This has not been a good year for the Big 12. They've lost two members to the SEC after losing another couple of members to the Big Ten and Pac-12. Conference powers have fallen by the wayside (i.e. Missouri), while others have merely been good instead of great (Oklahoma). Only the unlikely story of Bill Snyder and Kansas State and the dominance of Oklahoma State have been true highlights on the year, and that's not enough for a conference that is supposed to be among the best in the nation.
That reality is reflected in this week's BCS Standings. The OSU Cowboys are ranked No. 4 overall and the Sooners are No. 9. K-State comes in next at No. 11 and then Baylor and Texas at No. 18 and 25 respectively. Still it's not as high as it should have been and other conferences are all the better for it (i.e. the SEC and Pac-12). Here's this week's BCS Rankings:
| 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 |