The Sooners enter the championship game as the sixth-ranked team in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, with Baylor right behind at No. 7. Aside from a chance to win a conference championship, both teams still have an outside chance of making it into this year’s Playoff if the cards fall right in the other league championship games.
Oklahoma is gunning for an unprecedented 13th Big 12 crown; Baylor owns two championships (2013 and ’14) in the league’s 23-year history. The Sooners are making their 11th appearance in a Big 12 Championship game and have come away with nine wins in their 10 previous appearances.