Big 12 Football: Week 5 Power Rankings
By VF Castro
2. West Virginia Mountaineers (Record: 4-0)
West Virginia is 4-0 for the first time since 2012, so momentum is especially high headed into the bye week, but Dana Holgorsen’s team is going to have to maintain its composure with Texas Tech coming up after the bye.
Kansas State is a good team, and held West Virginia to just two touchdowns and a field goal in its 17-16 loss last weekend. Connecting on just 24 of 41 passes for298-yards, West Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard finished the game with a 56.5 percent quarterback rating, and was responsible for a turnover. Kansas State capitalized on the turnover, so that’s an area the Mountaineers must work on before heading to Lubbock on two weeks.
Week Six against the Texas Tech Red Raiders will be an interesting game, as West Virginia will be coming off a bye week and undefeated. Depending on how things go for Texas Tech and the hopeful return of Patrick Mahomes, this might be one of those games the conference pays close attention to–especially headed down the back loaded portion of the schedule.
Next Game:
| Sat, Oct 15 | Texas Tech | vs. | West Virginia | Lubbock, Texas | TBA |