West Virginia at TCU

When/where: 6:30 p.m.; Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth. TV: FS1.

Records: West Virginia 3-3, 0-3 Big 12; TCU 7-0, 4-0.

Notable: Since joining the Big 12 in 2012, West Virginia and TCU have seen their three meetings decided twice in overtime and once by a last-second field goal. their telltale stretch after an open date.

“The games we’re getting ready to play are going to speak volumes for us, for our résumé,” Patterson said. “Not sure that the ones that we’ve beaten already make a difference.”

While the Frogs had to win all those games to be in a playoff-contending position, the toughest part of their schedule is still ahead of them.

TCU is home Thursday night against West Virginia (3-3, 0-3) in a matchup of the programs that came into the Big 12 together in 2012. Their three games as conference foes have been decided by a combined five points, with two overtime games played before the Frogs won 31-30 last season on Jaden Oberkrom’s 37-yard field goal to end regulation.

“They’re a lot better football team than 3-3. They’ve played all three of those teams that have only one loss between them,” Patterson said.

The Mountaineers lost in consecutive weeks to 14th-ranked Oklahoma, No. 12 Oklahoma State and No. 2 Baylor — all teams that TCU still has left to play in November.It’s TCU’s first home game in nearly four weeks, since a 50-7 win over Texas, comes in advance of the first weekly College Football Playoff rankings next Tuesday.