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Iowa State players celebrate after an NCAA college football game against Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Ames, Iowa.

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BYU's Viliami Po'uha (45) celebrates after recovering a fumble against Stanford at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.

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Here’s our weekly power rankings of Big 12 teams with a look at their schedules and matchups.

1. No. 14 Iowa State (3-0, 1-0 Big 12)

Last results: Kyle Konrady kicked a 54-yard field with 1:52 to play and No. 16 Iowa State held on to win the Cy-Hawk Trophy with a 16-13 victory against rival Iowa.

Game On: Saturday at Arkansas State (1-1), 2 p.m. MT (ESPN2)

What’s Up? It was the third victory in four seasons for Iowa State over Iowa. … The Cyclones won the only other meeting with Arkansas State last season, a 52-7 victory in Ames.

2. No. 21 Texas Tech (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Behren Morton threw three touchdown passes and defensive tackle Skyler Gill-Howard returned an interception 55 yards for a score as No. 24 Texas Tech blitzed Kent State 62-14.

Game On: Saturday vs. Oregon State (0-2), 1:30 p.m. MT (FOX)

What’s Up? The Red Raiders, who have put up 129 points in their first two games, scored on their first 14 possessions of the season. … Texas Tech won the only previous meeting with Oregon State, a 15-14 victory at Lubbock in 1959.

3. No. 20 Utah (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Devon Dampier matched his career best with three touchdown passes as No. 25 Utah blasted Cal Poly 63-9.

Game On: Saturday at Wyoming (2-0), 6 p.m. MT (CBSSN)

What’s Up? Utah is 17-1 in its past 18 home openers under Kyle Whittingham. … The Utes lead the overall series with Wyoming 51-32-1 and have won 10 of the past 11 meetings, including a 30-6 victory at Laramie in 2010.

4. BYU (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: The BYU defense forced three turnovers and scored on a safety as the Cougars beat Stanford 27-3.

Game On: Bye (Next game is Saturday, Sept. 20 at East Carolina)

What’s Up? Running back LJ Martin had his second straight 100-yard game with 18 carries for 110 yards against Stanford. … BYU is one of only two teams which hasn’t given up a touchdown in 2025. The other is fellow Big 12 school Arizona.

5. TCU (1-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Def. North Carolina 48-14 on Sept 1.

Game On: Saturday vs. Abilene Christian (1-1), 6 p.m. MT (ESPN+)

What’s Up? TCU outgained North Carolina 542 to 222 in the opener and the 48 points was the most allowed by the Tar Heels in any opener in school history. … The Frogs have won the only two meetings with Abilene Christian, the last a 62-0 victory at Fort Worth in 1930.

6. Arizona (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Noah Fifita threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in less than three quarters are Arizona hammered Weber State 48-3.

Game On: Friday vs. Kansas State (1-2, 0-1 Big 12), 7 p.m. MT (FOX)

What’s Up? The Arizona-Weber State game was delayed for more than two hours due to lightning. … Arizona leads the overall series with Kansas State 5-1-2 but the purple Wildcats won last year’s meeting 31-7 at Manhattan.

7. Arizona State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Blake Shapen’s 58-yard touchdown pass to Brenen Thompson with 30 seconds left lifted Mississippi State to a 24-20 victory against Arizona State.

Game On: Saturday vs. Texas State (2-0), 7:30 p.m. MT (TNT and Max)

What’s Up? The Sun Devils had a pair of 100-yard rushers against Mississippi State in Raleek Brown (18 carries for 110 yards) and Kayne Udoh (23-105-1 TD) but quarterback Sam Leavitt was just 10 of 22 for 82 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. … Arizona State won last year’s meeting with Texas State 31-28 in San Marcos.

8. Baylor (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: No. 17 SMU missed a field goal in the second overtime and Baylor’s Connor Hawkins booted one in from 27 yards to lead the Bears to a wild 48-45 upset.

Game On: Saturday vs. Samford (0-2), 10 a.m. MT (ESPN+)

What’s Up? Sawyer Robertson threw for 440 yards and four touchdowns, including two in the final five minutes of regulation to force overtime. … Baylor and Samford have played just once, a 40-12 Bears victory at Waco in 2002.

9. Kansas (2-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: In the first edition of the Border War, Missouri rallied from down 21-6 early and a seven-point deficit in the final 8:45 for a 42-31 victory against Kansas.

Game On: Bye (Next game is Saturday, Sept 20 vs. West Virginia)

What’s Up? Jamal Roberts scored on a 63-yard run with 1:49 to play to lead Missouri to the win. … Jalon Daniels threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns for Kansas.

10. UCF (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: UCF piled up 356 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground in a 68-7 destruction of North Carolina A&T.

Game On: Bye (Next game is Saturday, Sept. 20 vs. North Carolina)

What’s Up? Jaden Nixon, who ran four times for 156 yards, had scoring plays of 66, 87 and 96 when he returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. … Knights quarterback Jaccuri Brown added five carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns.

11. Colorado (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Third-stringer Ryan Staub threw two TD passes and starter Kaidon Salter ran for another as Colorado rotated quarterbacks in 31-7 victory against Delaware.

Game On: Friday at Houston (2-0, 0-0 Big 12), 5:30 p.m. MT (ESPN)

What’s Up? Colorado also rotated highly touted freshman Julian Lewis at quarterback. The three signal callers combined to to 22 of 31 for 267 yards. … The Buffaloes won the only previous meeting with Houston, a 29-17 victory at the Bluebonnet Bowl in 1971.

12. Houston (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Conner Weigman threw for 188 yards and a touchdown while running for a score as Houston rolled over Rice 35-9.

Game On: Friday vs. Colorado (1-1, 0-0 Big 12), 5:30 p.m. MT (ESPN)

What’s Up? Dean Conners, transfer from Rice, ran for 132 yards on 13 carries and scored twice for the Cougars against the Owls. … Houston has scored at least 31 points in 16 consecutive games against Rice and has won nine of the past ten meetings.

13. Cincinnati (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Brendan Sorsby threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Cincinnati to a 34-20 victory against Bowling Green and former NFL running back Eddie George.

Game On: Saturday vs. Northwestern State (1-1), 1:30 p.m. MT (ESPN+)

What’s Up? The Bearcats were 0-4 against Bowling Green coming into the game, losing to the Falcons in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994. … Cincinnati has won both previous meetings with Northwestern State, the last a 66-9 thumping at home in 2013.

14. West Virginia (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Ohio outgained West Virginia 429 yards to 250 yards as the Bobcats earned 17-10 upset win in Athens, Ohio.

Game On: Saturday vs. Pitt (2-0), 1:30 p.m. MT (ESPN)

What’s Up? After running for 393 yards in Week 1 against Robert Morris, the Mountaineers managed just 72 yards on 28 carries (2.6 yards per carry) vs. Ohio. … Pitt leads the “Backyard Brawl” rivalry with West Virginia 63-41-3 and won 38-34 at home last season.

15. Kansas State (1-2. 0-1 Big 12)

Last results: Cale Hellums accounted for three touchdowns, including a 14-yard scoring run with 2:52 to play as Army upset Kansas State 24-21.

Game On: Friday at Arizona (2-0, 0-0 Big 12), 7 p.m. MT (FOX)

What’s Up? Kansas State managed just 246 yards of offense against Army, with quarterback Avery Johnson finishing 15 of 25 for 172 yards, one touchdown and one interception. … It was just the 10th non-conference home loss for the Wildcats since 1990.

16. Oklahoma State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Last results: Oklahoma State suffered its worst loss in Mike Gundy’s 20 years at the school, a 69-3 beating at the hands of No. 6 Oregon.

Game On: Bye (Next game is Friday, Sept. 19 vs. Tulsa)

What’s Up? Oklahoma State allowed 631 yards of offense to Oregon and nine different players scored for the Ducks. … The 66-point loss was the largest for the Cowboys since Oklahoma became a state in 1907.