Path to the postseason: How Texas Tech wins -- or doesn't -- in its final three games

Get your A-J Media Digital Subscription now!Those who pay close attention to Texas Tech football could see from the start the Red Raiders needed to stack up wins early this season because the schedule got harder in the second half.

Tech didn’t blow the early gimmes, beating Stephen F. Austin, Louisiana Tech and Kansas, but the Red Raiders didn’t cash in any opportunities that, at least back in the summer, were perceived as less rigorous.

Media who cover the Pac-12 Conference picked Arizona State to finish fifth in the six-team South Division. Media who cover the Big 12 picked West Virginia and Kansas State seventh and eighth, behind Tech.

All three beat the Red Raiders, though, and Tech used…