Kansas State Can Not Cruise to Big 12 Crown

The Big 12 Conference is stronger than ever and there's no surprise that the conference championship is coming down to the final weeks of the season. There is no easy week in the conference anymore and the competition level has improved with the additions of TCU and West Virginia. The conference currently holds five spots in this week's BCS rankings, and three of these teams remain in contention for the conference title (#1 Kansas State, #12 Oklahoma and #15 Texas).

Of course, Kansas State controls its own destiny with two games remaining on their conference schedule, but an upset or two may be on the horizon for them. The Wildcats avoided a potential upset in Fort Worth on Saturday and eliminated the Horned Frogs and Cowboys from contention, but they cannot overlook their final two opponents. Texas looks to be finding its stride with four straight victories and Baylor has an explosive offense. A lot is on the line for the Wildcats with two games remaining in their season. The Wildcats are chasing their first National Championship in program history and first Big 12 championship since 2003, but they cannot cruise to the crown with the Longhorns and Sooners in contention.

Still in Race   Record Yesterday's result, Remaining Schedule
Kansas State    7-0    at TCU (W), at BU, vs Texas

Oklahoma        5-1   vs BU (W), at WVU, vs OSU, at TCU

Texas                 5-2   vs ISU (W), vs TCU, at KSU

Eliminated:
Oklahoma State 4-2 vs WVU (W), vs TTU, at OU, at BU

Texas Tech        4-3  vs KU (W), at OSU, vs BU (Arlington)

TCU                    3-4 vs KSU (L), at UT, vs OU

West Virginia    2-4 at OSU (L), vs OU, at ISU, vs KU

Iowa State         2-5 at UT (L), at KU, vs WVU

Baylor                1-5 at OU (L), vs KSU, vs TTU (Arlington), vs OSU

Kansas                0-7 at TTU (L), vs ISU, at WVU

Championship Scenarios:
Kansas State

1. Beat Baylor and Texas

Oklahoma
1. Beat West Virginia, Oklahoma State and TCU

2. Kansas State loses to Baylor and Texas

Texas

1. Beat TCU and Kansas State

2. Kansas State loses final two games against Baylor and Texas

3. Oklahoma loses 2 of final 3 games  against West Virginia, Oklahoma State and TCU