Look at The Arizona Republic's score prediction for every game on the Big 12 college football Week 11 schedule this week, highlighted by a huge matchup between No. 8 BYU and No. 9 Texas Tech.

In 2024, Arizona State was the lone team from the Big 12 to make the 12-team College Football Playoff.

It sets up the biggest regular-season game of the year — and perhaps the most important of the new Big 12 since Texas and Oklahoma left for the SEC and the league expanded to 16 teams.

BYU (8-0, 5-0) sits atop the Big 12, the only conference unbeaten. The Cougars checked in at No. 8 in the AP poll as well as the US LBM Coaches poll. BYU's biggest win so far was against its bitter rival, Utah, 24-21. While it hasn't played a difficult schedule, that will change now as it has Texas Tech this week, followed by TCU and Cincinnati.

Last year, the drama surrounding the final playoff rankings was SMU (11-2) getting the final at-large bid over Alabama (9-3) after losing an extra game in the ACC championship against Clemson.