Blog Entry
Big 12 Basketball Power Rankings – 02-01-10
February 1, 2010 by Bret Nellor, under Big 12 Power Rankings, News.
The Big 12 showed how tough a conference it is last week as nearly every team went 1-1. Only Kansas won both of their league games while Texas Tech lost both of their games. Only a little movement in my rankings this week.
Week of Feb. 1
1. Kansas (Last Week: 1, 20-1, 6-0) Jayhawks are looking as strong as ever after 2 big wins over Missouri and in overtime at #13 Kansas St. Next up: @ Colorado and Nebraska.
2. Texas (2, 18-3, 4-2) Texas splits home games beating Texas Tech but losing in OT to Baylor. Next up: @ Oklahoma St. and @ Oklahoma.
3. Kansas State (3, 17-4, 4-3) KSU goes 1-1 last week picking a win at Baylor but falling to Kansas at home. Next up: @ Nebraska and @ Iowa St.
4. Baylor (5, 16-4, 3-3) Baylor loses a close one to #13 Kansas State and then top Texas in Austin. Next up: Iowa State and @ Texas A&M.
5. Missouri (4, 16-5, 4-2) Mizzou gets dominated at #2 Kansas but bounces back to beat Oklahoma State. Next up: Texas A&M and @ Colorado.
6. Oklahoma State (6, 16-5, 4-3) Okie St. wins at home over Texas A&M and loses at Missouri. Next up: Texas and @ Texas Tech.
7. Texas A&M (7, 15-6, 4-3) A&M loses at Oklahoma State then protects their home court by beating Texas Tech. Next up: @ Missouri and Baylor.
8. Oklahoma (8, 12-9, 3-4) OU beats Iowa State at home and loses at Nebraska. Next up: Texas.
9. Iowa State (10, 13-8, 2-4) The Cyclones drop a road game at Oklahoma but return home to defeat Colorado. Next up: @ Baylor and Kansas State.
10. Texas Tech (9, 14-7, 2-5) The Red Raiders have a tough week losing at Texas and at Texas A&M. Next up: Oklahoma State.
11. Colorado (11, 11-10, 2-5) CU ends a 3 game losing streak by beating Nebraska but fall at Iowa State. Next up: Kansas and Missouri.
12. Nebraska (12, 13-8, 1-5) Nebraska loses at Colorado but get first conference win at home over Oklahoma. Next up: Kansas State and @ Kansas.
