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Big 12 Conference Officially Updates Tiebreaker Scenarios

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The Big 12 Conference heads into the final week of the regular season, and according to the league office, there are nine Big 12 teams who are technically still in contention to make the Big 12 Championship Game.

Per the Big 12, the following details tiebreaking scenarios for ties among teams with 7-2 Big 12 records.

 

Big 12 Tiebreaker Scenarios

  • Two-team tie scenarios:
    • The two tied teams at 7-2 will be the Championship game participants.
  • Three-team tie scenarios:
    • Colorado loss: Arizona State vs. Iowa State
    • Arizona State loss: Iowa State vs. BYU
    • Iowa State loss: Arizona State vs. BYU
    • BYU loss:
      • If Texas Tech defeats West Virginia, then
        • If Baylor beats Kansas and Cincinnati beats TCU: Colorado vs. Iowa State
        • Otherwise: Colorado vs. Arizona State
      • If West Virginia defeats Texas Tech: Arizona State vs. Iowa State
  • Four-team tie scenario:
    • Arizona State vs. Iowa State
  • For teams who are 5-3 entering the week, they must win and see at least three of the four 6-2 teams take a loss.
 

Needless to say, there’s still a lot to be decided in the Big 12 Conference title race, but the four teams at the top, Arizona State, Iowa State, BYU and Colorado, are in the best position.

For the games coming up this week, it starts on Friday. The two Black Friday games were announced months ago, with Colorado hosting Oklahoma State at 12:00 p.m. ET on ABC, while Utah will travel to play UCF at 8:00 p.m. ET on FOX.

Week 13 Big 12 Saturday Nov. 30 Schedule

Kansas at Baylor: 12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2
West Virginia at Texas Tech: 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1
Arizona at Arizona State: 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX
TCU at Cincinnati: 6:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Kansas State at Iowa State: 7:30 p.m. ET on FOX
Houston at BYU: 10:15 p.m. ET on ESPN

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