The Red Raiders landed at No. 16 in the TopDrawerSoccer Top-25 on Monday, then moved up to No. 14 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll on Tuesday. Both wins came during a perfect 2-0 week that pushed Tech's unbeaten streak to 15 straight matches, with a record of 8-0-7 over that stretch. The Colorado win marked the first time this season Tech has broken into the top-20 in national rankings.
The streak runs deeper in Texas specifically. Tech is 15-0-5 in its last 20 matches played in the state. The Colorado result also gave the program its 51st all-time win and its 30th Big 12 win, a number that leads the conference.
For soccer fans in Lubbock, this is the kind of stretch that turns a program into a must-watch. Tech has quietly built one of the best runs in program history without dropping a match in five months, and now the rankings are catching up to what's been happening on the field. A Big 12 team beating a ranked opponent by two goals sends a message to the rest of the conference heading into the back half of the season.
Tech hasn't lost since before this current streak started, and it just knocked off a team ranked in the top-15 nationally to prove it belongs there too.