Overview

• COVERAGE EMPHASIZES PARITY: After six weeks of close finishes and upsets, the league is described as wide open with a small upper tier forming led by Texas Tech.
• MARQUEE MATCHUP UPDATE: Utah vs. Arizona State is billed as the week’s top game with Big 12 title implications, and Leavitt’s doubtful status is cited as a factor shifting some projections toward Utah.
• SCHEDULE FACTS: All seven conference games are set for Saturday, Oct. 11, with times listed in Mountain Time across ESPN, FOX, FS1, ESPN2, TNT and HBO Max.
• STAFF PICKS SNAPSHOT: Buffaloes Wire consensus leans Cincinnati over UCF, Houston over Oklahoma State, BYU over Arizona and Texas Tech over Kansas, with split opinions on Utah–Arizona State influenced by the late QB designation.
• ESPN ANALYTICS: Win probabilities favor Texas Tech over Kansas (74.4%), Utah over Arizona State (69.6%), BYU over Arizona (69.7%), Cincinnati over UCF (69.8%), Houston over Oklahoma State (80.2%), Iowa State over Colorado (63.1%) and Kansas State over TCU (58%).