We came into the season thinking the November 27th game between Baylor and TCU was going to determine the playoff picture in the Big 12. Turns out, that wasn't true while that game was almost literally played under water. Up stepped a blue blood program to give the league its first playoff bid.
Oklahoma (11-1, 8-1)
It took a while to accept they'd be a candidate to win the league and make the playoffs and the Sooners pulled it off. Scoring at least 30 in every game but one Oklahoma's offense found new life under OC Lincoln Riley averaging 45 per game.