2017 Big 12 Preview

The Big 12 has been at a disadvantage the last 3 years without a Championship game like the other 4 conferences have had. They have had quality teams that were left out (or barely made it in) because of not having that additional game. Well this year they have that championship game. HOWEVER, We still think the Big 12 will again be the conference left out of the Playoff. This year they just won’t have any contender for it. They have 3 very good teams, however there is little separation between them and not much separation between them and the middle of the pack. Thus it’s not likely you will see a Big 12 team with a 10-2 or better record. Especially with the retirement of Coach Stoops at OU. It will be an exciting year for the Big 12, but one that will end up lacking a team in the Playoffs for the 3rd time in 4 years (Oklahoma 2015 is the lone representative in the Playoffs for the Big 12 as a 4 seed).

 

For each Conference we will have the Simplified Football predictions (record) with the Projected Win-Shares and rating of each team next to it. We will also have Bowl Projections for each conference.

 

Big 12 Predictions:

 

Team – Record (Conf)  /  Win-Shares (Conf)  /  Rating

  1. Oklahoma – 9-3 (7-2)  /  8.44 (6.17)  /  4.54
  2. Texas – 8-4 (6-3)  /  7.84 (5.82)  /  4.43
  3. Oklahoma St – 9-3 (6-3)  /  8.27 (5.95)  /  4.58
  4. Kansas St – 8-4 (6-3)  /  7.09 (4.84)  /  4.15
  5. TCU – 7-5 (5-4)  /  7.29 (5.04)  /  4.30
  6. West Virginia – 7-5 (5-4)  /  6.39 (4.24)  /  4.10
  7. Texas Tech – 5-7 (4-5)  /  4.75 (3.1)  /  3.62
  8. Baylor – 5-7 (3-6)  /  5.87 (3.72)  /  3.78
  9. Iowa St – 5-7 (2-7)  /  6.02 (3.77)  /  3.93
  10. Kansas – 3-9 (1-8)  /  4.52 (2.35)  /  3.3

 

Oklahoma is undisputed first place and gets a spot in the Big 12 championship game. Texas, Oklahoma St, and Kansas St are all tied at 6-3. Kansas St loses to both Texas and Ok St (beats OU) and Texas beats Oklahoma St. Sealing a Red River Shootout rematch in the Championship game.

 

Championship game – OU beats Texas for the 2nd time this year and 3rd straight overall in that series.

 

 

That makes 6 bowl teams for the Big 12

Cotton Bowl – Oklahoma

Alamo Bowl – Texas

Russell Athletic Bowl – Oklahoma St

Liberty Bowl – Kansas St

Texas Bowl – TCU

Cactus Bowl – West Virginia

 

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