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 walls are closing on the Big 12 like the trash compactor scene in Star Wars.

At stake: two bids to the College Football Playoff.

The conference will send its champion to the CFP, but the likelihood of an at-large berth, which once seemed within reasonable reach, is increasingly remote as results roll in and reality takes root.

That could become apparent Tuesday afternoon with the

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