[5] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season.
Texas Tech, from the Big 12, finished the regular season with a record of 7–5, led by first-year head coach Joey McGuire.
Highlights of the season included finishing with a winning conference record (5–4) for the first time since 2009 and defeating Texas and Oklahoma in the same season for the first time in program history.
Texas Tech began the game in air raid formation as a tribute to former head coach Mike Leach.
Ole Miss, from the SEC, finished the regular season with a record of 8–4, led by third-year head coach Lane Kiffin.