The Big 12 is lucky that the USA Today poll doesn't affect the overall values that much. That's because it's clear that the Oklahoma State Cowboys are still in a nice position for a BCS bowl, a major payout and a fringe chance at the national title picture. Sitting at No. 4, things could be a lot worse for Brandon Weeden and company.
As for the rest of the Big 12, Oklahoma sits at No. 9 overall and is still smarting after that loss to Baylor. Kansas State is at No. 11. Baylor is at No. 18, and even Texas is back in the mix at No. 25. Go figure it can lose two in a row in poor fashion and still linger?
| BCS | Harris Poll | USA Today | Computer Rankings | ||||||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | AVG | PVS | RK | PTS | % | RK | PTS | % | AVG | A&H | RB | CM | KM | JS | PW | % |
| 1 | LSU | 1.0000 | 1 | 1 | 2875 | 1.0000 | 1 | 1475 | 1.0000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Alabama | .9491 | 3 | 2 | 2758 | .9593 | 2 | 1413 | .9580 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .930 |
| 3 | Arkansas | .8985 | 6 | 3 | 2619 | .9110 | 3 | 1349 | .9146 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .870 |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | .8408 | 2 | 6 | 2267 | .7885 | 6 | 1156 | .7837 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .950 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | .7842 | 8 | 5 | 2302 | .8007 | 4 | 1242 | .8420 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 7 | .710 |
| 6 | Stanford | .7711 | 9 | 4 | 2371 | .8247 | 5 | 1222 | .8285 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | .660 |
| 7 | Boise State | .6881 | 10 | 8 | 2037 | .7085 | 8 | 982 | .6658 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | .690 |
| 8 | Houston | .6684 | 11 | 7 | 2060 | .7165 | 7 | 1075 | .7288 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 12 | .560 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | .6526 | 5 | 10 | 1719 | .5979 | 11 | 826 | .5600 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | .800 |
| 10 | Oregon | .6469 | 4 | 9 | 2036 | .7082 | 9 | 933 | .6325 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | .600 |
| 11 | Kansas State | .5896 | 13 | 15 | 1362 | .4737 | 15 | 671 | .4549 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .840 |
| 12 | South Carolina | .5640 | 12 | 13 | 1511 | .5256 | 13 | 806 | .5464 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | .620 |
| 13 | Georgia | .5189 | 14 | 12 | 1559 | .5423 | 14 | 803 | .5444 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 15 | .470 |
| 14 | Michigan State | .5017 | 15 | 11 | 1685 | .5861 | 10 | 928 | .6292 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 17 | .290 |
| 15 | Michigan | .3980 | 18 | 16 | 1164 | .4049 | 16 | 618 | .4190 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 16 | .370 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | .3939 | 17 | 14 | 1506 | .5238 | 12 | 808 | .5478 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .110 |
| 17 | Clemson | .3634 | 7 | 17 | 1128 | .3923 | 17 | 587 | .3980 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 18 | .300 |
| 18 | Baylor | .3230 | 22 | 20 | 616 | .2143 | 20 | 302 | .2047 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 13 | .550 |
| 19 | Penn State | .3055 | 21 | 18 | 943 | .3280 | 19 | 455 | .3085 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 24 | 19 | .280 |
| 20 | TCU | .3027 | 19 | 19 | 872 | .3033 | 18 | 494 | .3349 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 14 | .270 |
| 21 | Nebraska | .1485 | 16 | 21 | 442 | .1537 | 22 | 165 | .1119 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 21 | .180 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | .0945 | NR | 23 | 281 | .0977 | 24 | 156 | .1058 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .080 |
| 23 | Georgia Tech | .0873 | NR | 22 | 357 | .1242 | 21 | 203 | .1376 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 24 | Auburn | .0750 | 24 | NR | 94 | .0327 | NR | 33 | .0224 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 20 | .170 |
| 25 | Texas | .0746 | 23 | NR | 9 | .0031 | NR | 1 | .0007 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 25 | .220 |