Even if Texas Tech was the eighth-best team in the country, even if it was on the road, even if one of BYU’s stars was hampered, the Cougars were about to be punished by the College Football Playoff committee for dropping its first game of the season. And, accordingly, BYU promptly fell from No. 7 to outside the cutline to make the postseason.

SportsLine college football betting expert Thomas Casale ranks his top 20 teams ahead of Week 14 of the 2025 season

The College Football Playoff Rankings were released Tuesday and BYU moved up one spot from 12 to 11 after the win over TCU. BYU is now 9-1 on the season with two games remaining. Other ranked Big 12 teams include Texas Tech (5),

Rivalry Week is upon us. Tuesday's rankings will lay out what's at stake ahead of this weekend's biggest college football games.

Virginia, SMU, Pittsburgh, Miami or Duke could be playing for a spot in the College Football Playoff in two weeks with a victory in the ACC Championship Game. Okay, maybe not the five-loss Blue Devils, but there's still a chance the league's doomsday scenario commences and an unranked team wins the conference.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/lsu as AP Poll Top-25 Chaos After Oklahoma Sooners, BYU Cougars and Texas Longhorns Win. The Week 13 college football slate once again delivered with multiple big-time finishes as the 2025 season winds down with one week remaining on the docket.

Big 12 football championship odds now favor Arizona State to win the title over BYU, Iowa State and Colorado entering final week of regular season.