Big 12 Power Rankings: Conference Charges Towards Wild Finish

Oct 12, 2013; Dallas, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Blake Bell (10) is sacked by Texas Longhorns defensive end

(88) and defensive end

(44) during the Red River Rivalry at Cotton Bowl Stadium. The Texas Longhorns beat the Oklahoma Sooners 36-20. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

2. Texas Longhorns

Record: 4-2 (3-0)

Previous Ranking: 2

Last Week: Bye

This Week: at TCU

Next Week: vs Kansas

Texas controls their own destiny in the Big 12 even if they were to be upset in the next three weeks.

Two trips to TCU and West Virginia sandwich a home game against Kansas the next three weeks. All three of those games possess their own degrees of difficulty but all three should be won.

Win those three games and Texas will end the season with home games against Oklahoma State and Texas Tech before finishing the season at Baylor. If things go the way many think they will, the finale at Waco could operate as a defacto Big 12 championship game.