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Big 12 Power Rankings: After Week 7

October 19, 2018
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The Big 12 is picture is beginning to clear up in a drastic way after week seven. With only two games for the league set for Saturday, the final five weeks of the season are the most important to watch to see how things continue to unfold.

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1. Texas (6-1; 4-0)

W - Texas 23, Baylor 17

Previous: 1

Texas lost Sam Ehlinger when Baylor knocked him out of the game on the first drive of the first quarter, but the Longhorns were able to produce just enough offense and the clock ran out before Baylor could score on their final drive of the game to win it. 

2. Oklahoma (5-1; 2-1)

OFF

Previous: 3

An off week was good to the Sooners as West Virginia fell to Iowa State on the road to move the Sooners back into position for another trip to the Big 12 Championship game. A trip to Morgantown to end the season looms large to close the season, but the Sooners will need to stay clean until then.

3. Iowa State (3-3; 2-2)

W - Iowa State 30, West Virginia 14

Previous: 6

Quarterback Brock Purdy has the offense clicking like it hasn't all season. Couple that with a sound defense and Iowa State is going to have a shot at winning out if they can knock off Texas in Austin after their big victory over WVU in Ames.

4. West Virginia (5-1; 3-1)

L - Iowa State 30, West Virginia 14

Previous: 2

Will Grier and the West Virginia have been living on the edge with turnovers the last few weeks, but it was straight up getting whipped by Iowa State that gave them their first loss. West Virginia still controls their own destiny to get to Arlington, but how do they rebound from such a dominating loss? 

5. Texas Tech (4-2; 2-1)

W - Texas Tech 17, TCU 14

Previous: 5

Tech's bi-polar defense and quarterback situation makes them a wildcard every week, but if they can put it all together they are capable of winning over anyone. Tech still has a chance to make it to Arlington, but a lot of that will depend on the health of freshman quarterback Alan Bowman. Tech faces Kansas at home on Saturday.

6. TCU (3-3; 1-2 )

L - Texas Tech 17, TCU 14

Previous: 4

Gary Patterson's defense is still strong, but their inability to protect the football on offense hasn't been fixed yet. Shawn Robinson has the tools to take over games, but he's also shown he will cough up the ball often. TCU will host Oklahoma on Saturday.

7. Baylor (4-3; 2-2)

L - Texas 23, Baylor 17

Previous: 8

Baylor finally cleaned up their issues stopping big plays against Texas after Oklahoma and Kansas State gutted them in opposite ways in back-to-back weeks, but the Bears will still need to show they can play well against the top offenses. That starts with West Virginia next Thursday in Morgantown.

8. Kansas State (3-4; 1-3)

W - Kansas State 31, Oklahoma State 12

Previous: 9

Kansas State is going to be one of the more dangerous teams down the stretch of the season with their recently found ability to run the football early and often. Kansas State bounced back to thump Oklahoma State Saturday after two close losses to Texas and Baylor and now prepares for a trip to Oklahoma next week. 

9. Oklahoma State (4-3; 1-3)

L - Kansas State 31, Oklahoma State 12

Previous: 7

This ranking is probably a little unfair to the Cowboys who have one of the top offenses in the country statistically, but they have yet to figure out how to win games against Power 5 opponents not named Kansas this season. 

10. Kansas (2-4; 0-3)

OFF

Previous: 10

Kansas has shown the ability to force turnovers on defense but that's about all they have going  right now. The good news is that it can keep them in games as long as their offense can do enough. The Jayhawks will take on Tech in Lubbock this weekend against back up quarterback Jett Duffey.

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