrive

Returning production59%

Share of last season's production (PPA) back on the roster

Recruiting talent+0.68σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal-1.6 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeNo

First-year head coach adds uncertainty and resets some priors

Quarterback

Behren Morton5 startsLast game: M. Griffis

Rating trajectory

Weekly net rating across the season — starts at the preseason prior and moves as real games replace it.

+0.170.00Wk 1Wk 17

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1vsArkansas-Pine BluffW 677-39.1-54.5W
2vsKent StateW 6214-34.6-48.0push
3vsOregon StateW 4514-19.4-24.0W
4@UtahW 3410+0.7-3.5W
6@HoustonW 3511+8.7+13.0W
7vsKansasW 4217-9.3-13.5W
8@Arizona StateL 2226+7.7+8.0L
9vsOklahoma StateW 420-32.1-37.5W
10@Kansas StateW 4320+5.3+7.5W
11vsBYUW 297-5.5-13.5W
12vsUCFW 489-23.5-24.5W
14@West VirginiaW 490+18.3+24.5W
15NBYUW 347-6.9-12.5W
17NOregonL 023+3.5-1.5L

Lines are from this team's perspective (negative = favored). ATS is against the consensus closing spread.

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