All the 2018 Big 12 Championship Game scenarios

With rivalry week upon us, let’s take a look at all the potential game matchups we can get for the Big 12 Championship Game.

The Big 12 is sorting itself out. Through this week’s slate of games, three teams are still in the running to make it to the Big 12 Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas: the No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners, the No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineers and the No. 15 Texas Longhorns.

While only Oklahoma has a legitimate shot at making the College Football Playoff, as West Virginia’s last-second loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday evening hands Dana Holgorsen’s team its second loss of the year. Texas has three losses on the year, even after beating the Iowa State Cyclones at home on Saturday night.

That being said, it’s a little confusing regarding which potential matchups are in the mix for the Big 12 Championship Game heading into the final week. Here is what will need to happen in the three remaining games of note that would decide this: Texas at the Kansas Jayhawks, Oklahoma at West Virginia and the Kansas State Wildcats at Iowa State.

Oklahoma Sooners (6)

• With Texas win over Kansas, Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over West Virginia and Iowa State win over Kansas State. Texas would be Big 12 No. 2.
• With Texas win over Kansas, Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over West Virginia and Kansas State win over Iowa State. Texas would be Big 12 No. 2.
• With Kansas win over Texas, Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over West Virginia and Iowa State win over Kansas State. Texas would be Big 12 No. 2.
• With Kansas win over Texas, Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over West Virginia and Kansas State win over Iowa State. West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 2.
• With Kansas win over Texas, Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 2 with a loss to West Virginia and Iowa State win over Kansas State. West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 1.
• With Kansas win over Texas, Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 2 with a loss to West Virginia and Kansas State win over Iowa State. West Virginia would be No. 1.

West Virginia Mountaineers (5)

• With Texas win over Kansas, West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over Oklahoma and Iowa State win over Kansas State. Texas would be Big 12 No. 2.
• With Texas win over Kansas, West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over Oklahoma and Kansas State win over Iowa State. Texas would be Big 12 No. 2.
• With Kansas win over Texas, West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 2 with a loss to Oklahoma and Kansas State win over Iowa State. Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1.
• With Kansas win over Texas, West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over Oklahoma and Iowa State win over Kansas State. Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 2.
• With Kansas win over Texas, West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 1 with a win over Oklahoma and Kansas State win over Iowa State. Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 2.

Texas Longhorns (5)

• With Texas win over Kansas, Texas would be Big 12 No. 2 with Oklahoma win over West Virginia and Iowa State win over Kansas State. Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1.
• With Texas win over Kansas, Texas would be Big 12 No. 2 with Oklahoma win over West Virginia and Kansas State win over Iowa State. Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1.
• With Texas win over Kansas, Texas would be Big 12 No. 2 with West Virginia win over Oklahoma and Iowa State win over Kansas State. West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 1.
• With Texas win over Kansas, Texas would be Big 12 No. 2 with West Virginia win over Oklahoma and Kansas State win over Iowa State. West Virginia would be Big 12 No. 1.
• With Kansas win over Texas, Texas would be Big 12 No. 2 with Oklahoma win over West Virginia and Iowa State win over Kansas State. Oklahoma would be Big 12 No. 1.

Oklahoma has the best chance of getting to the conference championship with six scenarios. Four of which require the Sooners to beat the Mountaineers. That would make Oklahoma the No. 1 seed.

Two other scenarios would require the Jayhawks to beat the Longhorns if Oklahoma lost to West Virginia, regardless of the outcome of Iowa State versus Kansas State. These two outcomes would have Oklahoma the No. 2 to No. 1 West Virginia.

West Virginia has its best shot of making it to the conference championship game if the Mountaineers beat Oklahoma. In doing so, West Virginia would be the No. 1 seed.

There is a way that West Virginia can still make it to the conference championship despite losing to Oklahoma. The Mountaineers would need both Kansas and Kansas State to beat Texas and Iowa State, respectively. In that case, West Virginia would be the No. 2 seed and play No.1 Oklahoma.

Texas gets to the conference title bout if it beats Kansas. There is one other way that Texas can get in if it doesn’t take care of business versus the Jayhawks. The Longhorns need Oklahoma to beat West Virginia and Iowa State to beat Kansas State. Texas can only be the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Championship Game.

To further simplify things, the winner of Oklahoma at West Virginia gets in as the No. 1 seed. Texas gets in as the No. 2 seed with a win over Kansas. Iowa State has been eliminate. Kansas and Kansas State have been eliminated a long time ago. In pure chaos, keep in mind the Iowa State tiebreakers. The Cyclones have it over the Mountaineers, but not over the Longhorns.