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Paul Finebaum says Texas A&M should be No. 2, ahead of Indiana, after the first College Football Playoff rankings reveal. (0:51)
One of the winners in the first College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday was the Big 12. BYU (No. 7) and Texas Tech (No. 8) showed up in the top 10, and Utah sits within striking distance at No. 13.
It adds up to make Saturday's matchup between the Cougars and Red Raiders — perhaps a Big 12 title game preview — the most consequential in college football. A loss for either team wouldn't necessarily remove it from the playoff conversation but would strike a significant blow and leave little room for error down the stretch.
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PROVO — BYU enters November with a perfect 8-0 record, and having clinched the program's first-ever consecutive 7-0 starts.
Three years into its Power Four era, the Cougars are in the driver's seat for a Big 12 title appearance. The College Football Playoff selection committee released its initial rankings Tuesday and BYU checked in at No. 7.
BYU got to 8-0 with three resilient comeback wins, all from double-digit deficits, against Arizona, Utah, and most recently Iowa State. That win over Utah marked the third straight in the rivalry for their best streak since 1989-92.
Holy War dominance, Power Four conference title pursuit, a top-10 playoff ranking … what a time to be a Cougar. On top of that, BYU comes off its second bye week with another national spotlight game. This time they head to Lubbock, Texas, to face No. 8 Texas Tech in a top-10 matchup with the "College GameDay" treatment (10 a.m. MST, ABC).
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Where is 'College GameDay' this week? Location, schedule for Week 11
It has been quite some time since ESPN's "College GameDay" traveled to Lubbock.
On Saturday, on Nov. 8, "GameDay" will break a 17-year streak when it heads to Lubbock to preview No. 8 Texas Tech's showdown against No. 7 BYU in a battle between top-10 opponents with College Football Playoff aspirations.
Texas Tech has only hosted "College GameDay" once ever, which came when the Red Raiders upset No. 1 Texas in 2008 after a game-winning touchdown catch by two-time Biletnikoff Award winner Michael Crabtree.
Texas Tech is hoping for the same caliber of performance in 2025 against the Cougars. Here's everything to know about "College GameDay" in Week 11 of the college football season.