Baylor vs. UCF: Baylor Wins 41-9 on Friday, and the Big 12's Texas Slate Runs All Day Saturday
The country's No. 4 search on Friday's trending list was a Texas team's rout in Orlando. Baylor's 41-9 win sets up a Saturday with ranked Arizona at Texas Tech at noon and Kansas at TCU at 3:30.
The Big 12's weekend started Friday night in Orlando, and it was not close. Baylor beat UCF 41-9, a result that kept climbing the country's search charts - 'baylor vs ucf' sat No. 4 on the U.S. trending list read Saturday morning at 500,000-plus searches - and lifted the Bears to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the conference.
The win matters beyond Waco because of what it did to the league's shape a week after chaos. BYU, which lost to UCF in double overtime last week, and Texas Tech, which lost to Cincinnati, both fell out of the top 10; Utah alone remains unbeaten at 7-0 and 4-0 in the league, with BYU, Arizona and Texas Tech all at 3-1 behind it, per USA Today's live Big 12 standings file updated Saturday morning.
Saturday's Texas slate starts at noon in Lubbock, where No. 21 Arizona visits Texas Tech on ESPN - the conference's lone ranked matchup of the week, with Arizona able to vault into the championship mix and a second loss likely ending Texas Tech's playoff hopes. At 3:30 p.m., TCU hosts Kansas in Fort Worth on FS1, with both teams 1-3 in the league and needing the win to stay relevant.
The rest of the day's Big 12 board: Kansas State at Colorado at 2 p.m. on TNT, Arizona State at BYU at 3:30 on Fox, league-leading Utah at Cincinnati at 3:45 on ESPN, and Oklahoma State at Iowa State at 7 p.m. on Fox. The Sports Desk files the Texas finals tonight.
