Bears Slide Up in Fan Nation Big 12 Power Rankings
The Baylor Bears defeated the Iowa State Cyclones and moves up one spot in the Inside the Bears/Fan Nation Big 12 Power Rankings after Week 4.
The power rankings will appear each week during the regular season. Staff members from Longhorns Country, Inside the Bears and Red Raider Review vote.
The Bears (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) won, 31-24, in its Big 12 opener. With the victory, the Bears moved up from No. 3 in last week’s power rankings, thanks in part to Oklahoma’s loss to Kansas State on Saturday night.
The Bears are preparing to host Oklahoma State on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
The other results from Week 4 included West Virginia defeating Virginia Tech, 33-10, in a Thursday game; Kansas State beating then-No. 6 Oklahoma, 41-34; Texas Tech defeating then-No. 22 Texas, 37-34, in overtime; TCU defeating SMU, 42-34, and Kansas defeating Duke, 35-27.
The Week 5 schedule for Saturday is set. TCU hosts Oklahoma and Kansas State hosts Texas Tech, both at 11 a.m. central; Kansas hosts Iowa State at 2:30 p.m. central; and Texas hosts West Virginia at 6:30 p.m. central.
The complete power rankings are below.
Big 12 Week 4 Staff Poll
(first-place votes in parenthesis)
1. Oklahoma State (3-0) (4) — 58 points (Last Week: 2)
2. Baylor (3-1, 1-0) (2) — 51 points (Last Week: 3)
3. Kansas State (3-1, 1-0) — 44 points (Last Week: 7)
4. Kansas (4-0, 1-0) — 39 points (Last Week: 6)
5. Texas Tech (3-1, 1-0) — 36 points (Last Week: 8)
6. Oklahoma (7) (3-1, 0-1) — 35 points (Last Week: 1)
7. Texas (2-2, 0-1) — 25 points (Last Week: 4)
8. Iowa State (3-1, 0-1) — 18 points (Last Week: 5)
9. TCU (3-0) — 16 points (Last Week: 9)
10. West Virginia (2-2, 0-1) — 8 points (Last Week: 10)
The poll is voted on by the staffs of Longhorns Country, Inside the Bears and Red Raider Review
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