2023 Texas Tech Football Season Predictions
Texas Tech Red Raider Football enters the 2023 season with higher-than-normal expectations in season two under Head Coach Joey McGuire and for good reason. A winning conference record, blowout victory over a Southeastern Conference opponent, massive talent infusions the past the two off-seasons, and many returning starters and super seniors on the roster have hyped expectations higher than a thunderstorm on the South Plains.
2022 was the baseline for where a program like Texas Tech every season should be given the resources at the disposal of the program. Money, facilities, fans, and recruiting base prove that the Red Raiders should and do belong in major college football. Beating Texas and Oklahoma also help cause in overall outlook of the program. With early season bouts at Wyoming and the home opener against Top 20 Oregon should show how far the Red Raiders have come and how far they still must go.
The roster is the most talented it’s been in nearly a decade in Lubbock thanks to the 43rd ranked recruiting class in 2022 and the 28th ranked class in 2023. Another Top 30 class is in their sights and McGuire has built a recruiting juggernaut to maintain this success within his vast network of High School coaches in Texas. The previous four classes averaged a ranking of 64 and as the roster cycles continue there will be a noticeable difference on the field with these gentlemen in the Red and Black.
The schedule is favorable for Texas Tech to make a splash this season and wreck the conference like TCU or K-State did last season. With 13 returning starters (6 offense, 6 defense, 1 special teams) the Red Raiders are primed for a breakout season.
Season Prediction:
W – at Wyoming
L – OREGON
W – TARLETON
W – at West Virginia
W – HOUSTON
L – at Baylor
W – KANSAS STATE
W – at BYU
W – TCU
W – at Kansas
W – CENTRAL FLORIDA
L – at Texas
9-3 overall, 7-2 Big 12
Allen Corbin used to live in Lubbock, then he lived in Utah. Now he’s back in Texas.
