They play Texas Tech for the right to call themselves champions of the Big 12 Conference this Saturday in Arlington, Texas. If they win, they will be headed to the College Football Playoff to compete for a national championship.

BYU football will be playing in the Big 12 Championship game regardless of what happens on Saturday against the UCF Knights.

The Big 12 Conference held a press conference prior to the game on Monday morning to discuss the upcoming championship game between Texas Tech and BYU. From Commissioner Brett Yormark giving his case for two Big 12 teams in the College Football Playoff,

Rematches are hard to win a second time, but Texas Tech outclassed BYU in their first meeting to the tune of a 29-7 win in Lubbock. They will meet again at AT&T Stadium in Dallas-Fort Worth and the challenge for the Cougars is cracking the code on a Texas Tech defense that is among the best in the country.

Texas Tech has reached an agreement on a new contract with coach Joey McGuire only days before the fifth-ranked Red Raiders play in the Big 12 championship game, and then almost certainly the 12-team College Football Playoff.

With college football playoff selection Sunday nearing, it's that time of the year again. When coaches, players, fans, and even commissioners begin lobbying for their teams to make the playoff. This week Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark went to bat for one of his teams.

Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire has agreed to a new seven-year contract, CBS Sports' Shehan Jeyarajah confirms. The deal will keep him in Lubbock through the 2032 season and pay McGuire more than $7 million annually by its conclusion,