Oklahoma 明言する／公表する looks to finish strong vs. Baylor
After a 4-0 start that 含むd 勝利，勝つs over Iowa 明言する／公表する and West Virginia, Oklahoma 明言する／公表する rose to No. 6 in the 国家の 最高位のs and looked like the Big 12's best bet to make the College Football プレーオフ.
But the Cowboys (6-3, 5-3 Big 12) have dropped three of their last five games 長，率いるing into Saturday night's 正規の／正選手-season finale at Baylor (2-6, 2-6) and can finish no higher than third in the 会議／協議会 after last week's 29-22 loss at TCU.
The loss to the Horned Frogs sewed up a matchup between first-place Iowa 明言する／公表する (8-2, 8-1) and second-place Oklahoma (7-2, 6-2) in the Big 12 選手権 game on Dec. 19. 一方／合間, the Cowboys have dropped seven places to 22nd in the 最新の CFP ratings 解放（する）d on Tuesday night and travel to Waco, Texas, for a 構成 game of an Oct. 17 contest that had to be 延期するd after the 耐えるs were unable to 会合，会う Big 12 roster 必要物／必要条件s because of 肯定的な COVID-19 事例／患者s on the team's roster.
The best Oklahoma 明言する／公表する can finish in the Big 12 now is third with a 勝利，勝つ over the 耐えるs and if Texas (6-3, 5-3), which owns the 長，率いる-to-長，率いる tiebreaker by virtue of a 41-34 overtime victory over the Cowboys on Halloween, 落ちるs to last-place Kansas (0-9, 0-8).
However, a 失望させるd Oklahoma 明言する／公表する coach マイク Gundy made it （疑いを）晴らす during the league's coaches teleconference on Monday that a third-place finish wasn't high on his 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of 優先s.
"I'm not disappointed with anybody in this organization," Gundy said. "I'm disappointed that -- every year our goal is to 勝利，勝つ a Big 12 選手権. If you 勝利，勝つ a Big 12 選手権, you 勝利，勝つ first place. If you get second or 10th, you get the last place. There are no second-place メダルs."
Oklahoma 明言する／公表する lost at TCU にもかかわらず jumping out to a 13-0 lead and 軍隊ing a season-high five turnovers. However, the Cowboys, playing without 負傷させるd All-America running 支援する Chuba Hubbard, managed to 得点する／非難する／２０ off only one of the turnovers, a 40-yard fumble return by 防御の end Brock ツバメ, and the Horned Frogs and quarterback Max Duggan took advantage of an 傷害-疫病／悩ますd OSU 第２位 to 決起大会／結集させる and pull out the victory.
"It's a pretty rare game when you 得点する／非難する／２０ on 弁護 and you get that many turnovers to not be able to find a way to 勝利，勝つ, but we just couldn't 召集（する） up much offensively," Gundy said. "We couldn't get much 安定, we did 攻撃する，衝突する on a couple of big plays, but we just couldn't 召集（する） up enough with where we're at 権利 now to keep rolling."
Baylor comes in off a 27-14 loss at Oklahoma, 持つ／拘留するing the Sooners to just 269 total yards 含むing 76 急ぐing yards on 31 carries. Quarterback Charlie Brewer 完全にするd 30 of 56 passes for 263 yards and a touchdown and also 急ぐd for another TD. He 階級s second in 急ぐing for the season for the 耐えるs with 170 yards.
Since COVID-19 妨げるd Baylor from playing a nonconference game with Houston, the 耐えるs could still schedule another contest for Dec. 19. But 長，率いる coach Dave Aranda told the Waco Tribune his team is 無d in on its final Big 12 contest of the season with the Cowboys.
"We're not looking that way 権利 now," Aranda said. "All 注目する，もくろむs are on this Saturday and the game versus Oklahoma 明言する／公表する. All of our 焦点（を合わせる） is really on that."
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