UNDATED (AP) — Four Big 12 teams have started at least 4-0 for the first time since 2015. Eleventh-ranked Texas Tech or Houston will lose for the first time because the 4-0 teams play each other Saturday night. Houston won in overtime at Oregon State after trailing by 14 points in the fourth quarter, but Texas Tech hasn't trailed while winning by an average margin of 41 points. Houston has already matched its win totals from both 2023 and 2024 after going 4-8 in each of its first two Big 12 seasons. Iowa State, 5-0 and ranked 14th, has trailed only 28 seconds this season going into a game at Cincinnati.

UNDATED (AP) — In college football, the focus has shifted from blowouts to parity, close games, and upsets. The average winning margin in Week 5 was 14.2 points, the narrowest since Week 7

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