Big 12 will leave one bowl spot unfilled

The winner of the Big 12 Conference’s de facto championship game will get a sweet prize indeed.

While Oklahoma or Oklahoma State will be headed to the Sugar Bowl, the Big 12 overall won’t have enough eligible teams to fill its seven guaranteed bowl spots.

Six Big 12 teams still have their regular- season finales to play Saturday, including the Bedlam rivalry game that will determine the conference champ. All of those teams already have six wins (or more) needed for bowl eligibility.

But none of the four teams that ended last weekend, including Texas and Texas Tech at 5-7, have winning records.

Seventh-ranked Oklahoma (9-2, 8-0 Big 12) and 11th-ranked Oklahoma State (9-2, 7-1) are both without a…