Giese: Could Texas Tech, BYU both make the CFP regardless of Big 12 title?

December 1, 2025

By Nathan Giese, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo Sports: Talking points have already started to come about for the Big 12 Championship game between the Texas Tech and BYU football teams.

Both the Red Raiders and Cougars enter Saturday’s showdown with 11-1 overall records after going 8-1 in Big 12 play, Texas Tech’s loss coming at Arizona State without starting quarterback Behren Morton and BYU’s setback being the 29-7 loss in Lubbock in early November.

Based on those two factors, plus many other metrics that swing in favor of the Big 12 teams, commissioner Brett Yormark and head coaches Joey McGuire and Kalani Sitakes made their stance clear during Monday’s Zoom press conference: both teams should be in the College Football Playoff regardless of the outcome in AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

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Could Texas Tech, BYU football both make the CFP regardless of Big 12 title?

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has already started stumping for both Texas Tech and BYU to get to the CFP regardless of Saturday's championship game.

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