The Big 12 has hardly been mentioned in any playoff discussions.
Yet Baylor and West Virginia remain very much alive for a spot in the postseason.
The Bears (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) and Mountaineers (5-0, 2-0) have quietly racked up impressive seasons so far and they’re each shooting up the Top 25 .
Baylor moved from 11th to ninth this week after thrashing Kansas 49-7. West Virginia’s 48-17 win at Texas Tech helped it jump from 20th all the way to No. 12.
“We’ve still got some things we can get better at … but being 6-0 right now, I think at the start of the season, no matter how you got to it, you’d feel pretty good about that,” Baylor acting head coach Jim Grobe said.