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Week 4: Big 12 Power Rankings


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Source: cbssportline.com

 

Updated Power Rankings (and a mind-boggling outcome) after the break.

Texas Tech dropped 10 points in the Power Rankings after its loss on the road to second ranked UT - the largest fall in the polls among Big 12 teams. 

Meanwhile USC dropped just 9 points after its pathetic performance against unranked Washington.

Did anyone actually watch the game?

Does anyone credibly believe that UCLA (which struggled to win over ULL defeated Kansas State at home), or Kentucky, West Virginia, Washington, South Florida or Notre Dame are actually better teams?

Meanwhile, OSU’s lackluster win over Rice enables it to move up 1 spot to 17 and Missouri moves up 4 spots because of its win over Furman. 

This ladies and gentlemen is the perfect of example of why teams decide not to schedule tough non-conference opponents, because they are disproportionately penalized for losses while wins over teams like Furman offer the opportunity to move up 2 to 3 points every week.

Week 4:  Big 12 Power Rankings

  Week 4 Week 3  Week 1 Change from previous week Change From Start of Season

UT

2

2

2

0

0

OU

10

12

3

2

-7

OSU

17

18

7

1

-10

KU

19

20

20

1

1

MU

26

30

47

4

21

NU

27

21

21

-6

-6

TTU

39

29

29

-10

-10

BU

59

54

69

-5

10

TAMU

63

68

74

5

11

ISU

78

85

93

7

15

KSU

90

88

80

-2

-10

CU

92

101

49

9

-43

Week 4:  Big 12 Strength of Schedule

In the ever-volatile world of Strength of Schedule which seems to change by as much as 59 points from week to week, your Red Raiders have escaped the cellar and graduated to the 80s along with UT – for now.

 

  Week 4 Week 3  Week 2 Change from previous week Change From Week 2*

BU

20

3

13

-17

-7

KU

35

81

81

46

46

KSU

45

104

104

59

59

OU

54

35

79

-19

25

MU

56

11

19

-45

-37

OSU

63

13

98

-50

35

ISU

66

105

105

39

39

NU

76

52

38

-24

-38

UT

84

54

10

-30

-74

TTU

86

106

106

20

20

CU

105

95

62

-10

-43

TAMU

116

57

82

-59

-34

* Week 1 figures not available