Oklahoma may not be playing this weekend, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way for the Big 12 Championship race to play more in its favor.
The Sooners were scheduled to play West Virginia at 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday night before a COVID-19 situation at Oklahoma postponed it. The Sooners and Mountaineers are scheduled to play on Dec. 12 now.
With the way the conference has fallen since Oklahoma lost to Iowa State and Kansas State, the Sooners almost control their destiny back to a Big 12 Championship game. There is a pathway to the Sooners winning out and not making it in the Big 12 Championship game, albeit it is pretty slim to happen.
Two of the four teams still in the thick of the Big 12 race play on Saturday. Iowa State and Texas play at 11 a.m. CT with the winner controlling their destiny of making the Big 12 Championship game.
Here is how the outcome of Friday’s game impacts Oklahoma’s Big 12 Championship race:
IF IOWA STATE WINS …
- Iowa State would be a win against West Virginia away from being the No. 1 team in the Big 12.
- Oklahoma winning out means it would be the No. 2 team in the Big 12. A tie could happen if Oklahoma State wins out, but the Sooners would have the head-to-head.
- Oklahoma and Iowa State would play each other. The Cyclones beat the Sooners 38-31 on Oct. 3.
- If Iowa State then loses to West Virginia in its next game, the opportunity for Kansas State-Texas to determine the Big 12 would still be there.
- The Wildcats winning out would give them a 6-3 record and would also include beating Texas.
- Kansas State would be 6-3 and Texas 5-4, making the Wildcats the fourth-ranked team in the Big 12.
- If Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Iowa State are tied atop of the Big 12 at 7-2 (or 6-2 for Oklahoma pending the ability of the Baylor game being played), the three would be 1-1 against each other.
- The next tiebreaker is record against the No. 4 team in the Big 12, and Oklahoma would have a loss with Oklahoma State and Iowa State winning.
- Iowa State and Oklahoma State would be the Big 12 Championship teams with a Kansas State win over Texas.
IF TEXAS WINS …
- Iowa State would have two conference losses and the Big 12 would have a four-way tie atop the conference.
- Oklahoma and Texas would be the leader in the clubhouse atop of the Big 12 as the Sooners (wins against Oklahoma State and Texas) and Longhorns (wins against Oklahoma State and Iowa State) would be 2-1 against the other teams tied atop of the Big 12.
- If Texas beats Kansas State and Kansas, it would be Oklahoma and Texas in the Big 12 Championship game.
- This creates an opportunity for Kansas State-Texas to determined the Big 12 Championship teams.
- The Wildcats winning out would give them a 6-3 record and would also include beating Texas.
- The Longhorns would also be 6-3 with Kansas State having the head-to-head.
- If Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Iowa State are tied atop of the Big 12 at 7-2 (or 6-2 for Oklahoma pending the ability of the Baylor game being played), the three would be 1-1 against each other.
- The next tiebreaker is record against the No. 4 team in the Big 12, and Oklahoma would have a loss with Oklahoma State and Iowa State winning.
- Iowa State and Oklahoma State would be the Big 12 Championship teams with a Kansas State win.
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