Very optimistic and exceedingly hopeful Texas Tech football fans probably aren’t going to love that Athlon Sports’ preseason bowl projections don’t have the Red Raiders making it into the College Football Playoffs this season, but at least the Red Raiders aren’t one of the five Big 12 teams that Athlon Sports is projecting to miss a bowl game.
That said, just because the good folks over at Athlon Sports don’t expect the Red Raiders in the College Football Playoffs doesn’t mean that they don’t have the Big 12 being totally out of the playoff picture. Shoutout to Kansas State, who is supposedly equipped to make it to the first round of the playoffs this year.