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In a week where we saw a few Big 12 teams play some big-level competition, we got to have our first true shake-up in the power rankings for 2022. For the first time in awhile, the Kansas Jayhawks are no longer the doormat of the Big 12. I stated last week that I wouldn’t be shocked if they were able to get two conference wins, and now they’ve already got one of them. This week we see a new conference leader, though I’m not sure I am completely sold on them being the best team in the Big 12.
Here’s a refresher of where I had the standings at this time last week:
In my week 3 standings, the Baylor Bears are the ones who will be taking the steepest drop from where they stood a week ago. While they lost to a good team on the road, the teams that I have ahead of them performed better as a whole.
Just by seeing a lot of these early results in the first couple of weeks, I truly think the Big 12 is going to be an absolute dog fight this season. With Baylor losing to BYU, there really isn’t a true number one team in the conference right now in my mind. I have a feeling that my weekly power rankings are going to vary quite often, based on my belief of how much I think these teams are going beat each other up. Outside of Tech @ NC State, here are a few matchups that could have large impacts on how the rankings may end up next week.
Kansas @ Houston
TCU @ SMU
UTSA @ Texas
