{"id":9854,"date":"2022-10-20T18:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T23:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=9854"},"modified":"2022-10-20T18:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T23:38:53","slug":"the-parity-of-the-big-12-alabama-and-usc-fall-osu-and-texas-play-sooners-bye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=9854","title":{"rendered":"The Parity of the Big 12; Alabama and USC fall; OSU and Texas play&#8230;..Sooners bye&#8230;&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\">ORANGE ON ORANGE IN STILLWATER<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\">HORNS AND POKES HIGHLIGHT THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<figure style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA139Pxh.img?w=768&amp;h=432&amp;m=6\" alt=\"No. 20 Texas vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State preview: Longhorns look for season-defining road victory\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\">No. 20 Texas vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State preview: Longhorns look for season-defining road victory \u00a9 Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>Teams still in the hunt for a National Title ranked:<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Ohio State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Michigan<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Georgia<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Clemson<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0TCU<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0UCLA<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Tennessee<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Alabama<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Ole Miss<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Syracuce<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Oregon<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Oklahoma State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0USC<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Wake Forest<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Kansas State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Texas<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Utah<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Penn State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Illinois<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0North Carolina State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Tulane<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0North Carolina<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Washington<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Cincinnati<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Mississippi State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>Big 12 Rating<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0TCU<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Oklahoma State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Kansas State<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4b9ebf;\"><em>\u00a0Texas<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span 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