Explaining the Big 12 Power Rankings
Many have inquired how I determine my weekly Big 12 Power Rankings.
Weekly polls, for the most part, represent preseason expectations against how a team has done to date. This Power Poll represents how teams would do against each other at a neutral site.
This isn’t simply about which team has the better record each week. This isn’t about 4-0 vs. 3-1 or 2-2 vs. 3-2.
As it stands right now in the Power Rankings, Texas would have the best chance of beating everyone in the Big 12, so the Longhorns belong at No. 1.
Kansas would have the best chance of beating everyone, except Texas, and is at No. 2; Nebraska would beat everyone but Texas and Kansas, and is at No. 3; and so on.
I believe right now Texas, Kansas and Nebraska would beat Oklahoma at a neutral site, while Oklahoma State would lose to Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, OU and Missouri.
This is a very fluid situation. It represents how a team’s status improves or gets worse. Plus, power rankings tend to work themselves out naturally when common opponents are involved.
The Sooners and Cowboys have underachieved to date.
The two teams that beat OU have already suffered lopsided losses. Every team OSU has played this season lost last weekend, as did the Cowboys’ next opponent, Texas A&M. These losses will hurt OU and OSU in the BCS computer rankings, but quality victories against quality opponents in conference play will change all that.
And as their status changes, so will the Power Rankings.
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