Is Texas Tech Football Being Underrated Again?

Football preseason polls can give you an indication of what's to come—or they could be wildly inaccurate, built on the broadest of speculation. One site has picked Texas Tech to finish 4th, but it’s actually worse than that.

So how are you feeling about Texas Tech Football? It seemed like we were on a hot recruiting streak for the season. Then, other teams took notice, and things swung an entirely different way.

I would still expect Texas Tech to perform much better than they’re currently picked by CFBHome/FifthQuarter.net. The site listed Tech in a three-way tie for fourth, which effectively means they’re picked to place somewhere between 4th and 6th.

Why Texas Tech Fans Are Disagreeing With Poll Placement

I’m certainly no sports expert, but this feels a little low for the Red Raiders. I could accept 4th as a preseason projection—but not 6th. Worse, it seems a little high for the projected 2nd-place finisher, Utah, who completely bit it last year.

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I guess it’s up to you how much stock you want to put into preseason polls. Predicting favorites should be a simple mix of the previous year’s performance, players lost, and offseason moves. But now, you take all those elements, shake them up in the NIL can, and watch the results explode randomly.

I’m among those who feel like we have the right leadership in place. Now it comes down to coaching the players we were able to snag. If we have a couple of breaks fall our way, anything is possible for Texas Tech Football.