Following a Saturday that featured a hail-and-lateral play that should’ve never been, Arkansas going hog wild in Fort Worth and Texas Tech surrendering infinity points in the desert, the Big 12’s playoff hopes have now taken multiple roundhouses to the face just two weeks into the season.
The Big 12’s top three preseason teams -- Oklahoma, TCU and Oklahoma State -- already have losses. Texas Tech and Kansas State missed opportunities to swipe signature victories from the Pac-12.
By any objective measure, the Big 12 has tumbled to fifth in the Power 5 playoff pecking order for the moment.