Oklahoma St. QB Rudolph has 12 straight wins

Oklahoma center Ty Darlington called the Sooners’ triumph “a definite legacy game…to turn the tide back and restore things to their rightful order” in the Big 12.

It seems as if every Big 12 team has that one guy who can do everything on offense.

Both Oklahoma schools faded last season. Playing in the rain, Mayfield completed 24 of his 34 passes (70.6 percent) for 270 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 76 yards and another score to hand No. 4 Baylor its first loss of the season.

That game was part of the reason why the Sooners plummeted to 8-5, the wheels off the wagon. Oklahoma answered quickly with a six yard touchdown run from running back Samaje Perine, going up 7-6.

“That’s what you’ve got to love”, quarterback Baker Mayfield said. It was Mayfield’s seventh time to account for at least four touchdowns in a game, which leads the nation. Remember, Alabama botched its way to a home loss against Ole Miss earlier this season, too. It needs the Big 12 teams to keep cannibalizing each other. – Oklahoma loses to TCU, but beats Oklahoma State to finish 7-2.

That is not likely to change Tuesday when a fresh round of rankings will show Baylor and TCU how steep their respective playoff climbs have become following the Bears’ 44-34 loss to Oklahoma and the Horned Frogs’ 23-17 escape from winless Kansas (0-10).

OSU survived a huge scare last week, coming from behind to beat Iowa State in Ames 35-31.

The Cowboys can inch closer to a Big 12 title with another win over the Bears this Saturday in Stillwater.

Key number: 158.2 – That’s the number of rushing yards per game the TCU defense gives up per game. In addition to his team-leading 71 total tackles, 2.5 of them for a loss, Peavy’s seven pass breakups are tied for the team lead and he has a forced fumble.

Sorry, state of Texas.

But four other top 10 teams – Baylor, Stanford, LSU and Utah – lost and dropped significantly. They provide the best hopes for the league that was snubbed by the initial four-team playoff last season. If the Sooners take care of business the rest of the way, they’ll get their shot. What’s the difference? Riley said it’s all about familiarity – the players with the new offense, him with the team’s personnel. But if Boykin is in the game, the Sooners defense will have to deal with one of the most elusive quarterbacks in the country.

The freshman is sixth in the Big 12 in all-purpose yards per game with 133.5 per contest.

So, of course, they’ll get Oklahoma and Baylor both at home in the final two games on their schedule.

“There’s not a question each want to play all 80 plays”. Running back Royce Freeman, the Pac-12 rushing leader heading into the weekend, ran for 105 yards.

For Baylor, the goal is a bit different after Saturday night. The Bruins are now heading to Utah. Duke, which had been 6-1, has been crushed by North Carolina and Pitt in the past two weeks by a combined 97-44.

“You come into an undefeated team ranked that high, waiting on you, and win by 10, it’s got to be a positive”, Sooners coach Bob Stoops said when asked if the win in Waco sends a message. The Lobos, with games left against Colorado State and Air Force, control their destiny in the West division of the Mountain West, despite being picked last. Freak. Just. A. Freak.

Backup quarterback Jerrard Randall completed one pass late Saturday night.

Alex Collins, who battled a pulled muscle throughout the second half, rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Razorbacks’ 299-yard performance on the ground. The following week, Ohio State is at No. 15 MI.