Dallas, TX – These days, the Big 12 simply replaces one top-ranked team with another.
Sounds great, unless you're the coach of the No. 1 team that lost to its biggest rival and now must prepare for the latest in a series of nationally ranked opponents.
Bob Stoops says the conference is the best it's been in his nine years at Oklahoma. That was probably easy to say after his Sooners fell to fourth with a 45-35 loss to Texas, the new No. 1, and will play host to No. 16 Kansas on Saturday.
The Big 12 has become a football league of halves. Half the teams are ranked, and the conference fills nearly half of the top 10 nationally.
Missouri fell eight spots to 11th with an upset loss to Oklahoma State, but that's OK. The Cowboys jumped into the top 10 at No. 8. Texas Tech is seventh.