The Big 12 power rankings are published weekly by the Hotline throughout the regular season. They are the result of a deep dive into the analytics, an assessment of subjective factors and, when necessary, flips of the coin. No conference has more parity. The parity leads to chaos, and the chaos creates an endlessly compelling product that is not always easy to unscramble.

(Here are last week’s rankings.)

The first rankings from the second season of the 12-team College Football Playoff will be revealed Tuesday afternoon, and the Big 12 could find itself immersed in the controversy that is sure to follow.

That would be a good thing, because the opposite is irrelevance.

What should the conference expect? Will its depth be rewarded? How will the top teams be treated? And what will the rank

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