The Big 12 power rankings are published weekly by the Hotline throughout the regular season. They are the result of a deep dive into the analytics, an assessment of subjective factors and, when necessary, flips of the coin. No conference has more parity. The parity leads to chaos, and the chaos creates an endlessly compelling product that is not always easy to unscramble.

(Here are last week’s rankings.)

The Big 12 on Saturday completed a critical line on the resume that will help determine the conference’s fate in the College Football Playoff selection process.

With victories by TCU over SMU and Central Florida over North Carolina, the conference produced an 8-6 record against teams from the ACC, Big Ten and SEC.

The winning record in a closely watched metric should bolster the Big 12

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