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The Red Raiders enter at 2-0 after a 35-24 win over Oregon State that exposed some cracks on defense. Oregon State threw for 417 yards against Texas Tech, well above the 281 yards the same opponent managed a year ago, which had stood as the most the Red Raiders defense allowed all last season. Houston also comes in unbeaten at 2-0, looking for payback after Texas Tech beat them 35-11 last year.

That 2024 meeting turned when Houston quarterback Connor Weigman left the game in the second quarter with an injury. Houston never found the end zone in the second half after he exited. Friday's rematch under the lights gives both programs a chance to show whether last year's result still means anything with a new season underway.

For fans around Lubbock, this is the kind of home game that fills up Jones AT&T Stadium on a weeknight and turns 4th Street into a parking lot hours before kickoff. A Red Raiders defense that looked shaky against Oregon State faces a tougher test against a ranked Houston team hunting revenge.

Two ranked, unbeaten Big 12 teams, one bad memory for Houston, and a Texas Tech defense that just gave up more passing yards in one game than it allowed all of last season.