Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference:

Game of the week

No. 11 BYU (9-1, 6-1 Big 12, No. 11 CFP) at Cincinnati (7-3, 5-2), Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (Fox)

BYU can get into the Big 12 championship game — a potential rematch with No. 6 Texas Tech (10-1, 7-1, No. 5 CFP) — by winning its last two regular-season games at Cincinnati and home against UCF. Freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier, league rushing leader LJ Martin and the Cougars could clinch a spot with a win Saturday as long as Arizona State loses at Colorado and then either No. 13 Utah beats Kansas State, or No. 25 Houston loses to TCU.

The Cougars last November had consecutive losses and were on the short end of a four-team tiebreaker. This time, they rebounded from a 29-7 loss at Tech with a 44-13 win over TCU . Cinci

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