Baylor holds serve, Kansas looks like the same-old Kansas and Iowa State surprises during the first week of conference play: 1. BAYLOR (15-0, 2-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Texas A&M, Texas Tech | THIS WEEK: Tuesday at Kansas State, Saturday vs. Oklahoma State THE RUB: Tuesday’s game against the Wildcats figures to be a war. Can […]
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Big 12 teams are a combined 100-26 going into conference play, which begins tonight with Baylor vs. Texas A&M. Through the first two months of the season, the conference has two undefeated teams and four ranked in the Top 25. 1. MISSOURI (13-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Old Dominion | THIS WEEK: Tuesday vs. Oklahoma,
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Missouri, Baylor and Kansas State continue to roll, Kansas suffers a rather sobering loss and Texas A&M continues to tumble. A look at the Week Two rankings with conference play a week away: 1. MISSOURI (12-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated William and Mary, Illinois | THIS WEEK: Friday at ODU THE RUB: Of concern is the
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Without Laurence Bowers, most pegged Missouri as a bubble team. Nobody thought the Tigers would look as good as they have in the first two months of the season, but they’re two games away from entering Big 12 play undefeated. Because of the impressive start, Missouri opens the rankings on top: 1. MISSOURI 11-0 |
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Oklahoma State ended years of frustration against Oklahoma in Bedlam, demolishing its rival in a statement game that may vault the Cowboys into the national championship tilt. Even Nick Saban agrees … in 2003, the then-LSU coach said no team that didn’t win its conference should play for a national title. His Alabama team didn’t
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Mike Leach to Kansas. Everybody outside of Lawrence knew that was a pipedream. Almost as ridiculous as that Jim Harbaugh-to-Kansas storyline from 2009, when the Jayhawks ran the only decent football coach in school history out of town. Other big names are being thrown out there, none more preposterous than Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly. I’m
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Oklahoma can still win the Big 12, Missouri whips Kansas on its way out of the building and Texas A&M does its thing (choking) against Texas. The Longhorns and Aggies swap spots in this week’s rankings: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-1, 7-1) | LAST WEEK: Bye | NEXT WEEK: Vs. Oklahoma THE RUB: It’ll be interesting
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Talk about eating your own. The Big 12 has a history of upsets derailing a team’s shot at a national title, and that happened again Friday night when Iowa State rallied from a 17-point deficit to upset No. 2 Oklahoma State. Oklahoma followed suit, losing to Baylor the following night. The rankings didn’t change much
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Oklahoma State rolls on, Kansas State continues to be the Cardiac Cats and Kansas continues to be historically bad: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-0, 7-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Texas Tech 66-6 | THIS WEEK: At Iowa State THE RUB: The Cowboys continue to put up video game-like numbers, embarrassing the Red Raiders. The last time Oklahoma State
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Oklahoma State survived, Oklahoma wins (and loses with Ryan Broyles’ injury) big as we head into the home stretch. This week’s rankings are brought to you by entertainers who graduated from or attended the Big 12 schools: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (9-0, 6-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Kansas State 52-45 | THIS WEEK: At Texas Tech
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