A national champion has yet to be decided and the debate over the best conferences in college football rages on.
Big 12 teams starved for respect during the regular season gave the conference the chance to claim a spot among the nation’s best during bowl season.
Instead, the Big 12 struggled.
With the help of ESPN Stats & Information, we’ll take a closer look at how the Big 12 fared during bowl season compared to the other Power 5 conferences, with a goal of seeing which narratives have some numbers to back them up and which statements fell apart once conference play concluded.