Baylor Bears Drop In Latest Fan Nation Big 12 Power Rankings
The Baylor Bears lost to the Oklahoma State Cowboys and moved down three spots in the Inside the Bears/Fan Nation Big 12 Power Rankings after Week 5.
The power rankings will appear each week during the regular season. Staff members from Longhorns Country, Inside the Bears and Red Raider Review vote.
The Bears (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) lost to the Cowboys, 36-25, on Saturday, and that loss lingered in the minds of voters as they dropped from No. 2 last week to No. 5 this week.
The Bears have the week off.
Other Week 5 results included TCU beating Oklahoma, 55-24; Kansas State beating Texas Tech, 37-28; Kansas beating Iowa State, 14-11; and Texas beating West Virginia, 38-20.
The Week 6 schedule for Saturday is set. The 11 a.m. games include No. 19 Kansas hosting No. 17 TCU, while Oklahoma and Texas square off in Dallas. No. 7 Oklahoma State hosts Texas Tech at 2:30 p.m., while Iowa State hosts No. 25 Kansas State at 6:30 p.m. All game times are central.
The complete power rankings are below.
Big 12 Week 5 Power Rankings
(first-place votes in parenthesis)
1. Oklahoma State (4-0, 1-0) (5) — 50 points (Last Week: 1)
2. Kansas State (4-1, 2-0) — 44 points (Last Week: 3)
3. Kansas (5-0, 2-0) — 39 points (Last Week: 4)
4. TCU (4-0, 1-0) — 33 points (Last Week: 9)
5. Baylor (3-2, 1-1) — 29 points (Last Week: 2)
6. Texas (3-2, 1-1) — 25 points (Last Week: 7)
7. Texas Tech (3-2, 1-1) — 24 points (Last Week: 5)
8. Oklahoma (7) (3-2, 0-2) — 17 points (Last Week: 6)
9. Iowa State (3-2, 0-2) — 10 points (Last Week: 8)
10. West Virginia (2-3, 0-2) — 5 points (Last Week: 10)
The poll is voted on by the staffs of Longhorns Country, Inside the Bears and Red Raider Review
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