LUBBOCK, Texas Texas Tech appeared well on its way to not just beating, but knocking around the nation's top team.

Then the Red Raiders let Texas off the hook. Down by 19 at halftime, the Longhorns scored three touchdowns by early in the fourth quarter to pull within 29-26.

And when Colt McCoy engineered an 80-yard scoring drive late in the final quarter to give the Longhorns their first lead, 33-32, with 89 seconds remaining, Texas Tech's moment appeared to have slipped away. The Red Raiders were staring at a sixth straight loss to Texas and another wasted chance to remake their reputation as a good but not great team.

“All we did was score too quickly,” Texas coach Mack Brown said. “We should have taken more time off the clock at the end.”

Indeed.

With a throw by Graham Harrell and a catch and run by Michael Crabtree that will go down in Texas Tech history, the Red Raiders rearranged the pecking order of the Big 12 and became a serious entry in the national title race.

“It's a big statement for our program,” said running back Baron Batch after Crabtree's 28-yard touchdown reception with a second left gave Texas Tech a 39-33 victory against Texas Saturday night.

The Red Raiders jumped to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 on Sunday and previously top-ranked Texas fell to No. 5.

As for Harrell, he put together the type of drive that make Heisman Trophy voters take notice.

After McCoy did his thing to give Texas the lead, Harrell took over with one timeout remaining and good field position thanks to a nice kickoff return by teammate Jamar Wall.

Harrell completed four straight passes – for 8, 5, 10 and 11 yards – to take the Red Raiders to Texas' 28 before a tipped pass nearly became a Longhorns interception. Texas safety Blake Gideon couldn't make what would have been a game-clinching play.

Eight seconds remained when Harrell, instead of taking the safe route and passing short to improve field position for a field goal, threw down the field to Crabtree near the sideline at about the 5.

Texas defensive back Curtis Brown couldn't take down Crabtree by the jersey. Crabtree wriggled free, tight-roped the sideline and scooted into the end zone with a tick left on the clock.