Big 12 Football Power Rankings And Bowl Projections: Final Standings
The regular season of college football has come to an end. For the last 13 weeks, we have brought you our weekly Power Rankings, based on how the teams did the week before combined with their overall season.
It’s been one wild and crazy ride. Teams predicted to be at the top didn’t end up at the top. Teams that started at the bottom rose quickly. The ups and downs of the individual teams were fun to watch. You just never knew what to expect from each team, week after week.
For these final Power Rankings of the season, we thought we’d recap each team’s journey – where they started, where they finished, and where they went in between.
And based on the final rankings, our latest bowl projections are listed at the end of this article.
Once again, we have brought together a group from across the league to vote each week during the season on the Big 12 Power Rankings. There are 22 participants in this group, which consists of the KillerFrogs editorial staff plus one or two fans from each of the other schools in the league. Each week, each participant provides their rankings 1-10. Those rankings are compiled, and the average rank is then listed below.
Here's where our panel of voters ranked the teams for the end of the season:
Big 12 Power Rankings by week for the 2022 season
Power Rankings
10. Iowa State (4-8, 1-8)
(Last week #10)
Lost to TCU 62-14
- Preseason projection - 6th
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 7th
- Highest rank – 7th
- Lowest rank – 10th
- Average rank – 8.77
9. West Virginia (5-7, 3-6)
(Last week #9)
Beat Oklahoma State 24-19
- Preseason projection - 8th
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 8th
- Highest rank – 8th
- Lowest rank – 10th
- Average rank – 9.31
8. Oklahoma (6-6, 3-6)
(Last week #6)
Lost to Texas Tech 51-48 OT
- Preseason projection - 2nd
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 2nd
- Highest rank – 1st
- Lowest rank – 10th
- Average rank – 5.69
7. Kansas (6-6, 3-6)
(Last week #8)
Lost to Kansas State 47-27
- Preseason projection - 10th
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 10th
- Highest rank – 4th
- Lowest rank – 10th
- Average rank – 6.62
6. Oklahoma State (7-5, 4-5)
(Last week #5)
Lost to West Virginia 24-19
- Preseason projection – 3rd
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 3rd
- Highest rank – 1st
- Lowest rank – 6th
- Average rank – 3.00
5. Baylor (6-6, 4-5)
(Last week #4)
Lost to Texas 38-27
- Preseason projection – 1st
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 1st
- Highest rank – 1st
- Lowest rank – 8th
- Average rank – 4.38
4. Texas Tech (7-5, 5-4)
(Last week #7)
Beat Oklahoma 51-48 OT
- Preseason projection - 9th
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 9th
- Highest rank – 4th
- Lowest rank – 9th
- Average rank – 7.23
3. #23 Texas (8-4, 6-3)
(Last week #3)
Beat Baylor 38-27
- Preseason projection – 4th
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 5th
- Highest rank – 2nd
- Lowest rank – 8th
- Average rank – 4.00
2. #12 Kansas State (9-3, 7-2)
(Last week #2)
Beat Kansas 47-27
- Preseason projection – 5th
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 6th
- Highest rank – 2nd
- Lowest rank – 8th
- Average rank – 3.46
1. #4 TCU (12-0, 9-0)
(Last week #1)
Beat Iowa State 62-14
- Preseason projection: 7th
- Week 2 Initial Power Ranking – 4th
- Highest rank – 1st
- Lowest rank – 6th
- Average rank – 2.54
First Place Teams
- Baylor - one week (Week 2)
- Oklahoma - two weeks (Weeks 3, 4)
- Oklahoma State - three weeks (Weeks 5, 6, and 7)
- TCU - seven weeks (Weeks 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14)
Big 12 Bowl Projections
These bowl projections are based upon the above rankings, listed in order of bowl selection. With the first College Football Playoff committee rankings released this week, TCU was No. 3, thus putting them in the playoffs. That means the conference runner-up (in this scenario, K-State) gets the league’s spot in the Sugar Bowl. Big 12 placements below are based on the above rankings.
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl – CFP Semifinal
December 31 - Glendale, AZ
#3 TCU vs. #2 Michigan
Allstate Sugar Bowl
December 31 - New Orleans
Kansas State vs. Alabama
Valero Alamo Bowl
December 29 – San Antonio
Texas vs. Utah
Cheez-It Bowl
December 29 – Orlando
Texas Tech vs. Notre Dame
TaxAct Texas Bowl
December 28 – Houston
Baylor vs. Kentucky
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
December 28 – Memphis
Oklahoma State vs. Arkansas
Guaranteed Rate Bowl
December 27 – Phoenix
Kansas vs. Wisconsin
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
December 22 – Fort Worth
Oklahoma vs. SMU
Note: Power Rankings are determined by a group of fans representing all ten schools currently in the Big 12 Conference.
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