Big 12 Roundup - Week One Standings & More

Big 12 conference roundup, standings, player and game of the week

Click on each team for game recaps, thoughts, schedules and more and scroll down for the games, results, players of the week and the conference roundup.

North Colorado | Iowa St | Kansas | Kansas State | Missouri | Nebraska
South Baylor | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | Texas | Texas A&M | Texas Tech

Big 12 Game of the Week

Illinois 52 ... Missouri 42
Missouri cranked out 549 yards of total offense, but had a hard time putting Juice Williams and the Illini away. Williams threw for 451 yards with five touchdown passes, but the Illinois defense didn't have an answer for the Tiger passing game, either. Chase Daniel threw three touchdown passes including two in the third quarter to Tommy Saunders, while the special teams and defense also came through with Jeremy Maclin answering an Illinois 34-yard interception return for a touchdown by Derek Walker with a kickoff return for a score. Sean Weatherspoon killed the Illinois fourth quarter comeback with a 35-yard interception return for a score with 3:18 to play.

Big 12 Player of the Week
Texas QB Colt McCoy completed 24 of 29 passes for 222 yards and three touchdowns, and he led the team with 103 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.

	Conference			Overall
North	W-L	PF	PA	W-L	PF	PA	STK
Colorado	0-0	0	0	1-0	38	17	W1
Iowa State	0-0	0	0	1-0	44	17	W1
Missouri	0-0	0	0	1-0	52	42	W1
Nebraska	0-0	0	0	1-0	47	24	W1
Kansas	0-0	0	0	1-0	40	10	W1
Kansas St	0-0	0	0	1-0	45	6	W1

Standings	Conference			Overall
South	W-L	PF	PA	W-L	PF	PA	STK
Okla St	0-0	0	0	1-0	39	13	W1
Oklahoma	0-0	0	0	1-0	57	2	W1
Texas	0-0	0	0	1-0	52	10	W1
Texas Tech	0-0	0	0	1-0	49	24	W1
Baylor	0-0	0	0	0-1	13	41	L1
Texas A&M	0-0	0	0	0-1	14	18	L1

Thursday, August 28
8:00	at Iowa State 44 ... South Dakota State 17 CFN Prediction: ISU 34-20
8:10	Wake Forest 41 ... at Baylor 13 CFN Prediction: WR 34-24   WF -12.5

Saturday, August 30
3:30	Oklahoma State 39 ... at Washington St 13 CFN Prediction: OSU 41-28
7:00	at Oklahoma 57 ... Chattanooga 2 CFN Prediction: Oklahoma 77-0
7:00	at Texas 52 ... Florida Atlantic 10 CFN Prediction: Texas 45-16  Texas -23
7:00	at Texas Tech 49 ... Eastern Washington 24 CFN Prediction: TT 55-27
7:00	at Kansas 40 ... FIU 10 CFN Prediction: Kansas 48-10  KU -36.5
7:00	at Nebraska 47 ... Western Michigan 24 CFN Prediction: Neb 26-17  Neb. -14
7:00	Arkansas State 18 ... at Texas A&M 14 CFN Prediction: A&M 27-14 A&M -21
7:05	at Kansas State 45 ... North Texas 6 CFN Prediction: KSU 52-23  KSU -24.5
8:30	at Missouri 52 ... Illinois 42 CFN Prediction: Mizzou 34-27  MU -8.5

Sunday, August 31
7:30	at Colorado 38 ... Colorado State 17 CFN Prediction: CU 27-24  CU -11.5

Games of the Week
Aug. 30 - Missouri 52 - Ill. 42

Players of the Week
Aug. 30 - Colt McCoy, Texas

Conference
Roundup

Baylor … It's obviously not going to happen overnight. Wake Forest was the wrong team for BU to face right away considering it doesn't make too many mistakes, capitalizes on everything, and has a strong ground game. True freshman Robert Griffin has a long was to go before he turns into a steady playmaker, but he didn't have much of a chance with little help coming from the other skill players. After a rough first week, Northwestern State will be a breath of fresh air next week.
Colorado … In a high-energy, emotionally charged game like the win over Colorado State, Colorado kept its cool, got a good pass rush, and enough explosion to come away with the tougher-than-it-appeared win. Cody Hawkins took another step in his maturity with a strong performance making few mistakes and keeping the chains moving. This was the type of game Colorado wanted to win and be done with, knowing that it would be a big, tough test. Now comes Eastern Washington, who has a good passing game, to tune up for West Virginia.
Iowa State  … The win over South Dakota State was far better for the Cyclones than even the 44-17 final score shows. The defense was aggressive and ball-hawking, but most importantly, the quarterback rotation of Austen Arnaud and Phillip Bates worked. The two combined to complete 13 of 19 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, and Bates used his great speed to tear off 55 yards on nine carries. 
Kansas … It wasn't exactly the perfect performance that KU got used to putting up last year, but it was an easy win over FIU as the offense figured out what it has to work with. Using three different backs, the ground game was fine, and Todd Reesing did what he needed to do, but it was the defense that stood out. The Jayhawks only allowed FIU to convert two of 14 third down chances and came up with two second half turnovers to end the fun. Against Louisiana Tech, a steady workhorse has to emerge for the ground game.
Kansas State … The North Texas win was exactly what the team needed after the disastrous end to last season, and most importantly, it was a clean, efficient performance considering all the new faces in place. Josh Freeman took a major step up in his play from last year, spreading the ball around well and appearing to be in total command of the offense. The defense didn't let UNT breathe, and while Ian Campbell didn't have a huge day, it should be noted that he had a sack now that he's back to his normal position on the end.
Missouri … The offense was in midseason form against Illinois and the defense did a great job of hitting Juice Williams, but the secondary had way too many breakdowns and gave up way too many big plays. That's not a plus with all the great Big 12 quarterbacks on the slate. It's not time to worry just yet, Illinois was bombing away in a comeback mode, but the pass defense can't make errors if Mizzou has any dreams of winning at Texas.
Nebraska … The defense might not have been as stifling against Western Michigan as Bo Pelini might have liked, and the running game was merely average, but it was a dominant win over a good MAC team with plenty of veteran. Defensively, Cody Glenn appeared to be a natural at linebacker making plays all over the field, but the big story was Joe Ganz. He threw two picks, but he had good command of the offense and made the big throws when needed.
Oklahoma … Oklahoma was supposed to obliterate a bad Chattanooga team, the final score could've been 100-2 if Bob Stoops wanted to keep things rolling, but more importantly, the passing attack was sharp. After struggling at times this off-season, Sam Bradford didn't misfire and combined with Joey Halzle to hit 31 of 38 passes for 305 yards and three touchdowns with an interception thrown by Halzle. There's nothing to complain about going into the Cincinnati game.
Oklahoma State … The offense wasn't awful against Washington State, but it wasn't consistent and didn't seem to find any sort of a flow until late. The defense did a great job of keeping the Cougar passing game from getting deep, forcing Gary Rogers to dink and dunk while also stuffing the running game. It was the special teams that gave the Cowboys the easy win with the great play from the return game, but even though this might not have been a perfect game, it was a blowout win far from home against a BCS conference team. That's not bad for the opening day.
Texas … Colt McCoy played a near perfect game against Florida Atlantic doing everything right from finding the right receiver, taking off when he had to, and looking like a leader who can carry the team. The rotation at running back worked, but in a perfect world, McCoy isn't the team's leading rusher. For one game at least, the pass defense wasn't bad. It allowed 253 yards to Rusty Smith, but the Owls had abandoned the running game from the start.
Texas A&M … Arkansas State is a decent Sun Belt team, but this was still a disastrous loss to open the Mike Sherman era. Yes, Mike Goodson became the focal point of the attack, as expected, leading the team in both rushing and receiving. A&M made mistakes; ASU didn't. It's that simple. The Aggie defense did a good job getting the ASU offense off the field, but the offense has to be far, far better or this will be an ugly start with a tough game at New Mexico next week and Miami to follow.
Texas Tech… Eastern Washington is one of the best FCS teams going into the year with a high-octane offense, so there's no real need to get worried quite yet about the defense having a few problems. Penalties were the biggest problem with the Red Raiders committing 18 for 169 yards. Fortunately, the team has four games to work on tightening up before dealing with Kansas State.