College football big 12 games

No, not as nice as the SEC. No one did. By historical standards, the Big 12 did pretty well. Baylor finished fifth in the AP poll, its best showing ever. Oklahoma State was seventh and Oklahoma came in at 10th. The last time the conference had more ranked teams was the cray-cray season of when Missouri and Kansas led the way. No really, that happened.

The problem for the Big 12 — and for other conferences not named the SEC — is how to claim the only hardware that matters, the national championship trophy.

Oklahoma in and Texas in played for the title and lost. In the CFP era, Oklahoma has made four appearances without a win. Ohio State one and Clemson two have the others. The gap looked as big as ever after Georgia dominated Michigan and Alabama took care of Cincinnati in the semifinals.

Also, there are often long layoffs. You just never know what you are going to get from any given team in a bowl game. Here is a breakdown of how each conference performed and what was expected based on the odds for each bowl game. The Mountain West is the champion of bowl season. Boise State and Hawaii were unable to play. The AAC had three of its games canceled due to roster issues with their schedule opponents. However, you can argue that it won bowl season just by Cincinnati earning a spot in the College Football Playoff.

The Bearcats were the only AAC team to lose but acquitted themselves reasonably well given the talent difference with Alabama. The Sun Belt did not put many teams in bowl games, but at least they all got to play. Appalachian State was the only team to taste defeat. At , the Sun Belt is the second-most successful conference in bowl games over the last two postseasons.

While the Big 12 came up just short of placing a team in the CFP, it did well with the bowl chances it received. Later that night, league champion Baylor beat Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl.

The conference finished against the SEC, and it's overall across the last two postseasons. The Big Ten got off to a start before tailing off. It won arguably the two most entertaining games, both by scores as Purdue needed OT to knock off Tennessee, while Ohio State came from behind to beat Utah. Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 15 catches for yards and three TDs in that game. On the downside, conference champion Michigan laid an egg in its CFP semifinal, losing to Georgia in an Orange Bowl game that was not as close as the score indicates.

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