This is Mark Schlabach's take on how to sort out the crazy 3 way tie in the Big 12 South:



Losses
Oklahoma: The Sooners twice led the Longhorns by 11 points and had an eight-point lead in the third quarter at the Cotton Bowl. But Texas scored two touchdowns in the game's final 7:37 to win 45-35 in Dallas. The Longhorns beat a No. 1 Oklahoma team for the first time since a 28-7 victory in 1963. It also was the first time the Sooners had lost a regular-season game under Stoops when scoring at least 35 points.

Texas: The No. 1 Longhorns trailed then-No. 7 Texas Tech 19-0 in the first half and 22-6 at the half in Lubbock, Texas, on Nov. 1. The Longhorns rallied and took a 33-32 lead on Vondrell McGee's 4-yard touchdown run with 1:29 to play. But after Texas dropped what would have been a game-clinching interception, the Red Raiders won 39-33 on Graham Harrell's 28-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree with one second left.

Texas Tech: There's no other way to say it: The Red Raiders were embarrassed by Oklahoma on Saturday night. The 65-21 loss was the second-worst defeat ever by a No. 2-ranked team in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Texas Tech avoided the worst defeat by a No. 2 team when Harrell threw a 27-yard touchdown to Detron Lewis with 11 seconds to play.

Advantage: Texas. (The Sooners lost on a neutral field; Texas lost on the road.)


Victories
Oklahoma: The Sooners have a couple of very impressive nonconference wins. Oklahoma beat Cincinnati 52-26 in Norman on Sept. 6. The Bearcats are 9-2 and one victory away from winning the Big East title. The Sooners also walloped TCU 35-10 in Norman on Sept. 27. The Horned Frogs finished the regular season with a 10-2 record and are No. 14 in the BCS standings.

Texas: Along with beating Oklahoma, Texas hammered Big 12 North champion Missouri 56-31 in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns beat Oklahoma State 28-24 and won at Kansas 35-7.

Texas Tech: Texas Tech beat Nevada 35-19 and SMU 43-7. Along with beating the Longhorns, the Red Raiders crushed Oklahoma State 56-20 and won at Kansas 63-21 in Big 12 play.

Advantage: Texas. (The Sooners would have four very impressive victories if they beat Oklahoma State. But the Longhorns would have the only victory that matters -- a win over the Sooners.)


Strength of schedule
Oklahoma: Two of Oklahoma's 10 victories came against two of the worst teams in college football. The Sooners beat Chattanooga (a 1-11 FCS program) in their Aug. 30 opener and also defeated Washington, which just lost to Washington State to fall to 0-11. Oklahoma didn't play Big 12 North champion Missouri during conference play. The Sooners' 11 opponents have a combined record of 66-58.

Texas: The Longhorns didn't play an FCS opponent and beat UTEP 42-13 on the road. They also beat defending Sun Belt champion Florida Atlantic 52-10 and Rice 52-10. The Owls are 8-3 and are still in contention to play for the Conference USA championship. Texas beat an SEC opponent, Arkansas, 52-10. The Longhorns' 11 opponents have a combined record of 79-54.

Texas Tech: The Red Raiders had no margin for error because they played two FCS opponents, beating Eastern Washington 49-24 and Massachusetts 56-14. Texas Tech's 11 opponents have a combined record of 71-52.

Advantage: Texas. (No FCS opponents were on the schedule, and it played Missouri.)

Oklahoma is the hot team as the regular season comes to an end. But Texas is a better team.

The Longhorns have already proved it on the field.

So, if Texas wins the Big 12 championship... it's them vs the winner of the SEC for the National Championship game?

Is that what you'd think Whiskey?

College Wolf wrote:

IF Texas gets to go to the Big 12 Championship, yes.

A lot of voters put Oklahoma ahead of Texas in their polls, but the computers still have Texas over Oklahoma based on strength of schedule, at least for now...Oklahoma plays #12 Ok St this weekend and Texas plays unranked Texas A&M. This could hurt Texas' computer numbers and result in OU jumping over Texas in the BCS standings.

In the Big 12, a 3 way tie is broken by BCS ranking, whereas a 2 way tie is broken by head-to-head. If OU finishes with a win at Ok State, it's quite possible they will jump Texas in the BCS and go on to play in the Big 12 Championship game against Missouri. If OU wins, they should go to the BCS title game even though they lost on a neutral field to Texas.

There are two ways I see Texas avoiding this snub.
1) If Tech loses to Baylor this weekend. Then it would be a two way tie for the Big 12 South bid and Texas would go based on head-to-head.
2) If enough voters think twice and change their minds about OU. This could happen if OK State keeps the ballgame close but don't win(because if they do Tech would go to the Big 12 title game because they beat Texas).

Also, a note about the SEC...Alabama and Florida don't have easy games either. 'Bama plays Auburn and Florida plays AT Florida State. If either team loses this week, then goes on to win in the SEC title game there could be more drama.

Should be an exciting two weeks of college football!!!