Big 12 Basketball Weekend Rundown: Iowa State Shines Above the Rest

Here is the Weekend Rundown from the Big 12, including a rankings update and results from this past weekend's games.

Iowa State Cyclones guard Curtis Jones (5) steals the ball from Baylor Bear guard Robert O. Wright III (1) during the first half in the NCAA men’s basketball at Hilton Coliseum on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Ames, Iowa. / Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Welcome to the Big 12 Basketball Weekend Rundown. Now that conference play is well underway, the Big 12 title picture is starting to become clearer.

In the Weekend Rundown, we will be examining where each ranked Big 12 team sits in the latest version of the AP Poll, as well as going over the results from this past weekend. Which teams looked impressive? Which ones were more disappointing?

Let's get started with the first Big 12 Weekend Rundown of 2025.

Big 12 in the AP Poll: Week 10

No. 3 Iowa State

No. 11 Kansas

No. 12 Houston

No. 21 West Virginia

The Big 12 has four teams ranked in the AP Poll in the Week 10 edition of the poll. Baylor was also ranked last week but fell out of the polls after a convincing loss to Iowa State. They have been replaced by West Virginia, who rose five spots to No. 21 after upsetting Kansas. The Cyclones remain No. 3 in the poll and are still on track for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Kansas dropped four spots after its surprising upset loss to West Virginia. Meanwhile, Houston is up two spots to No. 12 after going undefeated last week. Cincinnati also dropped out of the poll after losing two games in a row.

Now, let's take a look at the results from this past weekend (rankings are from when the games were played).

Saturday's results:

TCU 63, Kansas State 62

The Horned Frogs got their first conference win of the season after defeating the Wildcats this past weekend. Noah Reynolds had 18 points to lead the Frogs to an important home victory. TCU is now 8-5 on the season and Kansas State drops to 7-6.

West Virginia 69, Oklahoma State 50

The Mountaineers got a very convincing home victory over the Cowboys and remain unbeaten in conference play. Javon Small had 24 points and 11 boards to secure the rout for the Mountaineers, who now improve to 11-2 overall. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State is 8-5 and 0-2 in the Big 12.

No. 3 Iowa State 74, No. 25 Baylor 55

This was supposed to be the best matchup of the weekend in the Big 12, but instead, it turned into a blowout. The Cylcones showed why they are one of the best teams in the country behind a strong performance from Keshon Gilbert with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Baylor is now out of the top 25 after its first conference loss.

No. 14 Houston 86, BYU 55

Houston made quick and easy work of the Cougars on Saturday behind 18 points from Emanuel Sharp. In a battle between two teams that have the same mascot, the Houston Cougars showed that despite both teams having a 10–3 record, there is a huge difference between the two of them.

Arizona 72, No. 16 Cincinatti 67

The Bearcats lost a battle with the Wildcats despite nearly coming back from a 19-point deficit. The loss was the second in a row for Cincinnati and caused them to fall out of the top 25. Meanwhile, the win helped Arizona improve to 2-0 in Big 12 play.

Arizona State 81, Colorado 61

The Sun Devils separated themselves early from Colorado and then coasted to a 20-point home victory for their first conference win of the year. The Buffaloes are now 0–2 and could have a long season ahead of them.

Texas Tech 93, Utah 65

This was one of the ugliest games in the entire country in college basketball this past weekend. Utah was absolutely blown out on its own home floor by Texas Tech. The Utes are now 0-2 in the conference and did not show any signs of life to protect their home floor against a conference opponent. On the other side, Texas Tech hopes that this is the start of a nice run with a slew of conference games on the horizon.

Sunday's results:

No. 7 Kansas 99, UCF 48

Kansas got the rebound victory that it needed by absolutely embarrassing UCF on the road. The 51-point victory represents the second-largest margin of victory in program history for the Jayhawks and immediately puts their season back on the right track after the disappointing upset earlier in the week at the hands of West Virginia. Unfortunately, for UCF, they were on the wrong end of a frustration-fueled blowout.

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