LAWRENCE, Kan. — If the Big 12 South title is ultimately decided on who handed Kansas the most lopsided loss, give Texas Tech the nod. The No. 2 Red Raiders crushed the Jayhawks 63-21 while No. 5 Oklahoma beat them 45-31.
But No. 4 Texas will not apologize for its 35-7 victory Saturday, no matter what the final BCS rankings might show.
“If 35-7 against Kansas on the road isn’t a good enough win for someone, we’ll just go wherever they tell us to go,” Texas coach Mack Brown said.
The Red Raiders, Sooners and Longhorns (10-1, 6-1 Big 12) could wind up in a three-way tie for the South title, which might mean the tiebreaker would be BCS standings.
The Longhorns, who got 255 yards passing and two record-breaking touchdowns from Colt McCoy.
The win gave Texas double-digit wins for the eighth year in a row, and McCoy’s two touchdown passes raised his season total to 31, breaking his own school record.
Increasing his mark as a starter to 30-7, the junior also tied Vince Young, his immediate predecessor, for the most wins as a Texas quarterback.
Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing, hounded all day by the Texas pass rush and bedeviled by dropped passes, finally hit Dexton Fields with a 7-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter that made it 21-7. But McCoy responded on the next two possessions with touchdown throws of 9 yards to Quan Crosby and 36 yards to Brandon Collins.
Kansas (6-5, 3-4) lost for the fourth time in five games and faces a distressing drop-off from the school-record 12-1 campaign of 2007 that gave hope the Jayhawks could compete in the powerful Big 12.
No. 12 Missouri 52, Iowa State 20
AMES, Iowa — The Tigers (9-2, 5-2) jumped out to a 31-7 halftime lead on their way to clinching the Big 12 North and a spot in the conference title game.
Austen Arnaud threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns, setting a school record with 36 completions for the Cyclones (2-9, 0-7), who have lost nine straight.
Baylor 41, Texas A&M 21
WACO, Texas — Eighteen-year-old freshman Robert Griffin threw touchdown passes of 31 and 55 yards and Jacoby Jones ran for two scores to lead Baylor (4-7, 2-5) and ensure the turnover-plagued Aggies a losing season.
The Aggies (4-7, 2-5 Big 12) came in with slim bowl hopes in their first season under coach Mike Sherman, but had five turnovers. That included two interceptions by linebacker Joe Pawelek.
