'We lost a legend': Famed Texas barbecue pitmaster John Mueller dies at 52. The 13th-ranked Sooners went into that regular-season finale having been Big 12 champions for 2,192 consecutive days, and would have advanced for the shot at another title with a win over their rival. Oklahoma had won six consecutive Big 12 titles, and all four championship games since those resumed, before losing Saturday night in Bedlam to the Cowboys. it’s going to be a very competitive league.” “It’s going to interesting to see how it plays out. “You look at BYU, look at Cincinnati, you look at Houston, look at Central Florida, those are good football teams,” Dykes said. Sonny Dykes, in his introduction Tuesday as TCU's new coach, said the Big 12 will “continue to get stronger and stronger" even when Texas and Oklahoma are gone. That ranked trio is a combined 33-1 this season against teams outside the current Big 12. 12 BYU (10-2) has won its past five games since a loss at Baylor in mid-October. Houston (11-1) has an 11-game winning streak since opening its season with a loss to Big 12 member Texas Tech. I think that strength shows a lot for what the new conference is going to be in a year or two, or whenever it takes place.”Īctually top 16, including undefeated third-ranked Cincinnati, which plays 16th-ranked Houston in the American Athletic Conference championship game on Saturday. “Whenever it settles, 2023 or whenever it may be, I think we have five teams in now that are in the top 15 in the country that would be in this new conference with the other four schools coming in. I think it would benefit us,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. But having two other teams in this year's title game, and three of the future teams in the AP Top 25, should help change that perception. There was plenty of speculation that the Big 12 was doomed when its two most storied football schools announced before this season their plans to bolt to an expanded SEC. BYU, an independent, will play its first Big 12 football season in 2023, and the trio from the American Athletic Conference will join no later than 2024. 
New additions BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston could be part of the Big 12 even before the Sooners and Longhorns are gone. Oklahoma State (11-1) and Baylor (10-2) will still be part of the Big 12 when Oklahoma and Texas, the only teams to win national championships while in the league, move to the SEC no later than the 2025 season - and maybe sooner. Texas made six appearances and there were only two games without either team. Oklahoma played in 12 of the first 19, winning the past five and 11 overall.
This is the least likely scenario, but it could happen in a crazy way.This will be the 20th Big 12 championship game, the fifth since the game was reinstated in 2017 after a six-year hiatus. The Citrus Bowl is no longer contractually obligated to take the top non-New Years Six SEC team. Taking that into account, you could theoretically see UT getting the invite. Meanwhile, they finished higher in their division than A&M did in theirs and as high as the Hogs did, and they are a better draw than Arkansas given their fan base. If Kentucky is one of those teams, well, they have a head-to-head case over Kentucky. Finally, a slew of upsets and unlikely scenarios result in the Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas A&M Aggies or Kentucky Wildcats somehow getting a New Years Six berth.Īll of a sudden, the Vols could be competing with the other two teams. Then the Ole Miss Rebels get the Sugar Bowl bid.
That propels both teams to the College Football Playoff. The Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Georgia Bulldogs Saturday. With a payout of over $8 million, it’s obvious that the Vols would love to go here if they could. This may be a crazy thought, but there’s actually an unlikely scenario in which Tennessee football goes to the best bowl outside of the New Years Six.
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