Texas Tech received 13 of a possible 16 first-place votes and 245 points from a panel of media who regularly cover the Big 12. Iowa State, which held the No. 1 spot the previous two weeks, received two first-place votes and 241 points after being off last week.

Elsewhere around the league, Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson leads the nation in both passing yards and passing touchdowns. Devon Dampier is cooking at Utah and Josh Hoover is putting up big numbers at TCU.

After a wild week 5, the Colorado Buffaloes, alongside the Kansas Jayhawks and Arizona Wildcats, are on the downslide in our Big 12 football power rankings. The Arizona State Sun Devils and Iowa State Cyclones remained near the top after impressive wins.

For the Big 12, it began with Iowa State’s 24-21 win over Kansas State in Dublin, ended with BYU’s 24-21 win over Colorado in Boulder and featured a few inexplicable results. As always with the Big 12, it was endlessly entertaining. Here’s our look at the best of the conference through the close of September.

The other coach is Bill Belichick. Big 12 football teams should be lining up to schedule nonconference games against North Carolina right now. TCU demolished UNC 48-14 in the Tar Heels’ season opener. Then UCF whooped UNC 34-9 over the weekend.

What to know about Big 12 Conference teams in updated college football rankings for Coaches Poll, AP Top 25 poll after college football Week 5 games.

Top bench players: Isiah Harwell (freshman, No. 12); Ramon Walker Jr. (2.0 PPG, 2.4 RPG); Jacob McFarland (redshirted last season); Mercy Miller (2.7 PPG); Chase McCarty (redshirted last season); Kordel Jefferson (1.0 PPG); Kalifa Sahko (7.9 PPG, 6.3 RPG at Sam Houston State)

That average dropped even further Saturday night, as Ohio State gave up just nine total points in its last two games combined. What’s more: they’re just as dangerous on offense. The Buckeyes scored 42 points against Minnesota,