Kansas State’s 21-14 victory at TCU on Saturday created a clear tier in Big 12 football 2020.
Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Kansas State have a major edge on the rest of the conference in terms of making the Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington.
Iowa State and Kansas State have two-game leads on OU, TCU and Texas, and both the Cyclones and Wildcats already have swept all but the Longhorns off that list.
Oklahoma State, which has been playing in a four-team pod that also includes Kansas, West Virginia and Baylor, has a much more difficult schedule upcoming but also doesn’t have the ignominy of losing to a Sun Belt Conference.