A favorable Big 12 schedule for Red Raiders football in 2025.

Regardless of the Liberty Bowl loss to Arkansas, the Texas Tech Red Raiders are coming off an 8-4 regular season.

After six Big 12 victories and a seventh-place conference finish, coach Joey McGuire’s third season was filled with ups and downs. As the offseason progresses, we can look ahead to the opponents’ schedule for 2025. McGuire and the Red Raiders were also named the top Transfer Portal class according to On3 Industry Rankings.

Even though the Big 12 is a naturally unpredictable conference, it can still be entertaining. 247Sports just made an attempt to forecast the hardest and easiest schedules in the conference. It is determined by the 2024 winning percentage of every team’s opponents, including FCS opponents.

How difficult will it be for the Red Raiders to qualify for the Big 12 Championship game?

With the 16th most difficult schedule among the 16 teams, 247Sports believes McGuire & Co. will have the simplest path to Arlington the following season. 16. Texas Tech Red Raiders -.460 2025

Opponents:

Utah, West Virginia, Kent State, Oregon State, Arizona State, BYU, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and UCF Pine Bluff, Arkansas (FCS) It appears that everything is in place for Texas Tech to make a significant impact in 2025. Success is always aided by having a favorable schedule, as the Red Raiders are the only Big 12 club whose 2024 opponents had a combined win percentage below.500. Actually, going into the upcoming season, only Michigan has a poorer mark (.453). However, Kent State’s 0–12 record this season skews the opponents’ cumulative victory % on the Texas Tech 2025 schedule.

The order of the remaining schedules is as follows:

15. Baylor Bears -.507

14. Kansas Jayhawks -.511

13. BYU Cougars -.518

11. Arizona State Sun Devils -.529 (T)

11. UCF Knights -.529 (T)

9. Oklahoma State Cowboys – .532 (T)

9. Cincinnati Bearcats -.532(T)

8. Houston Cougars -.553

7. Kansas State Wildcats -.557

6. Colorado Buffaloes -.567

5. Utah Utes -.571

4. Arizona Wildcats -.579

3. Iowa State Cyclones -.586

2. West Virginia Mountaineers -.596

1. TCU Horned Frogs -.632