With the fall of the Oklahoma Sooners last Saturday night in a 41-38 defeat by the hands of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the two favorites to win the Big 12 is one we expected and one we never saw coming. The Oklahoma State Cowboys, who defeated the Missouri Tigers 45-24 in Columbia, ascend up to No. 3 in this week's AP rankings are now 7-0 and in control of their own destiny. The other team...
....your Kansas St. Wildcats.
Bill Snyder has coached up his boys from Manhattan to a 7-0 record and sit at No. 10 in the AP poll after a convincing 59-21 victory over the free-falling Kansas Jayhawks. For Kansas State, their chance to celebrate could be short lived, as the Sooners will come into Bill Snyder stadium licking their wounds looking for revenge.
Here is the full AP Top 25 Poll for Week 9:
| 1 | LSU | |
| 2 | Alabama | |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | |
| 4 | Stanford | |
| 5 | Boise State | |
| 6 | Clemson | |
| 7 | Oregon | |
| 8 | Arkansas | |
| 9 | Michigan State | |
| 10 | Kansas State | |
| 11 | Oklahoma | |
| 12 | Wisconsin | |
| 13 | Nebraska | |
| 14 | South Carolina | |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | |
| 16 | Texas A&M | |
| 17 | Michigan | |
| 18 | Houston | |
| 19 | Texas Tech | |
| 20 | USC | |
| 21 | Penn State | |
| 22 | Georgia | |
| 23 | Arizona State | |
| 24 | Cincinnati | |
| 25 | West Virginia |