The Parity of the Big 12; Alabama and USC fall; OSU and Texas play…..Sooners bye……..

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HORNS AND POKES HIGHLIGHT THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12

Another week has come and gone in College Football 2022 and the national and conference rankings continue to evolve as teams win, lose, and pull surprise results out of thin air.  The season is at a half way point and the teams that have put themselves out of national honors is larger in number than those that put themselves out on a conference level.  For the Big 12, the parity of the teams make every game important and picking a winner especially difficult; even if you are not in the top four or five, the bottom of the conference today is filled with schools that can beat anyone on any given Saturday.

Teams still in the hunt for a National Title ranked:

1.  Ohio State

2.  Michigan

3.  Georgia

4.  Clemson

5.  TCU

6.  UCLA

7.  Tennessee

8.  Alabama

9.  Ole Miss

10.  Syracuce

11.  Oregon

12.  Oklahoma State

13.  USC

14.  Wake Forest

15.  Kansas State

16.  Texas

17.  Utah

18.  Penn State

19.  Illinois

20.  North Carolina State

21.  Tulane

22.  North Carolina

23.  Washington

24.  Cincinnati

25.  Mississippi State

Big 12 Rating

1.  TCU

2.  Oklahoma State

3.  Kansas State

4.  Texas

5.  Baylor

6.  Texas Tech

7.  Oklahoma

8.  Iowa State

9.  Kansas

10.  West Virginia

Big 12 Predictions

Baylor 35 and Kansas 21

Texas Tech 38 and West Virginia 31

Texas 41 at Oklahoma State 27

TCU 34 and Kansas State 27

National Predictions

LSU 24 and Ole Miss 23

Alabama 28 and Mississippi State 24

South Carolina 19 and aTm 17

Wisconsin 25 and Purdue 21

Penn State 32 and Minnesota 28

Rutgers 23 and Indiana 19

Oregon 30 and UCLA 27

Stanford 21 and Arizona State 17

Miami Fla. 39 and Duke 21

Louisville 25 and Pittsburgh 21

BYU 41 at Liberty 31

Tulsa 51 at Temple 27

Cincinnati 24 at SMU 21

NAVY 42 and Houston 38

Tulane 33 and Memphis 28

Last Week: 14-5

Feature photo:  Tulas World/Dan Shular