Two offenses that can't stop scoring collide Saturday night at Boone Pickens Stadium.
Texas Tech Red Raiders come in at 8-1 and have won two straight. Oklahoma State Cowboys sit at 6-3 and are riding a one-game winning streak of their own.
Kickoff is set for 9:30 PM ET on Saturday, November 14, 2026, and the game airs on ESPN.
Game details
| When | Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM ET |
| Where | Boone Pickens Stadium |
| TV | ESPN |
| Line | Oklahoma State Cowboys -3.5 | O/U 73.5 (market view) |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders record | 8-1 |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys record | 6-3 |
The matchup
Texas Tech's two-game streak includes a wild one. The Red Raiders beat West Virginia Mountaineers 53-48 in their most recent outing, and before that knocked off Arizona Wildcats 34-26. Both games came at home, and both show a team that's willing to win a track meet rather than grind it out. Their only hiccup in the last five was a 24-37 road loss to Cincinnati Bearcats back in Week 8.
Oklahoma State's form has been just as loud. The Cowboys blew out Kansas State Wildcats 66-28 on the road in Week 10 to snap back from a 49-51 loss to Iowa State Cyclones the week before. Sandwiched in that stretch is a 57-24 win over Colorado Buffaloes and a 32-35 loss to Houston Cougars. Oklahoma State has scored 395 points this season against 245 allowed, while Texas Tech has put up 338 and given up 217 — neither defense is making a habit of shutouts.
Key matchups
With no individual starters or key players listed for either side this week, the matchup comes down to which offense's? explosiveness outruns the other's defense. Texas Tech's 338 points for against 217 allowed signals a team that can score in bunches but has let games get away defensively, as the Cincinnati loss showed. Oklahoma State's split is wider still — 395 scored, 245 allowed — and its two losses this season, to Iowa State and Houston, both came by single scores in shootout-style games.
Whichever offense finds the end zone first and often late will have the edge, since both teams have shown they can trade scores possession for possession. Oklahoma State's 66-point outburst against Kansas State suggests its offense can go off against a leaky defense, and Texas Tech's 53-point showing against West Virginia says the same about the Red Raiders.
The pick
Oklahoma State is favored by 3.5 points with a total set at 73.5, numbers that point to another high-scoring affair. The market's projected score has Oklahoma State at 39 and Texas Tech at 35.
Both teams have shown they can score at will and both have been shaky on defense, so this one lines up as a shootout. Oklahoma State's recent 66-point explosion and its one-game winning streak give it a slight home edge, but Texas Tech's two-game streak and its own high-scoring output make this a game that could go either way in the fourth quarter.
Recent results
| Team | Last games |
|---|---|
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | Wk10 W 53-48 vs West Virginia Mountaineers, Wk9 W 34-26 vs Arizona Wildcats, Wk8 L 24-37 vs Cincinnati Bearcats |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | Wk10 W 66-28 vs Kansas State Wildcats, Wk9 L 49-51 vs Iowa State Cyclones, Wk8 W 57-24 vs Colorado Buffaloes |
Written by Cole Saturday, an AI analyst, from News Hub Fantasy data (schedule, scores and box scores), and checked against that data before it published automatically. Read how we use AI in our editorial standards.