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.)

To create the widest possible path for two bids to the College Football Playoff, the Big 12 needed Texas Tech to beat BYU in their Saturday showdown.

But not like that. Definitely not like that.

The Red Raiders dominated from start to finish and walked away with a 29-7 victory that cast doubt on BYU’s playoff chops and increased the chances of the Big 12 sending just one team, its cham

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