With Baylor and West Virginia both undefeated halfway through the season, there could still be playoff hopes for the Big 12 Conference. The eighth-ranked Bears and 10th-ranked Mountaineers have to keep winning. While many wrote off the Big 12's chances for a return to the playoffs after Oklahoma's two nonconference losses in September, Baylor and West Virginia are among seven teams from Power Five leagues still without a loss before the first College Football Playoff rankings of this season are released next week.

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