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Texas Tech football: Big 12 power rankings after two conference games

By Matthew Conner

MORGANTOWN, WV - SEPTEMBER 22: The Big 12 logo on the field during the game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Maryland Terrapins on September 22, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. WVU defeated Maryland 31-21. (Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images)
MORGANTOWN, WV - SEPTEMBER 22: The Big 12 logo on the field during the game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Maryland Terrapins on September 22, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. WVU defeated Maryland 31-21. (Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images) /
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Oct 3, 2020; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders linebacker Jacob Morgenstern (41) tries to tackled Kansas State Wildcats running back Deuce Vaughn (22) during a game at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 3, 2020; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders linebacker Jacob Morgenstern (41) tries to tackled Kansas State Wildcats running back Deuce Vaughn (22) during a game at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 3: Kansas State

At No. 3 in our power rankings comes perhaps the most surprising team in the Big 12 thus far.  With a 2-0 mark in Big 12 play, the Kansas State Wildcats have erased most of the humiliation they suffered in the season opener when they lost to Arkansas State in Manhattan.

On the one hand, K-State’s 2-0 mark in league play is not all that impressive.  That’s because the two teams they’ve beaten thus far, Texas Tech and Oklahoma, are a combined 0-4 in Big 12 play.

But taking down the Sooners, especially in Norman, always carries some cache.  Meanwhile, beating Tech in a game that they trailed in the 4th quarter showed signs of maturity for a program in just its second season under head coach Chris Klieman, especially with a true freshman backup QB having to lead the way.

QB Skylar Thomspon is questionable to play this weekend against TCU after leaving last week’s game against the Red Raiders with an arm injury.  Should freshman backup Will Howard have to make the start, it might put an end to the Wildcats’ perfect start to conference play.  But if Thompson plays, the fun times in the Little Apple might continue for another week.

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