{
  "id": 136521,
  "title": "Where is Texas Tech football in preseason coaches poll?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/where-is-texas-tech-football-in-preseason-coaches-poll",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-04T16:21:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-texas-tech-football-preseason-162124214.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Texas Tech football team has reached a significant milestone entering the 2026 season. Following their first-ever Big 12 Conference championship, the Red Raiders are aiming to secure a spot in the College Football Playoff. Coaches across the nation are optimistic about their chances of achieving this goal. The US Coaches poll, released on Tuesday, has ranked the Red Raiders at number 12 in the nation, marking their highest preseason ranking to date. This ranking is the sixth in the team's history, with three of those appearances occurring in the last four seasons. The previous highest preseason ranking for Texas Tech was in 2008, when they were ranked 14th. Among the teams in the top 25 are BYU (15), Utah (21), and Houston (24). In the final coaches poll of the 2025 season, Texas Tech was ranked eighth.",
  "summary": "The Texas Tech football team earned its highest ranking in the preseason coaches poll in program history. Here's where the Red Raiders are ranked.",
  "key_points": [
    "Texas Tech ranked 12th in US Coaches poll.",
    "Highest preseason ranking for Red Raiders.",
    "BYU, Utah, Houston in top 25."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}