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Big 12 rankings: Iowa State stays No. 1
Posted by Berry Tramel on September 16, 2012M at 2:36 pm
Another week, another Big 12 football rankings. Remember, these rankings are based not on what teams have done in the past, or what teams are expected to do, but what they have done in this 2012 season.
1. Iowa State 3-0: Cyclones routed Western Illinois 37-3, but ISU deserved a breather, after two victories as underdogs, over Tulsa and Iowa.
2. Texas 3-0: Like it or not, the Longhorns — and quarterback David Ash — were impressive in a 66-31 rout at Mississippi. Any victory in an SEC stadium is solid, even if it is at an SEC rumdum like Ole Miss.
3. Kansas State 3-0: The Wildcats’ rout of Miami still holds traction, but KSU is going to have to prove itself away from Manhattan.
4. West Virginia 2-0: Same with the Mountaineers, who need to play a road game — James Madison at the Redskins’ stadium doesn’t count.
5. Texas Tech 3-0: Winning at Texas State matters. I don’t know for how much longer, but it matters.
6. TCU 2-0: Winning 20-6 at Kansas was a solid start to the Frogs’ Big 12 journey.
7. OU 2-0: OU and TCU are interchangeable. At Kansas, at Texas-El Paso, about the same.
8. Baylor 3-0: The Bears’ rout of SMU looks worse and worse. Baylor was pressed into the fourth quarter by I-AA Sam Houston State.
9. OSU 2-1: Routing overmatched teams at home don’t do much for your stock when you lose by 21 points at Arizona.
10. Kansas 1-2: Another home loss, this to TCU. The Jayhawks have lost at home to TCU and Rice. Drats. KU doesn’t host Baylor. Not too many teams ever have lost at home to TCU, Rice and Baylor; not even those schools who spent 70 years together in the Southwest Conference.
-For the record I have no idea who this guy is, and don't know/think hes a Cyclone fan.
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