The Cougars will play Kansas in Saturday’s Big 12 championship game, but their road to get there has been the stuff of legend.

The No. 8 BYU women's soccer team may have needed penalty kicks to get it past top-seeded TCU on Monday in the Big 12 tournament, but in Wednesday's semifinal match against No. 5 Baylor, the Cougars were in control from start to finish in a 4-0 shutout win.

The Big 12 soccer tournament has demonstrated to this point the fundamental irrelevance of regular-season results when it comes time for the postseason. Baylor, which lost 1-0 to Texas Tech at home on Sept.

BYU was the overwhelming pick in this week’s Big 12 power rankings ahead of Saturday’s showdown with Texas Tech in Lubbock.

The SEC is home to the only other ranked matchup in Week 11, as No. 3 Texas A&M travels to face No. 19 Missouri. The Tigers are still trying to keep their head above water while the Aggies are trying to protect their status as one of just four remaining undefeated FBS teams.

Number five ranked TCU Women’s Soccer fell in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament on Monday in penalty kicks to the eight seed in BYU. The Frogs outshot the Cougars by a margin of 23 to 9 but let up multiple goals in a game for the first time in a month and lost 4-3 in penalties.

After back-to-back upsets, the Kansas Jayhawks now have a chance to win their second consecutive Big 12 Tournament title.

The bottom half of the top 12 raised more eyebrows in the first College Football Playoff rankings release. The Oregon Ducks were listed behind both Big 12 teams in the top 10, the BYU Cougars and Texas Tech Red Raiders.