2000 Big 12 Championship Game - Leading Up To The Game

Leading Up To The Game

2000 Big 12 football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L W L
North
#9 Kansas State xy 6 2 11 3
#8 Nebraska x 6 2 10 2
#25 Iowa State 5 3 9 3
Colorado 3 5 3 8
Kansas 2 6 4 7
Missouri 2 6 3 8
South
#1 Oklahoma x 8 0 13 0
#12 Texas 7 1 9 3
Texas A&M 5 3 7 5
Texas Tech 3 5 7 6
Oklahoma State 1 7 3 8
Baylor 0 8 2 9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
† – BCS representative as champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The Wildcats had already lost to the Sooners in mid-October, a game played in Manhattan. The Sooners won that contest, 41-31. The Wildcats had hoped to even up the score and earn a first-ever trip to the BCS, not to mention end Oklahoma's perfect season.

Oklahoma had not lost a game coming into the championship game. After winning the game, they would go on to defeat Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game that year, earning the program's 7th claimed national championship.

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