STILLWATER — For the first time in 364 calendar days, Oklahoma State players finished a football game and did not sing the alma mater beneath Cowboys fans locked arm-in-arm on the bleachers.
Instead, OSU ran through the tunnel toward its locker room Saturday night at Boone Pickens Stadium with a 45-35 loss to Baylor.
With a soft nonconference schedule and single defeat, OSU needs a wild toppling of College Football Playoff contenders in the final two weeks of the season, along with a victory against Oklahoma, to break into the final four. The committee's week 12 rankings, released 6 p.