The Big 12 is often criticized for featuring high-scoring teams without playing much defense. Some of that is apparently justified, as the conference's two best teams—the TCU Horned Frogs and the Baylor Bears—were left out of the College Football Playoff field last year in favor of the eventual national champion Ohio State Buckeyes.
This season, No. 2 TCU (5-0) and No. 3 Baylor (4-0) are both on a mission to do whatever it takes to ensure they stay among the top four teams in the country until the very end.
That means not only winning but winning impressively until they meet each other on November 27.