Overview
- Texas Tech suffered its first loss and fell from No. 7 to No. 14 in the AP Poll, while Arizona State improved to 5–2 and moved level at 3–1 in Big 12 play with the head-to-head edge.
- Returning from injury, Sam Leavitt threw for a career-high 319 yards and directed a decisive two-minute drive capped by Raleek Brown’s 1-yard TD with 34 seconds left after a 33-yard fourth-and-2 strike to Jordyn Tyson.
- Head coach Joey McGuire accepted responsibility for the defeat, saying, “I feel like I let them down,” and emphasized resetting the team’s approach.
- Texas Tech’s offense managed 6-of-16 on third down and 276 total yards as Arizona State extended drives with nine third-down conversions.
- The conference path remains possible but tighter for Texas Tech, with BYU’s Nov. 8 visit to Lubbock highlighted in the title race and QB Behren Morton described as day-to-day pending a starter decision later this week.