Week 12 Roundup: 5 Things That Matter, Winners, Losers, Overrated, Underrated

The Week 12 college football roundup. The 5 things that matter, winners and losers, overrated and underrated, and what it all means.

2. The Most Underrated Thing Was …

Oklahoma’s comeback over Baylor.

It was equal parts amazing and heartbreaking.

Baylor couldn’t have looked better in the first half against Oklahoma, going up 28-3 with an offense that looked absolutely unstoppable. But the Sooners appeared ready to put together something amazing.

The offense is way too good to have been that mediocre for a full game. And now, of course, the win was a big deal because Baylor lost a game.

Few thought the Bears were really and truly in the chase for one of the four College Football Playoff spots, but Texas – up next for BU – is certainly beatable, and the regular season finale is at Kansas.

Had the Bears been able to do anything in the second half and pull off the win, 12-0 would’ve been an easy goal, and then it would’ve been all there for the taking in the Big 12 Championship.

But that’s gone now.

The Pac-12 champion has a clearer path to one of those final four spots. Alabama – on an otherwise awful day – caught one of the breaks it’s going to need to get in.

Now, one more obstacle is out of the way if Ohio State happens to lose a close battle to Penn State or Michigan, and this makes it that much easier for LSU to get in if it loses the SEC Championship.

The Oklahoma win also means the Big 12 Championship is all but set.

If the Sooners beat TCU next week, they’re in the title game again. If Baylor wins one of its last two games, it’s in. Baylor might have lost a gut-wrenching battle, but the war isn’t over.

Also under the radar – that’s it. Jalen Hurts is no worse than second in the Heisman race. He turned the ball over too much, but he also hit 71% of his passes for close to 300 yards and four scores, and ran for 114 yards in the comeback win.

If Joe Burrow has a few bad games …

Week 12 Roundup
Winners & Losers | The Really Big Thing
Most Overrated Thing | What It All Means

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