THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12
Saturday, November 19
No. 4 TCU at Baylor (FOX) 11:00 a.m.
Series: TCU leads 57-53-7
Last Meeting: TCU won 30-28 at home on November 6, 2021.
No. 19 Kansas State at West Virginia (Big 12 Now) 1:00 p.m. CT/2:00 p.m. ET
Series: Tied 6-6
Last Meeting: K-State won 34-17 at home on November 13, 2021.
No. 18 Texas at Kansas (FS1) 2:30 p.m.
Series: UT leads 16-4
Last Meeting: KU won 57-56 at UT on November 13, 2021.
Texas Tech at Iowa State (FS1) 6:00 p.m.
Series: TTU leads 12-8
Last Meeting: TTU won 41-38 at home on November 13, 2021.
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (ABC) 6:30 p.m.
Series: OU leads 90-19-7
Last Meeting: OSU won 37-33 at home on November 27, 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 has clinched a berth in the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship. The Horned Frogs are designated as Team A and will occupy
the South bench.
K-State has moved into sole possession of second place at 5-2, while Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas are in a three-way tie for third at 4-3.
Every Big 12 team still has two conference games remaining.
In Week 12, there is one potential clinch scenario for the second spot in the Championship Game. K-State can clinch the spot with a win AND a Texas loss. Otherwise, the second spot will come down to the final week of games.
After TCU, the next six teams in the standings are still mathematically alive to clinch the second berth in the Big 12 Championship.
TCU is one of just four undefeated teams along with Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State. TCU’s five wins over ranked opponents equals the combined total of the other three (Georgia – 2, Ohio State – 2, Michigan – 1).
No. 4 TCU, No. 18 Texas and No. 19 K-State were ranked in the second CFP Poll (Nov. 8). Updated rankings are released on Tuesday evenings.
FOX Sports’ Big Noon Kickoff will go live from Waco Saturday for the TCU at Baylor matchup. It marks the eighth occasion in seven games this season for a Big 12 television partner pregame show to originate from a Conference game.
The Big 12 is one of three conferences that have 60% of teams bowl eligible: Baylor, Kansas, K-State, Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas.
The Big 12 is the only conference in which every team can still reach bowl eligibility.
The Big 12 leads all conferences in scoring (33.0 ppg), total yards (432.2) and rushing yards (178.7) while it is third in passing yards (253.5).
The Big 12’s average home attendance is up over 4,800 from the final 2021 season average. Thus far, an average of 59,877 spectators have attended the 55 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 13 teams nationally that are averaging over stadium capacity.
Home teams have a 21-13 advantage in on-campus Big 12 games. Oklahoma State joins TCU as the only teams still undefeated in home conference
games, as well as all home outings.
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.
RB Richard Reese only needs 29 more yards to tie the Baylor freshman rushing record, held by Shock Linwood (2013).
Iowa State WR Xavier Hutchinson had 10 receptions for 106 yards at OSU to set a school record of 244 career receptions, surpassing Allen Lazard’s mark of 241.
Kansas’ 525 yards at TTU marked the fifth time this season it has posted 500-plus yards of total offense. It is the most yards in a road game since Sept. 25, 2021 at Duke (530 yards) and the most in a conference game on the road since Oct. 19, 2019 at No. 15 Texas (569 yards).
K-State limited Baylor to three points, the fewest allowed by the Wildcats in series history. It was the fewest allowed by K-State in a Big 12 road game since a 45-0 win at Iowa State in 2003.
The Sooners held West Virginia to 7-of-19 on third-down conversion attempts (37%). It was the seventh time this season they have held an
opponent below a 40% third-down conversion rate.
Freshman Gunnar Gundy’s 83-yard touchdown pass to John Paul Richardson in the second quarter vs. ISU marked the longest pass in the Big 12 this season and OSU’s longest pass since Spencer Sanders hit Tylan Wallace for a 90-yard touchdown at Tulsa on September 14, 2019.
TCU is the first Big 12 team to start the season at 10-0 since Oklahoma State in 2015.
Texas tallied a season-high five sacks and 14 tackles for loss vs. TCU, including eight TFL and three sacks in the first quarter (18 plays).
Texas Tech is 26-of-43 on fourth-down conversions this season, marking the most in a season since at least 2000.
In its first win over Oklahoma since the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2, 2008, West Virginia tallied a season-high four pass breakups to mark its third
consecutive game with at least three PBUs.
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.
