Big 12 would present co-champions

[El Supremo]

The Big 12 would officially leave the TCU-Baylor debate in the hands of the College Football Playoff selection committee, commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a teleconference on Monday.

Should No. 5 TCU and No. 7 Baylor both win Saturday and each finish the season 11-1, Bowlsby said the league would inform the 12-member selection committee it has co-champions, in spite of Baylor's 61-58 win over TCU on Oct. 11. The committee has had TCU ranked ahead of Baylor for all five of its rankings this season.

"That's the prerogative of the selection committee," Bowlsby said. "It's not our prerogative for us to tell them who is our best team. They can choose from an array of teams that are available and qualified for the playoff.

"It's not within our prerogative to bind the selection committee that way. They're going to select who they think is the best team. This is an important distinction. Because the committee's charge is not to select the most deserving team. The committee's responsibility is to select the four best teams based upon their objective and subjective criteria. And each one of the committee members may feel different about how exactly that process works. ... They can certainly select from any of ours."

Only if TCU and Baylor are both left out of the top four would the league acknowledge Baylor's head-to-head win over TCU. By contract, displaced conference champions are guaranteed spots in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Vizio Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Bowlsby said the league would then use Baylor's win over TCU to determine which team would play in a New Year's Six bowl.

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I hate conference championships! It means an extra, often worthless, or big upset, game. And often between two teams who have already played each other. All conferences should have only 10 teams or teams that don't play any games with the other division.

"Not our prerogative"??? What a cop-out! Well, if Baylor blows out K-State, this discussion is moot.

Go Wildcats!!!!

[hughee99]

1. They don't want to hurt either team's chances of beating out Ohio State for what may be the 4th spot

It makes sense, but you're right, it's a cop-out. If the BCS playoff didn't come into play, there's no way they wouldn't pick a winner.

[El Supremo]

2. You're right. During the BCS shit if there was a...

three-way tie with all three beating each other, the higher ranked team won the conference.