WEEK 8 GAME SCHEDULE
Friday, October 18 Time
Oklahoma State at #13/13 BYU (ESPN)
9:15 p.m. CT/8:15 p.m. MDT
Saturday, October 19 Time
Arizona State at Cincinnati (ESPN+)
12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. MST
Houston at Kansas (ESPN+)
2:30 p.m. CT
Colorado at Arizona (FOX)
2 p.m. MDT/1 p.m. MST
Baylor at Texas Tech (ESPN2)
3 p.m CT
#17/17 Kansas State at West Virginia (FOX)
7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT
UCF at #9/12 Iowa State (FS1)
7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT
TCU at Utah (ESPN)
9:30 p.m. CT/8:30 p.m. MDT
CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES
• According to ESPN’s FPI, BYU (No. 3) and Iowa State (No. 5) rank in the nation’s top five for strength of record.
• Big 12 running backs have rushed for 175 yards or more in a game six times this season, which equals the other P4 conferences combined.
• Three of the seven Power 4 receivers averaging over 100 yards per game are from the Big 12: Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan (132.8), TCU’s Jack Bech (117.0) and Colorado’s Travis Hunter (112.2).
• Six Big 12 quarterbacks rank in the top 20 nationally in passing yards per game with no other conference having more than four. (CU’s Shedeur Sanders, TCU’s Josh Hoover, UC’s Brendan Sorsby, OSU’s Alan Bowman, TTU’s Behren Morton and UA’s Noah Fifita).
• The Conference accounts for five of the top ten P4 teams in rushing yards per game; UCF (first), K-State (third), Kansas (sixth), Arizona State (seventh) and West Virginia (eighth).
• Three of the top five rushers nationally in yards per game, and five of the top 10 in Power 4, come from the Big 12. (Tahj Brooks, TTU; DJ Giddens, K-State; Cam Skattebo, ASU; RJ Harvey, UCF; Micah Bernard, Utah).
• Four of the top 10 FBS leaders in rushing yards per game are Big 12 running backs; TTU’s Tahj Brooks (third), ASU’s Cam Skattebo (sixth), K-State’s DJ Giddens (seventh) and UCF’s RJ Harvey (ninth).
• Four of Power 4’s top 10 in receiving yards per game are from the Big 12: Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan (123.7), TCU’s Jack Bech (117.0), Colorado’s Travis Hunter (97.8) and Oklahoma State’s De’Zhaun Stribling (92.7).
• Arizona State and Texas Tech are the only programs in the nation with four wins in one-score games this season.
• Iowa State’s 6-0 mark is the second-best start to a season in program history, trailing only a 7-0 start in 1938.
• BYU has started 6-0 for the sixth time in school history as Kalani Sitake joins LaVell Edwards as the only BYU head coaches to do it twice.
• K-State allowed -29 rushing yards on Saturday, which were the fewest given up by an FBS team this season. It also marked the fewest allowed in a Big 12 game since 2006.
• UCF and Kansas State rank among the nation’s best at limiting explosive plays on the ground, ranking eighth and 10th respectively in FBS in fewest runs allowed of 10 or more yards.
