Four weeks into the season is an odd time. You can convince yourself the season is not over when you drop a game to Cal, or you can convince yourself you’re still the best in the conference because you only lost to Ohio State and Houston- two teams with excellent shots at making the playoff.
And even if you lost to the team that’s 4-0 and has won this thing two of the last three times, you can convince yourself it could still go your way.
But at some point, it’s obvious what we’d all be saying if not for what’s happened the last six months: Baylor is the best team in the Big 12 and the clear favorite to win the conference.