NORMAN, Okla. -- In carving up the Big 12’s best defense, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield expanded his lead in the Heisman race.
And in obliterating the No. 6-ranked team, the surging Sooners sent another major statement to the College Football Playoff selection committee.
Fifth-ranked Oklahoma KOed TCU with 38 first-half points, then cruised to a 38-20 victory through two sleepy final quarters.
Gary Patterson’s defense had given up 24 total points combined through TCU’s previous four games. But his Horned Frogs were no match for Mayfield or the nation's top offense.
In a Big 12 showdown that reduced the league’s number of playoff contenders to one, Mayfield once again was spectacular off a week in which he garnered all 12 first-place votes in the ESPN Heisman Watch.