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Colleague Travis Haney ranked his list of the nation's top 10 "most talented" teams , and a certain burnt orange team you might have heard showed up at No. 2 on his list. It's an interesting approach to ranking teams, and Haney looked at NFL draft...

We're in the middle of counting down the top 10 players in the history of the Big 12. I'm sure you'll all agree with my selections. See more on my criteria here. Let's move on with the list: No. 2: Ricky Williams, RB, Texas (1995-98) Why ...

Texas Tech returns a moderate amount of talent from an eight-win team a year ago, but not since 2008's 10-0 start and No. 2 BCS ranking has Texas Tech been anything close to a Big 12 contender. I see the Red Raiders being a good team next year wit...

We're continuing our countdown of the Big 12's top 25 players from the 2012 season. Here's more on my criteria for the list. You can take a peek at how the preseason list looked here. We're in the top 10 now, so it's about to get heated, I'm sure....

We're counting down the 10 best individual games for any Big 12 player in 2012. Bowl games and nonconference play count, but these are the performances that topped them all at the end of the season. We'll reveal the No. 1 performance on Monday. ...

The Capital One Cup tracks success across every sport, and Oklahoma State is the Big 12's top team in the cup standings, with 20 points. That tied the Cowboys with USC. Oklahoma is the Big 12's No. 2 team, all the way down at No. 39, with just thr...

Which conference is best? Our ESPN Stats and Info crew says it's the SEC, and the Big 12 is No. 2, just ahead of the Pac-12. How did the Big 12 do vs. all the other conferences on the field, though? Here's a look. SEC (1-1) Texas beat Ole Miss...

The results are in, and the math makes it official: The Big 12 passed the Pac-12 as the nation's No. 2 conference, according to ESPN Stats & Information's Conference Power Rankings. For the second consecutive season, the Big 12 was the No. 1 c...

I checked in today with a column on the debate over who's No. 2: The Big 12 or the Pac-12? Well, there's no real debate. Click here to see the full piece. An execept: Part of the issue for the Big 12 is that surplus of 7-5 teams. You won't be ...

The SEC is the country's finest conference. But if the choices for No. 2 are the Big 12 or Pac-12, David Ubben writes, then right now there is no debate at all.

Football Outsiders' Brian Fremeau ran down his luckiest and unluckiest teams in college football this season, and though no Big 12 teams cracked his list of the luckiest teams, Oklahoma State was No. 2 on his list of the nation's unluckiest teams. ...

The Big 12 will have some work to do in the bowl season. It finished the season with just three teams ranked in the BCS, and is now almost five full points behind the Pac-12 as college football's No. 2 league in the ESPN Stats and Info Conference ...

The Pac-12's regular season is over, but the Big 12 will enter its final weekend of the season in a dead heat with the Pac-12 for No. 2 in the ESPN Stats & Info Conference Power Rankings. The Big 12 trails the Pac-12 by less than half a point....

We've updated our ESPN Heisman Watch, and Collin Klein still has a strong lead in our poll of 15 experts and analysts. The Kansas State quarterback received 12 of 15 first-place votes and has 71 overall points, 19 points more than No. 2, Texas A&a...

Alabama's loss didn't hurt the SEC much, but the Big 12's ascension to No. 1 helped it extend its lead over the Pac-12 as the No. 2 conference in this week's conference power rankings from ESPN Stats and Info. The Big 12 is almost 10 points behind...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- There's a few clouds in the sky and a strong wind, but it's a warm, gorgeous fall day in North Texas for No. 2 Kansas State's first visit to new Big 12 member TCU. It's quite the sight to see the brand-new stadium in action an...