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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FOOTBALL
RIG 12 CONFERENCE
BIG 12 RANKINGS
The Kansan's conference reporter analyzes and ranks the 10 teams six games into the season
ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
twitter.com/UDK_B12Bball
1. Oklahoma State 10-0,7-0 (Last week,1)
National Ranking: No. 2 AP
The Cowboys feasted on the Red Raiders last week. They have one more tune-up game before they play in the de facto Big 12 championship game in the Bedlam series.
2. Oklahoma 8-1,5-1 (Last week, 2)
National Ranking: No. 7 AP
With Stanford and Boise State losing this week, Oklahoma has reemerged as a BCS contender if the chips fall the right way.
4. Baylor 6-3,3-3 (Last week, 6) National Ranking: No.21 AP
3. Kansas State 8-2,5-2 (Last week, 3)
National Ranking: No.17 AP
Baylor is 5-0 at home this season. That perfection will be tested this week when Oklahoma rolls to town.
Junior quarterback Collin Klein has accounted for 34 of the Wildcat's 39 offensive touchdowns this season, with 24 of them coming on the ground.
5.Missouri 5-5,3-4 (Last week,8)
Missouri has yet to win back-to-back games this season. A victory this week against Texas Tech would give it that and make it bowl eligible.
6. Texas 6-3, 3-3 (Last week,4)
The Texas offense is so one-dimensional that both of its quarterbacks, freshman quarterback David Ash and sophomore quarterback Case McCoy, have three touchdown passes.
The Aggies are on a three-game losing streak, and coach Mike Sherman could find his seat burning up if the Aggies fall to the Jayhawks this week.
7. Texas A&M 5-5,3-4 (Last week, 5)
8. Iowa State 5-4,2-4 (Last week,7)
The Cyclones are one victory away from becoming bowl eligible. Unfortunately for them, their final three games are against the top three teams in the conference.
9. Texas Tech 5-5,2-5 (Last week, 9)
The Red Raiders have not been competitive with anyone since upsetting the Sooners. Part of the problem is that Seth Doege has thrown only two touchdowns in the last three games.
10. Kansas 2-8,0-7 (Last week, 10)
Kansas travels to College Station, Texas, and for the second consecutive week will try and prevent a team from becoming bowl eligible.