The Week 7 AP Top 25 poll released over the weekend had OSU comfortably inside the top 10 after dispatching of Texas Tech on Saturday by double figures.
The Cowboys landed at No. 8 in the rankings, a spot lower than last week after Tennessee’s big leap. Subsequently, every AP voter who cast a ballot put them inside the top 10.
Except for one.
That voter was Texas Tech beat writer Don Williams, who has covered the Red Raiders since 1986. His justification for not putting OSU where every other voter put them — inside the top 10 — was as follows: “The Big 12 lacks a great team this year.