Most of the so-called experts picked Utah to win the Big 12. They are now 0-2 in the conference. Sports Illustrated picked Utah to finish 1st, K State 2nd, Oklahoma State 3rd, Kansas 4th, and Arizona 5th.
Kansas and Oklahoma State are currently last in the conference with an 0-3 record. Utah is 1-2. It's still very early with some teams only having played 2 conference games and rest with 3.
Every team probably still has a chance mathmatically. What we've seen so far is major parity in the conference which is the one thing the so-called experts got right.
Texas Tech is in a strong position with 3-0 record with wins against Arizona, ASU, and Cincy. Their next 2 games are against Baylor and TCU, so they could easily be 5-0 heading into their last 4 conference games.
BYU is 2-0 with wins against K State and Baylor.
Iowa State is 2-0, but hasn't been challenged with wins against Houston and Baylor. Colorado is 2-0 with wins against us and Baylor in OT.
The last team undefeated in conference is West Virginia with wins against Kansas and Oklahoma State.
Kansas State's win against Arizona and Utah's win against Baylor aren't counting as conference games because they were played due to pre-existing contracts before conference realignment.
Every team in the Big 12 has 6 or 7 conference games remaining. Based on the current conference records and remaining games for each team, it looks like every team still has a shot at getting to the conference championship game, except for the 3 teams that are 0-3 who would have to run the table to have chance which isn't likely given their current records.
Despite how poorly we've played, at 1-1, mathematically we still have a good shot to make the conference championship game. If we can beat Cincy today to go 2-1, and then go 4-2 in our last 6 games, we would finish the season with a 6-3 conference record which might be enough to tie for the 2nd best record in the conference and then it would come down to tie breakers which, at this point, anyone's guess how that will turn out.
At 3-0 Texas Tech is in a great position to get to the conference championship game as their remaining are against Baylor, TCU, Iowa State, Colorado, Oklahoma State, and West Virginia in that order. They could easily be 5-0 heading into their final 4 games. If they can at least split them, they would finish with a 7-2 conference record which will almost surely be enough to finish first in the conference for the regular season.
But that's all a pipe dream with the current state of our offense and defense. We don't even have a single win against a decent team, let alone a good team. TCU lost to Houston by 11 points and we needed a comeback to barely win the game against TCU.
With the parity we've seen so far, I think the Big 12 will end up with 1 team that finishes the regular season at 7-2, and a 3 or 4 teams that finish at 6-3.
Kansas and Oklahoma State are currently last in the conference with an 0-3 record. Utah is 1-2. It's still very early with some teams only having played 2 conference games and rest with 3.
Every team probably still has a chance mathmatically. What we've seen so far is major parity in the conference which is the one thing the so-called experts got right.
Texas Tech is in a strong position with 3-0 record with wins against Arizona, ASU, and Cincy. Their next 2 games are against Baylor and TCU, so they could easily be 5-0 heading into their last 4 conference games.
BYU is 2-0 with wins against K State and Baylor.
Iowa State is 2-0, but hasn't been challenged with wins against Houston and Baylor. Colorado is 2-0 with wins against us and Baylor in OT.
The last team undefeated in conference is West Virginia with wins against Kansas and Oklahoma State.
Kansas State's win against Arizona and Utah's win against Baylor aren't counting as conference games because they were played due to pre-existing contracts before conference realignment.
Every team in the Big 12 has 6 or 7 conference games remaining. Based on the current conference records and remaining games for each team, it looks like every team still has a shot at getting to the conference championship game, except for the 3 teams that are 0-3 who would have to run the table to have chance which isn't likely given their current records.
Despite how poorly we've played, at 1-1, mathematically we still have a good shot to make the conference championship game. If we can beat Cincy today to go 2-1, and then go 4-2 in our last 6 games, we would finish the season with a 6-3 conference record which might be enough to tie for the 2nd best record in the conference and then it would come down to tie breakers which, at this point, anyone's guess how that will turn out.
At 3-0 Texas Tech is in a great position to get to the conference championship game as their remaining are against Baylor, TCU, Iowa State, Colorado, Oklahoma State, and West Virginia in that order. They could easily be 5-0 heading into their final 4 games. If they can at least split them, they would finish with a 7-2 conference record which will almost surely be enough to finish first in the conference for the regular season.
But that's all a pipe dream with the current state of our offense and defense. We don't even have a single win against a decent team, let alone a good team. TCU lost to Houston by 11 points and we needed a comeback to barely win the game against TCU.
With the parity we've seen so far, I think the Big 12 will end up with 1 team that finishes the regular season at 7-2, and a 3 or 4 teams that finish at 6-3.
