Tommy Castellanos made his first start and J’Koby Williams ran for 175 yards as Texas Tech held off Arizona 34-26, tightening the Big 12 race and boosting its playoff outlook before Tuesday’s first CFP rankings.
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Tommy Castellanos, fresh off a court-ordered fifth season of eligibility, has committed to Texas Tech — handing the Big 12’s top win-total team a proven veteran arm days before kickoff.
Notre Dame sits alone at 11.5 wins on the 2026 college football board, but Texas Tech’s heavy over-vig at 10.5 may be the sharpest number in the sport’s top tier.
Texas Tech opens as the Big 12 title favorite again, but a quarterback shakeup and roster turnover have BYU and Utah looming as live threats in this futures market breakdown.
Courts have gutted the NCAA’s gambling enforcement and eligibility rules within weeks of each other, leaving schools drawing up boycotts and the association’s authority in serious doubt.
Texas Tech regents chairman Cody Campbell is threatening antitrust lawsuits against the Big 12 and CFB Playoff over the Brendan Sorsby saga while pushing Congress to overhaul college sports governance.
The Big 12 Conference filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Tech and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to enforce sanctions over quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s admitted gambling violations — then Sorsby announced his departure.
A Texas judge overruled the NCAA’s permanent eligibility ban on Brendan Sorsby on Monday, clearing the Texas Tech quarterback to play in 2026 after a long legal battle centered on his sports gambling addiction.
