Big 12: Oklahoma St vs. K-State in clash of 2nd-place teams

Some issues to look at throughout Week 9 in Huge 12 Convention:

GAME OF THE WEEK

No. 9 Oklahoma State (6-1, 3-1 Huge 12) at No. 22 Kansas State (5-2, 3-1). A Saturday matchup of the groups tied for second place within the Huge 12 standings. The highest two groups on the finish of the common season play within the league championship sport so this one issues. The one Huge 12 loss for each was at seventh-ranked and still-undefeated No. 7 TCU. The Cowboys have received a school-record 13 consecutive house video games.

The Cowboys and Wildcats each have banged-up quarterbacks. Ok-State starter Adrian Martinez obtained dinged up of their Oct. 8 sport vs. Iowa State, ran for 19 yards on the primary play at TCU after which left the sport. Backup Will Howard then threw two touchdowns and ran for an additional earlier than hurting his shoulder on a working play, however needs to be prepared for the Cowboys. Oklahoma State’s Spencer Sanders has performed by means of undisclosed accidents. His 30 profession wins are two shy of matching Mason Rudolph’s faculty report.

BEST MATCHUP

Baylor at Texas Tech. The groups have an identical 4-3 information, with each 2-2 within the Huge 12 after breaking two-game dropping streaks final week. The final three video games within the sequence have been determined by a mixed seven factors. First-year Crimson Raiders coach Joey McGuire was a Baylor assistant for many of the previous 5 seasons, earlier than taking the Crimson Raiders job final November. He first labored with Matt Rhule in Waco, then stayed when Dave Aranda obtained the job after the 2019 season.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

There isn’t a alternative to increase a streak when TCU (7-0, 4-0) performs Saturday at unranked West Virginia (3-4, 1-3). The Horned Frogs are the primary staff nationally since 1996 to win 4 consecutive regular-season video games over ranked opponents. They overcame double-digit deficits after halftime to win the final two. … Texas Tech is the one faculty since 2013 to twice convert six fourth-down makes an attempt in the identical sport. The Crimson Raiders lead FBS with 20 fourth-down conversions (on 32 tries). Baylor is tied for second with 16.

IMPACT PLAYER

TCU quarterback Max Duggan has thrown a Huge 12-high 19 touchdowns with just one interception, all in his six begins. Duggan, who misplaced the beginning job going into the season earlier than Chandler Morris obtained injured within the opener, is second within the Huge 12 at 306.4 whole yards per sport behind Sanders, and they’re tied for the league lead with 23 whole touchdowns.

TOP TO BOTTOM

Simply two seasons after assembly within the Huge 12 championship sport, Oklahoma (4-3, 1-3) and Iowa State (3-4, 0-4) are on the backside of the standings going into their sport Saturday. The Sooners haven’t suffered 4 convention losses in the identical season since going 3-5 in Huge 12 play in 1998. Iowa State’s 4 Huge 12 losses are by a mixed 14 factors (7, 3, 1 and three). The Cyclones haven’t had a five-game convention dropping streak since 2016.

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