This Week in the Big 12
Saturday, November 12
Oklahoma at West Virginia (FS1) 11:00 a.m. CT/Noon ET
Series: OU leads 11-2
Last Meeting: OU won 16-13 at home on Sept. 25, 2021.
Iowa State at No. 18 Oklahoma State (ESPNU) 2:30 p.m.
Series: OSU leads 33-20-3
Last Meeting: ISU won 24-21 at home on Oct. 23, 2021.
No. 13 Kansas State at Baylor (FS1) 6:00 p.m.
Series: BU leads 10-9
Last Meeting: BU won 20-10 at K-State on Nov. 20, 2021.
Kansas at Texas Tech (Big 12 Now) 6:00 p.m.
Series: TTU 21-2
Last Meeting: TTU won 41-14 at KU on Oct. 16, 2021.
No. 7 TCU at No. 24 Texas (ABC) 6:30 p.m.
Series: UT 64-27-1
Last Meeting: UT won 32-27 at TCU on Oct. 2, 2021.
All times are listed as Central unless noted.
Rankings are listed as CFP and will be updated on Tuesday.
Conference News & Notes
Undefeated TCU continues its hold on the top spot in the Big 12 standings. Baylor, Texas and K-State are tied for second at 4-2.
With three weeks remaining in Conference play, six teams are in the hunt to play in the Big 12 Championship game.
ESPN’s College GameDay will be in Austin Saturday for the matchup between TCU and Texas. It is the pregame show’s fourth appearance at a Big 12 game this season and second at Texas. Including FOX Sports’ Big Noon Kickoff, one of the two pregame shows has gone live from a Big 12 game five times this season.
A nation-leading sixty percent of Big 12 teams have reached bowl eligibility: Baylor, Kansas, K-State, Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas. Oklahoma is one win away.
The Big 12 is one of just two conferences (SEC) in which every team can still reach bowl eligibility.
The Big 12 and SEC are the only conferences in which every team has at least three wins.
TCU is one of the final four undefeated teams, joining Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State.
No. 7 TCU, No. 13 K-State, No. 18 Oklahoma State and No. 24 Texas were ranked in the first CFP Poll of the season. Updated rankings are released on Tuesday evenings.
The Big 12 leads all conferences in scoring (34.3 ppg), total yards (439.8) and rushing yards (181.5) while it is third in passing yards (258.3).
Fifty percent of Big 12 teams average over 200 yards a game in both passing and rushing: Baylor (241.11 – 210.33), Kansas (228.67 – 207.0), K-State (201.22 – 218.11), Oklahoma (239.56 – 219.78) and TCU (289.0 – 219.67)
The Big 12’s average home attendance is up over 4,500 from the final 2021 season average. Thus far, an average of 59,599 spectators have attended the 50 home games. Last year’s final average was 55,017.
Every Big 12 team is averaging over 82 percent of stadium capacity and 50 percent of teams are over 100 percent of capacity. The Big 12 has five of the 12 teams nationally that are averaging over stadium capacity.
Home teams have an 18-11 advantage in on-campus Big 12 games. Oklahoma State and TCU are undefeated in their home stadiums this season. Texas
hasn’t lost a conference game at home.
Eighty percent of Big 12 teams have had a starting quarterback miss game time due to injury: Baylor, Kansas, K-State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas and Texas Tech.
The Big 12 concluded regular season non-conference games with a .833 (25-5) win percentage, which is second in the FBS while the five losses are tied for the fewest. Every Big 12 team finished with a winning record and the win percentage is the highest since going .900 (27-3) in 2011.
After going for five interceptions last week at Texas Tech, Baylor had three interceptions at OU, marking the most in a two-game span since picking off four passes in 1980 vs. TCU and San Jose State.
Iowa State has held every opponent this season under its season scoring average.
After falling to both Iowa State and Oklahoma State by 50+ points last season, Kansas defeated both opponents this season. It is the first time since at least 1980 that a team has beaten two opponents after falling to both opponents by 50+ points the prior season.
In his 32nd career game, K-State RB Deuce Vaughn became the sixth player in Big 12 history – and the fastest ever – to reach 3,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in a career.
Oklahoma held Baylor to 132 passing yards, the second-lowest output by an opponent this season. The Sooners held Kent State to 131 passing yards.
True freshman Garret Rangel’s 304 passing yards is the seventh-most by a freshman in program history, and most since Wes Lunt had 324 yards on Oct. 27, 2012.
TCU is 9-0 for the first time since 2010 when it went 13-0 en route to winning the Rose Bowl. Sonny Dykes is just the second head coach in TCU history, joining Francis Schmidt in 1929, to win his opening nine games.
Texas WR Xavier Worthy reached 100 career receptions in his 21st game played, the fastest any Longhorn has reached the century mark. The previous record was held by Roy Williams, who accomplished the feat in 22 games.
With three fourth-down conversions (3-of-6) last week, Texas Tech reached 25 fourth-down conversions this season. It matches the most in a season since 2002.
West Virginia tallied six tackles for loss on defense vs. ISU, the seventh time it has recorded at least five in a game this season.
The Big 12 Football Weekly Show presented by Old Trapper Beef Jerky is available at 7 p.m. CT each Wednesday through November 30 on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Chuckie Kempf and Harold Kuntz host the program, which features highlights from previous games, analysis and previews. A media panel will also make predictions for each week’s games.
