LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - (News Release from Texas Tech Athletics)

No. 10 Texas Tech has matched its highest slotting in the annual Big 12 Preseason Poll, coming in at third in the 2025-26 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll behind only Houston and BYU. The Red Raiders, who are No. 10 in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25, finished second in the Big 12 standings last season before advancing to the program’s third NCAA Elite Eight.

Houston tops the annual prognostication that reflects the votes of the league’s head coaches after being selected by 14 coaches to win the conference. BYU is second in the preseason voting with one first-place vote while Arizona comes in fourth after also garnering one first-place vote. Tech did not receive a first-place vote. The rankings and total points

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