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Big 12 Football Power Rankings 2018: Is Texas back after Week 7?

By Patrick Mayhorn

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 13: Collin Johnson #9 of the Texas Longhorns and Breckyn Hager #44 celebrate after the game against the Baylor Bears at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 13: Collin Johnson #9 of the Texas Longhorns and Breckyn Hager #44 celebrate after the game against the Baylor Bears at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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STILLWATER, OK – OCTOBER 6: Quarterback Taylor Cornelius #14 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys looks for a play call against the Iowa State Cyclones in the second half on October 6, 2018 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Iowa State won 48-42. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
STILLWATER, OK – OCTOBER 6: Quarterback Taylor Cornelius #14 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys looks for a play call against the Iowa State Cyclones in the second half on October 6, 2018 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Iowa State won 48-42. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

Kansas didn’t play, which is probably for the best. The Jayhawks stay at 10, and will not move from that spot unless something terrible happens to, oh I don’t know, Texas in the last week of the season that knocks them out of the playoff.

In college football, you can usually tell when a team is just about done for the season. What does that mean in an actual tangible way? Well, when you lose to Kansas State and their very old football coach 31-12, you’re probably just about done for the season. Oklahoma State was outgained, outplayed, outcoached, and just plain crushed by a bad Kansas State team.

Worst of all, this wasn’t even that surprising. Sure, I thought Oklahoma State would win. However, the signs about this team being bad were pretty obvious to this point, and they pretty much just confirmed it on Saturday. Their passing attack is stale with Taylor Cornelius, their defense is still bad, their line is bad at best, and Justice Hill has nowhere to run. Oklahoma State looks like a 6-6 team at best right now, and even more concerning, Mike Gundy looks like he knows it.

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