RANKING THE BIG 12 GAMES
1. Oklahoma at Ohio State, 6:30 p.m., ABC: Sooners have won 11 straight true road games. Five of those victories came against top-25 teams.
2. TCU at Arkansas, 2:30 p.m., CBS: The Horned Frogs went to the Ozarks every other season for 60 years. But this is TCU’s first trip to Fayetteville since 1990.
3. Iowa at Iowa State, 11 a.m., ESPN2: The Hawkeyes have won two straight trips to Ames, which is as good a reason as any that Matt Campbell now is the Iowa State coach.
4. Oklahoma State at South Alabama: played Friday night.
5. Central Michigan at Kansas, 3 p.m., Fox Sports Oklahoma: KU quarterback Peyton Bender’s first game against a Division I-A foe since quarterbacking Washington State against Washington in the 2015 Apple Cup.
6. San Jose State at Texas, 2:30 p.m., Longhorn Network: The Longhorns are quite in need of a strong performance and ought to get it.
7. Texas-San Antonio at Baylor, 7 p.m., Fox Sports Oklahoma: UTSA plays its season opener after its schedule game last week against Houston U. was canceled.
8. East Carolina at West Virginia, 11 a.m., Fox Sports2: First meeting since 2009. The Pirates have lost five straight games by at least 20 points.
9. Charlotte at Kansas State, 11 a.m., Fox Sports Oklahoma: I love you, Bill Snyder, but this schedule is awful.