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Where does Oklahoma State football rank in Big 12 strength of schedule?​

Joe Mussatto
The Oklahoman

With the departures of OU and Texas, the Big 12 is wide open this season.

Utah was picked by the media to win the league followed by Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Arizona and Iowa State — all of whom have a valid case for being the best team in the conference.

West Virginia and Texas Tech could make a run for it. Colorado will be entertaining, if nothing else.

We used the Big 12 preseason poll to determine the strength of schedule — only factoring in conference games — for all 16 teams.

We assigned point values, in inverse order of the projected standings, to judge the difficulty of each game. For example, Utah was picked to finish first. Its point value is 16. Arizona State, picked to finish last, has a value of one.

To account for the heightened difficulty of road games compared to home games, we increased the point value of each road opponent by one point (making Utah a 17, for example) and decreased the value of each home opponent by one point (making Utah a 15).

We tallied the point total for each team and divided it by nine, for the nine conference games, to get an average score.

For reference, here is the projected order of finish with difficulty ratings in parentheses.

• 1. Utah (16)
• 2. Kansas State (15)
• 3. Oklahoma State (14)
• 4. Kansas (13)
• 5. Arizona (12)
• 6. Iowa State (11)
• 7. West Virginia (10)
• 8. UCF (9)
• 9. Texas Tech (8)
• 10. TCU (7)
• 11. Colorado (6)
• 12. Baylor (5)
• 13. BYU (4)
• 14. Cincinnati (3)
• 15. Houston (2)
• 16. Arizona State (1)

T16. Arizona​

• Home games: Texas Tech, Colorado, West Virginia, Houston, Arizona State
• Road games: Utah, BYU, UCF, TCU

Strength of schedule: 6.9

Arizona lost its coach, but it returned one of the best quarterback/receiver combinations in the country with Noah Fifita and Tetairoa McMillan. New coach Brent Brennan could have himself a Big 12 championship contender in Year 1, especially with this schedule. The road slate is acronym-heavy.

T16. Kansas​

• Home games: TCU, Houston, Iowa State, Colorado
• Road games: West Virginia, Arizona State, Kansas State, BYU, Baylor

Strength of schedule: 6.9

Kansas will play all four of its Big 12 home games at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City while construction continues at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

14. Kansas State​

• Home games: Oklahoma State, Kansas, Arizona State, Cincinnati
• Road games: BYU, Colorado, West Virginia, Houston, Iowa State

Strength of schedule: 7.2

Kansas State and Arizona will also play a previously scheduled non-conference game. Getting Kansas and Oklahoma State at home could be huge for the Wildcats.

13. Utah​

• Home games: Arizona, TCU, BYU, Iowa State
• Road games: Oklahoma State, Arizona State, Houston, Colorado, UCF

Strength of schedule: 7.4

The four easiest schedules belong to four of the top-five projected teams in the conference, including the favorite. Utah also hosts Baylor on Sept. 7 in another of those previously scheduled non-conference games. Strange times.

12. Texas Tech​

• Home games: Arizona State, Cincinnati, Baylor, Colorado, West Virginia
• Road games: Arizona, TCU, Iowa State, Oklahoma State

Strength of schedule: 7.6

The Red Raiders have a breeze of a home schedule. They’ll make up for it with three tough road games.

11. UCF​

• Home games: Colorado, Cincinnati, BYU, Arizona, Utah
• Road games: TCU, Iowa State, Arizona State, West Virginia

Strength of schedule: 7.7

Of UCF’s nine conference opponents, only one of them has been in the league continuously since before 2012, when West Virginia and TCU joined.

10. Cincinnati​

• Home games: Houston, Arizona State, West Virginia, TCU
• Road games: Texas Tech, UCF, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State

Strength of schedule: 7.8

Like Texas Tech, the strength of Cincinnati’s schedule skews heavily toward road games.

9. Oklahoma State​

• Home games: Utah, West Virginia, Arizona State, Texas Tech
• Road games: Kansas State, BYU, Baylor, TCU, Colorado

Strength of schedule: 8.1

8. Baylor​

• Home games: BYU, Oklahoma State, TCU, Kansas
• Road games: Colorado, Iowa State, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Houston

Strength of schedule: 8.4

Luckily for the Bears, their Sept. 7 game at Utah won’t count against them in the Big 12 standings.

7. Iowa State​

• Home games: Baylor, UCF, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Kansas State
• Road games: Houston, West Virginia, Kansas, Utah

Strength of schedule: 8.9

Both UCF and Cincinnati will be making their maiden voyages to Ames, Iowa. Iowa State will make its first trip to Houston.

6. TCU​

• Home games: UCF, Houston, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Arizona
• Road games: Kansas, Utah, Baylor, Cincinnati

OSU has the toughest schedule among the projected top-five teams, but it’s still middle-of-the-pack compared to the Big 12 as a whole. OSU hosts Utah on Sept. 21. Should be one of the games of the year in the Big 12.

Strength of schedule: 9.0

Tricky schedule for the Horned Frogs as they try to rebound from going 3-6 in the conference last season.

5. BYU​

• Home games: Kansas State, Arizona, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Houston
• Road games: Baylor, UCF, Utah, Arizona State

Strength of schedule: 9.6

BYU’s home schedule is exceptionally tough save for the Houston game. BYU will host Arizona and OSU six days apart in October.

4. Houston​

• Home games: Iowa State, Utah, Kansas State, Baylor
• Road games: Cincinnati, TCU, Kansas, Arizona, BYU

Strength of schedule: 9.7


A non-conference road game at OU makes things even tougher for Houston as the Cougars look to rebuild in Year 1 under Willie Fritz.

3. West Virginia​

• Home games: Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, Baylor, UCF
• Road games: Oklahoma State, Arizona, Cincinnati, Texas Tech

Strength of schedule: 9.9

West Virginia hosts Penn State in Week 1 and plays at Pitt in Week 3 before embarking on a Big 12 gauntlet. The Mountaineers’ first five Big 12 games: vs. Kansas, at OSU, vs. Iowa State, vs. Kansas State, at Arizona. Yikes.

2. Colorado​

• Home games: Baylor, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Utah, Oklahoma State
• Road games: UCF, Arizona, Texas Tech, Kansas

Strength of schedule: 10.4

Mike Gundy and the Cowboys against Deion Sanders and the Buffs on Black Friday in Boulder. One of three big-time home games for Colorado this season.

1. Arizona State​

• Home games: Kansas, Utah, UCF, BYU
• Road games: Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Arizona

Strength of schedule: 10.6
The weakest team in the conference has the strongest schedule. Salt into the wound for a downtrodden program.

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The genocidal racism in Israel created Netanyahu. I don’t know if it could be said any better.

Comparing the societies of 1920’s-1930’s Germany to 2000’s Israel. Tries to explain how their governments got them to participate in mass genocidal murder.

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Oklahoma State football way-too-early, game-by-game predictions for 2024 Cowboys season​

Scott Wright Jacob Unruh
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — Sportsbooks have low expectations for Oklahoma State in the coming football season.

The BetMGM online sportsbook set OSU’s win total at 7.5 games, matching five other Big 12 teams for the fourth-most projected wins.

Utah, Kansas State and Kansas are all projected to win more, while Texas Tech, Arizona, Iowa State, Central Florida and TCU are also pegged for 7.5 wins.

Looking closer, the Cowboys have the seventh-best odds to win the Big 12 title, behind favorites Utah and Kansas State (each at +350), followed by Kansas, Arizona, Texas Tech and Iowa State. UCF and OSU have the same odds for the title at +1200.

Here are The Oklahoman’s way-too-early picks for every game on the OSU schedule:

Aug. 31: vs. South Dakota State, 1 p.m. (ESPN+)​

Scott Wright: SDSU went 8-5 in 2019 and 8-2 in the COVID-impacted 2020 season — a respectable winning percentage of 69.6% over two years. That’s what OSU was looking at in 2021 when officials worked to put this game on the books. Not the back-to-back FCS champions with a 29-game winning streak who will come to town for the season opener in August. The Pokes win this game, but fans are right to be a tad nervous. This isn’t your typical lower-division cakewalk.

Jacob Unruh: I just want to start by saying that this game is going to be hot. I mean, scorching hot. A mid-day kickoff on the final day of August could mean the temperatures coming off the turf will be astronomical. Think the glass thermometer on a cartoon hitting the max spot and then shattering. But, that is likely an advantage for the Pokes, if it can even be labeled that. With Ollie Gordon II and a veteran offensive line eager to prove last season was no fluke, wearing d own South Dakota State will be key in the victory.

Sept. 7: vs. Arkansas, 11 a.m. (ABC)​

Wright: Expectations are not high for the Hogs. The same sportsbook that predicted OSU to win 7.5 games has Arkansas at 4.5. Yes, it’s an SEC team with high-level size and strength and talent. But with the first-week rust knocked off, OSU should take care of a double-digit win.

Unruh: It's been 44 years since the old regional rivals last squared off in a series that began in 1914 and was dominated by the Razorbacks. But the past is the past. Arkansas, even in the SEC, is not a dominant force. The Cowboys are quite a different program now, too. OSU will roll in this one.

Sept. 14: at Tulsa, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)​

Wright: Second-year coach Kevin Wilson seems to be doing a lot of things well at Tulsa, but even on the home field, this won’t be easy. It could be the type of game where Ollie Gordon II posts a rushing total that has folks buzzing the rest of the day. Chalk up another W.


Unruh: You and I were there when Chuba Hubbard ran all over H.A. Chapman Stadium. Tulsa has improved since then but that's not enough. Gordon likely has a huge game. But I'd watch out for Brennan Presley. It's his final game in his hometown and it's opposite his little brother Braylin. Expect fireworks in a rout for OSU.

Sept. 21: vs. Utah​

Wright: Welcome to the new Big 12. This could be a preview of the conference title game or it could be the moment that sends one of the league’s contenders down the wrong path. Seems like the former is more likely. But this is a particularly dangerous game for OSU defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo going against an established program with a veteran quarterback. Coach Kyle Wittingham and the Utes will have something special in store for the OSU defense and pull off the win at Boone Pickens Stadium.

Unruh: Utah quarterback Cameron Rising has played football nearly as long as OSU's Alan Bowman. But Rising also missed all of last season with a knee injury. What kind of player will he be? At this point, will he regain the form that made him so dynamic in 2022? He's the kind of quarterback who gives OSU's defense fits when healthy. I expect the Cowboys' defense to improve under second-year coordinator Bryan Nardo. But this will be the first big challenge. Give me OSU in a squeaker since the game is in BPS, though I'm not confident in that just yet.

Sept. 28: at Kansas State​

Wright: It was against Kansas State last year that OSU turned its season around with the Friday night victory after a 2-2 start. While recent trips to purple purgatory haven’t been friendly to the Cowboys, this team has a different mindset — one that can overcome the struggles of the past in the Little Apple. OSU escapes with a thrilling road win.

Unruh: Memories of that 2022 game in the Little Apple are still on my mind. And this is the second straight game against a Big 12 title contender. OSU isn't going to come out unscathed in that stretch. Give me the Wildcats, though in a lot closer game than two years ago.

Oct. 5: vs. West Virginia​

Wright: Back at home and coming off a big win, this feels like a spot where the Cowboys might look a little sluggish. But not sluggish like the 2022 West Virginia game. Still lively enough for a win.

Unruh: Not even the return of former receiver Jaden Bray is enough to overpower the Cowboys, who will recover from a disappointing trip to Kansas State in style with a big home win.

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Unless it isn’t the most moral army in the world. But I’ve heard Bibi Netanyahu say it is, and he doesn’t lie, so now I don’t know what to think.

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