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This is a weekly thread to discuss football in the Big 12. Discussion should be limited to football in the conference.
Week 3 Results
- Houston 36 - Colorado 20
Ethan Sanchez just made another field goal. Houston’s offense was determined to not leave the field until they at least got into field goal range, so they wound up leading the Cougars to a victory to start conference play.
- Arizona 23 - Kansas State 17
Arizona put in their bid to be crowned the best wildcats in the conference. K-State has yet to break free from their Dublin hangover, and in a similar way ESPN’s play-by-play shows Arizona taking a 24-3 lead into halftime and then miraculously turning that into a 23-17 win.
- Baylor 42 - Samford 7
Not much to learn here beyond the fact that we didn’t lose our tune-up game.
- #14 Iowa State 24 - Arkansas State 16
A good back-and-forth affair, just like we all predicted.
- #20 Utah 31 - Wyoming 6
As is tradition for Wyoming, they held their own in the first half against a Big 12 school, but Utah was able to get things going in the second half to come away with a dominant win.
- #21 Texas Tech 45 - Oregon State 14
Tech has another large margin of victory, but they remain untested. We’ll finally get to learn something this weekend.
- West Virginia 31 - Pitt 24
They don’t get much better than this. A back and forth affair, tied going in to the 4th quarter, Pitt was able to get a 10 point lead with 9 minutes to play, and then West Virginia was able to force OT with a TD with 11 seconds left in regulation. Top it off with some controversy involving a no-call on a false start on the go-ahead TD paired with an unenforced late hit/personal foul - this game lived up to its name.
- Cincinnati 70 - Northwestern State 0
Cincinnati put the beatdown on Southeastern Northwestern State.
- TCU 42 - Abilene Christian 21
ACU fell short in the Battle of the I20/30 Purple Jesus Schools.
- Arizona State 34 - Texas State 15
Arizona State was a bit slow coming out of the gates, but they were able to get the scoring going on an insanely athletic and acrobatic touchdown pass from Sam Leavitt to Jordyn Tyson. That play was an absolute joy to watch as a third-party observer. ASU put the game away after that.
Rankings
#12 Iowa State
#16 Utah
#17 Texas Tech
Week 5
9/19/2025
| Home | Away | Time (CDT) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State (1-1) | Tulsa (1-2) | 6:30 PM | ESPN |
9/20/2025
| Home | Away | Time (CDT) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| #16 Utah (3-0) | #17 Texas Tech (3-0) | 11:00 AM | FOX |
| TCU (2-0) | SMU (2-1) | 11:00 AM | ESPN2 |
| UCF (2-0) | North Carolina (2-1) | 2:30 PM | FOX |
| Kansas (2-1) | West Virginia (2-1) | 5:00 PM | FS1 |
| Baylor (2-1) | Arizona State (2-1) | 6:30 PM | FOX |
| East Carolina (2-1) | BYU (2-0) | 6:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| Colorado (1-2) | Wyoming (2-1) | 9:15 PM | ESPN |
Tiers
Tier “Has done the best so far”
Iowa State
Tier “Has done pretty well so far”
Utah
Baylor
BYU
TCU
Arizona
Houston
Arizona State
Tier “Still too early to tell”
Texas Tech
Kansas
UCF
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Tier 4
Colorado Kansas State
Oklahoma State
As a reminder, these tiers are somewhere between a strength/power ranking (like FPI, SP+, Sagarin, Massey, etc.) and a resume/record ranking. Essentially I look at as much data as I can and then I listen to the Rebirth Brass Band while making my determinations. There were some frustrations last week with the tiers, so I feel that some simple explanations are warranted. If you want your team to move up, they should increase their power rankings and/or improve their resume. That or send me a bribe. I’m not an elected official. Send me a check and we can really have some fun. Who knows - maybe your rival sends more money than you.