League leader Colorado losing to Nebraska (5-5)

UNLV beating Kansas (who beat BYU & Iowa State) and Houston (who beat Kansas State)

Cincinnati and West Virginia losing to Pitt (7-3)

Washington State beating Texas Tech

To me, it's hard to make the argument that the Big 12 is more than just 16 good but not great teams. Unfortunately, there isn't a blue-blood program to give prestige to the conference. It's not going to be handed to us, we are going to have to go out and earn it on the field.