The College Football Playoff rankings for Week 14 of the 2024 college football season were released on Tuesday night between the Maui Invitational and five Big 12 teams were ranked.
After another week of surprises and upsets, the Arizona State Sun Devils led the Big 12 in this week’s rankings at No. 16. Then, there was a rush of Big 12 teams that followed with the Iowa State Cyclones at No. 18, the BYU Cougars at No. 19, the Kansas State Wildcats back in the mix at No. 24 and Colorado at No. 25.
If the current rankings were to hold, Arizona State would be the No. 12 seed and take on No. 5 seed Ohio State in a the First Round of the College Football Playoff. Oregon, Texas, Miami and Boise State would be given the byes, given that Boise State is currently ranked ahead of the Sun Devils by five spots at No. 11.
Now we head into the final week of the regular season and there are nine Big 12 teams still in the mix, according to the conference. The four teams atop the league at 6-2 in conference play are Arizona State, Colorado, BYU and Iowa State.
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
- If Texas Tech defeats West Virginia, then
- 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
