Rating the Big 12 After Week 8

[lynchmob42]

1. K-State - favored in each game the rest of the way, has to lose two to not be in the Fiesta Bowl, at a minimum.

2. Oklahoma - Still a National Title contender? This is a great team, that got beat at home by another great team, in a game that didn't get the credit then that it deserves.

3. Texas Tech - Scary, this TTU team. I'm hopeful that TTU's very impressive stats are somewhat inflated by a very weak non-con. This weekend's game is going to be HUGE!

4. West Virginia - Yeah, they're still a good team. They're just not great. Their matchup with ISU is very intriguing to me.

5. Oklahoma State - OSU still controls its own destiny! If they win out, they'll share the conference championship. That won't, however, happen.

6. TCU
7. ISU
8. UT
9. BU
10. KU

[architechguy]

I'd flip TCU and Oklahoma State at the moment, but they play this week so we'll figure out who's better. Everything else I agree with completely.

It's hard to say what OU's national championship hopes are. They're already behind LSU as a 1 loss team, and I think they would be behind a 1 loss Florida or Alabama too. Unless KSU and Oregon were to lose big, they'd probably be ahead of OU too. Beyond winning out the rest of the way, KSU and OU both need two right now. They need ND to win out and finish with one loss, to maximize the value of that win for OU (and KSU's win over OU). Then they need somebody in the Big 12 to step up and separate themselves from the pack behind them so that stays as a quality win on the resume. Either Tech, TCU or WVU needs to win out as well, attrition in the conference standings is bad news for KSU and OU.

[cynicalpuppet]

OSU, if Lunt isn't healthy, is in big trouble.

[lynchmob42]

Oct 22, 2012 15:50:26 GMT -5 cynicalpuppet said:

OSU, if Lunt isn't healthy, is in big trouble.

Walsh is out.... any idea when Lunt comes back?

I imagine they'll have some difficulty in re-transitioning to Lunt.

[cynicalpuppet]

Gundy said he THINKS Lunt is going to be able to go...but isn't sure. Chelf is not a very good QB.