BIG 12 NOTEBOOK

BEST MATCHUP: West Virginia (2-0) vs. Maryland (2-1). This is the last scheduled meeting until 2020 between schools that are only about 200 miles apart, and the first significant test this season for the Mountaineers after beating Georgia Southern and Liberty. West Virginia ran 108 plays in last year’s game against Maryland. The Mountaineers have won eight of the last nine games in the series.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: The road team has won each of the past six matchups in the series between No. 24 Oklahoma State (3-0) and Texas (1-2). ... Kansas goes to Rutgers for its first road game of the season. The Jayhawks have lost 33 consecutive games outside of Lawrence, Kansas, since 2009 — when their current true freshmen were all eighth-graders. ... For the second week in a row, three Big 12 teams have open dates (this time No. 15 Oklahoma, Kansas State and Iowa State). No more than two teams are off at the same time again until the first Saturday of December, when six teams will have already finished their regular season.

LONG SHOT: The end of fifthranked Baylor’s 17-game home winning streak that is the longest

among FBS teams. The Bears are more than four-touchdown favorites against former Southwest Conference rival Rice, which has lost its last 24 games against Top 25 teams — by an average margin of 31 points.

IMPACT PLAYER: Texas freshman QB Jerrod Heard set a school record with 527 total yards in a 45-44 loss to California, when he had a 45-yard touchdown run with 1:11 left before the Longhorns missed the tying PAT. Heard ran 24 times for 163 yards and three TDs, and completed 20 of 31 passes for 364 yards.