One surprise was West Virginia taking down a ranked Virginia team on the road. Elsewhere, many were shocked by Colorado's embarrassing loss in Evanston to Northwestern and Cincinnati nearly fell at home to Miami (OH). Arizona, TCU, Oklahoma State, Utah, and BYU all collected blowout wins.
Kansas State and Arizona State pulled out close wins over Tulane and Kansas, respectively. Baylor picked up a win at Louisiana Tech, and UCF was pushed by Georgia State, but secured the victory.
With most teams beginning conference play next week, it's as good a time as any to update our Big 12 Conference power rankings. Here's how the Week 3 action affected the Big 12 hierarchy.
Updated Big 12 football power rankings after Week 3
- BYU Cougars (41-23 win at Colorado State) — Up 1
- Texas Tech Red Raiders (28-26 win vs. Houston) — Down 1
- Houston Cougars (28-26 loss at Texas Tech) — No change
- Utah Utes (33-0 win vs. Utah State) — No change
- Arizona Wildcats (42-17 win vs. Northern Illinois) — No change
- Kansas State (31-20 win vs. Tulane) — No change
- Oklahoma State (59-9 win vs. Murray State) — Up 3
- Cincinnati Bearcats (35-31 win vs. Miami (OH)) — Down 1
- West Virginia (38-27 win vs. Virginia) — Up 4
- Arizona State (24-17 win vs. Kansas) — Down 2
- Baylor Bears (36-19 win vs. Louisiana Tech) — No change
- TCU Horned Frogs (31-7 win vs. Arkansas State) — No change
- Colorado Buffaloes (41-7 loss vs. Northwestern) — Down 4
- Kansas Jayhawks (24-17 loss vs. Arizona State) — No change
- UCF (44-30 win vs. Georgia State) — No change
- Iowa State (55-7 win vs. Bowling Green) — No change
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