Iowa State’s Big 12 football championship scenarios

AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS. WELL, TWO WEEKS REMAIN IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON, AND THE CYCLONES ARE STILL IN THE HUNT. LARA CRAM THEY ARE. IOWA STATE NEEDS SOME HELP, BUT COULD STILL REACH THE BIG 12 TITLE GAME. KCCI SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER HAS ALL THE SCENARIOS AND TIEBREAKER INFO YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE HOMESTRETCH. SCOTT. YEAH. PAY ATTENTION. THERE WILL BE A QUIZ. ALL RIGHT. THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THE STANDINGS ARE GOING TO MEET IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS IN THE BIG 12 TITLE GAME WITH TWO GAMES LEFT. AS YOU CAN SEE, IOWA STATE A GAME OUT TIED FOR THIRD. SO WHAT IF THERE IS A TIE FOR ONE OF THOSE COVETED SPOTS TO DALLAS? FIRST TIEBREAKER WILL BE HEAD TO HEAD. THAT WON’T COME INTO PLAY FOR IOWA STATE BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T PLAY ANY OF THESE GUYS ON THE BOARD. THE NEXT TIEBREAKER IS GOING TO BE WHO HAS THE HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE OF COMMON CONFERENCE OPPONENTS. SO LET’S SAY IOWA STATE AND COLORADO ARE TIED. THEY WILL LOOK AT THE TEAMS THAT ARE ON THE SAME AS IOWA STATE AND COLORADO SCHEDULE. WHO WON MORE OF THOSE GAMES AMONG THOSE TEAMS? NOW, IF IT’S A TIE, THEN IT GOES TO WINNING PERCENTAGE AGAINST THE BEST OF THOSE COMMON OPPONENTS. SO HOW DOES ALL THIS IMPACT IOWA STATE? WELL, I RAN ALL THE SCENARIOS FOR YOU WITH ALL THOSE FACTORS. AND HERE’S WHAT YOU GOT TO KNOW. THIS ALL ASSUMES THAT IOWA STATE BEATS UTAH AND KANSAS STATE, BECAUSE NONE OF THIS MATTERS IF THEY DON’T. SCENARIO ONE IOWA STATE WINS THOSE TWO GAMES AND BYU AND COLORADO TAKE AN L. THAT’S THIS SATURDAY. GOT TO BE THOSE GAMES THIS SATURDAY. THEN ARIZONA STATE BEATS BYU. KU BEATS COLORADO. SCENARIO TWO IOWA STATE WINS TWICE. COLORADO ACTUALLY WINS BOTH OF THEIR GAMES, BUT BYU BEATS ARIZONA STATE AND THEN LOSES AT HOME TO HOUSTON. NOT LIKELY. THIS COULD ALSO HAPPEN. IOWA STATE COULD WIN TWICE. COLORADO COULD WIN TWICE. AND THEN IN THIS SCENARIO, WE’D HAVE TO HAVE ARIZONA STATE BEATING BYU. BUT THEN LOSING TO ARIZONA. THERE’S ACTUALLY A GENERATOR TOOL THAT I LINKED ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU CAN PLAY WITH ALL THESE OUTCOMES AND SEE WHAT I JUST PUT UP THERE. OR YOU COULD JUST ROOT FOR THE CYCLONES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, WHICH MIGHT BE THE EASIEST THING TO DO. GUYS. YES, THAT SEEMS LESS COMPLICATED. JUST CHEER FOR THE CYCLONES. THANKS, SCOTT. WELL, THAT FIRST GAME, THE CYCLONES NEED TO WIN FOR THOSE SCENARIOS IS ON THE ROAD IN UTAH.

Talking tiebreakers: Iowa State’s Big 12 football championship scenarios

Updated: 5:51 PM CST Nov 18, 2024

Two weeks remain in the college football season and the Cyclones are still in the hunt.Iowa State needs some help but could still reach the Big 12 title game.KCCI Sports Director Scott Reister has all the scenarios and tiebreaker info you need to know for the home stretch. The top two teams in the standings will meet in Arlington, Texas, in the Big 12 title game. With two games left, ISU is tied for third. So what if there is a tie for one of the coveted spots to Dallas? Watch the video above to find out.

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Two weeks remain in the college football season and the Cyclones are still in the hunt.

Iowa State needs some help but could still reach the Big 12 title game.

KCCI Sports Director Scott Reister has all the scenarios and tiebreaker info you need to know for the home stretch.

The top two teams in the standings will meet in Arlington, Texas, in the Big 12 title game. With two games left, ISU is tied for third. So what if there is a tie for one of the coveted spots to Dallas? Watch the video above to find out.