How and When to Watch Texas Tech at Oregon State and Game Prediction - Sports Illustrated

The Red Raiders come in fresh off a 33-10 home win over Abilene Christian in Week 1, a game folks watching from Jones AT&T Stadium saw play out about as expected. Oregon State enters the matchup needing a bounce-back after dropping its opener on the road to Houston 33-20. Tech sits as the clear favorite heading into Week 2 of the 2026 season.

For Tech fans scattered from Tech Terrace to Raintree who can't make the trip to the Pacific Northwest, this one comes down to whether the Red Raiders can build on their season-opening momentum against a struggling Pac-12 opponent. A win keeps Tech undefeated before conference play ramps up. A stumble in Corvallis would raise early questions right as the season gets rolling.

This is the kind of early-season road test that tells you more about a team than a home opener ever could. Beat a team coming off a loss, on their own turf, and Lubbock heads into the rest of September feeling good about where this squad stands.

Two teams, two very different Week 1 results, one shot to set the tone for the season.