Big 12 Power Rankings
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
OU falls, another new No. 1 Wyatt Phillips Staff Reporter This is the fifth edition of the Big 12 football power rankings from The O’Colly. Each week, The O’Colly will give a recap and preview of each Big 12 team and give reasoning as to why a team is ranked at a spot. No. 10 Oklahoma (Last week’s rank: No. 6) Oklahoma has been shocked both at home and on the road for the past two weeks. The Sooners had about all they could handle with the Horned Frogs in Fort Worth this weekend. Quarterback Dillon Gabriel was knocked out of the game in the second quarter with a head injury. Even though he was taken out early, he still led the team in passing yards. No. 9 Iowa State (Last week’s rank: No. 9) The Cyclones were held all day by what looked like a very put together Jayhawk defense. Iowa State has had offensive struggles all season against Power Five schools. The high-
light for Iowa State this week was the defense. They held Heisman Trophy contender Jalon Daniels to only 93 yards passing. No. 8 WVU (Last week’s rank: No. 10) There has not been much to be happy about for the Mountaineers so far. This season started with a loss to Pitt and now they seem to be spiraling downward once again. The West Virginia offense looked better than it has, but the real issue was the defense. They were rolled over by Texas all game long. No. 7 Texas (Last week’s rank: No. 8) Xavier Worthy is known as one of the best receivers in the Big 12 for a reason, catching two touchdown passes from backup quarterback Hudson Card and throwing one to Hudson Card. The Longhorns offense looked the best that it has since Quinn Ewers went down during week two against Alabama. No. 6 Texas Tech (Last week’s rank: No. 5) Wide Receiver Xavier White was the highlight of the Texas See Rankings on page 2
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Big 12 Performances
The Cowboys earn an A grade in this week’s edition of Big 12 performances.
Conference chaos ensues in week five Bradley Cook Staff Reporter
championship game. The Bears started off slowly, only scoring three points in the first half, as the offense struggled Conference play is now in to establish the run and pass full force, and the race for Big 12 game. bragging rights is wide open. The Bears’ second half efThis is how each team per- forts ultimately came up short in formed on Saturday. a 36-25 loss to OSU and drop to Baylor: B3-2. After a 31-24 victory against Iowa State: C Iowa State to open conference The Iowa State Cyclones play this past week, Baylor was were looking to rebound after looking to carry its momentum week four’s close loss at home as it welcomed OSU to Waco in against Baylor, as it traveled to a rematch of last year’s Big 12 Lawrence to face the red-hot Kan-
sas Jayhawks. The Iowa State defense came out to play, as it held Kansas star quarterback Jalon Daniels to only 7-of-14 for 93 yards of passing. The Cyclones’ main struggles came with the offense and special teams, as they struggled to establish any sort of run game, rushing for a measly 26 yards in the game. The Cyclones once again crumbled in a close one, as they lost 14-11 at the hands of the See Conference on page 3
OSU puts personal spin on Oktoberfest Bella Casey Staff Reporter
Abby Cage OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders guided the Cowboys to a win at Baylor.
“This is one of the biggest turnouts we’ve seen, 100%,” Carson Smyth, a Student Union Real beer may not Activities Board memhave been served, but ber, said. Poketoberfest was still Poketoberfest ofthe perfect way to begin fered soft pretzels and fall at OSU. bratwursts for dinner The Student with a stein of root beer Union Activities Board to wash it down. The sponsored the Oktober- plastic steins labeled fest event. The group ‘Poketoberfest’ made invited students to come sure every student had eat and participate in something to take home games for free at the from the event. Only 45 Student Union Plaza on minutes after the twoMonday night. hour event began, all About 500 stuthe bratwursts had been dents attended Poketo- served. berfest. See Oktoberfest on page 5
Jaiden Daughty Oktoberfest is celebrated worldwide while remaining true to its German roots.