Week 3 2026 · Final · Fri, 9/18
Texas Tech 28, Houston 26
Texas Tech takes 24K sq mi
Texas Tech beat Houston 28–26 and took 24K sq mi (24 counties), home to 9.32M people. That made Texas Tech the 7th-largest empire.
Houston
2639th-largest empire · Big 12
- land
- 24K sq mi
- land
- counties
- 24
- counties
- people
- 9.32M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Harris County, TX, Multnomah County, OR, Washington County, OR, Clark County, WA, Clackamas County, OR, Galveston County, TX
Texas Tech
289th-largest empire · Big 12
- land
- 92K sq mi
- land
- counties
- 78
- counties
- people
- 1.96M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Lubbock County, TX, Midland County, TX, Ector County, TX, Randall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
