By Wendell Barnhouse | wendell@big12sports.com
Big 12 Sports.com Correspondent

Mood swings
There have been some unusual week-to-week changes in margin of victory in the Big 12 this season.

Week-to-Week Result	Differential
Kansas State loses 66-14, wins 62-14	100
Texas A&M loses 65-10, wins 38-3	90
Oklahoma wins 65-10, loses 41-13	83
Texas A&M loses 62-14, wins 52-30	80
Nebraska wins 27-12, loses 31-10	46
Baylor wins 40-32, loses 47-14	41

Baylor (4-7, 1-6; vs. Texas Tech, 5 p.m. Saturday, Arlington, Texas)
Baylor is guaranteed a losing record for the 14th consecutive season.

Baylor has lost 12 consecutive games in College Station.

The 97-yard touchdown run by Texas A&M running back Christine Michael was the longest running play allowed in Baylor history. The previous long was a 95-yard touchdown run by Texas A&M's D'Andre Hardeman in 1996.

Baylor has been outscored 153-26 in the first half in its seven Big 12 games. The Bears have failed to score a touchdown in the first half of six of its seven Conference games.

Sophomore receiver Kendall Wright, who had one of the Bears' three interceptions, has attempted seven passes in his career. He has no completions and two interceptions.

Colorado (3-8, 2-5; vs. Nebraska, 2:30 p.m. Friday)
Colorado, which came into the game among the national leaders in forcing "three and outs" had six against Oklahoma State.

Wide receiver Scotty McKnight extended his school record for the most consecutive games catching at least one pass to 35 games.

McKnight has 69 receptions, third most in a single season for Colorado. His 158 career receptions is second.

Wide receiver Markques Simas had 11 receptions, tying the Colorado single-game record. He also tied a school record with at least seven receptions in three consecutive games.

Iowa State (6-6, 3-5; regular season complete)
Iowa State is 6-0 when its opponents score under 24 points, 0-6 when they score 24 or more.

Running back Alexander Robinson threw a touchdown pass on his second career attempt. It was the first completion by a Cyclones running back since 2003.

Quarterback Austen Arnaud's 28 completions was a season high. He's now in third place on the school's career completions list.

Receiver Darius Darks had season highs for receptions (nine) and receiving yards (107).

Offensive tackle Scott Haughton scored on a 12-yard lateral. It was the first touchdown by a Cyclones offensive lineman since 1992 when Jim Thompson scored on a 26-yard fumblerooski (a play that's no longer legal).

Kansas (5-6, 1-6; vs. Missouri, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Kansas City, Mo.)
Kansas had 256 yards passing, its highest total since totaling 431 yards against Colorado.

During its six-game losing streak, Kansas has averaged 58 yards rushing per game. In opening the season with five victories, the Jayhawks averaged 189 yards rushing per game.

Receiver Dezmon Briscoe has 3,637 all-purpose yards, which is sixth-most in school history.

The attendance at Texas was 101,357. That's the largest crowd the Jayhawks have ever played in front of. Kansas played at Michigan in 1979 and the attendance was 100, 118.

Kansas State (6-6, 4-4; regular season complete)
Senior receiver Brandon Banks finished his career with 3,828 all-purpose yards, the third-most in school history. He had 2,097 all-purpose yards this season, second-most in Kansas State history.

Running back Daniel Thomas finished with 1,265 yards rushing, the fourth-best single-season total in school history.

The Wildcats had a 293 to 267 edge in total yards and had five drives inside Nebraska's 35-yard line but scored on three points.

Kansas State was held without a touchdown its last two games. The Wildcats' last touchdown came with 10:27 remaining in the third quarter against Kansas. Kansas State went 145:27 to end the season without scoring a touchdown.

Missouri (7-4, 3-4; vs. Kansas, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Kansas City, Mo.)
In his last three games, senior receiver Danario Alexander has 34 catches for 578 yards and five touchdowns.

Alexander has 12 touchdown receptions that average 46,3 yards.

After scoring 11 second-half points in its first five Big 12 games, the Tigers have scored 45 second-half points in their last two games.

Missouri had season highs in total yards (539) and rushing yards (202).

Sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert had a career-high 51 yards rushing. He also completed 23-of-32 passes for 337 yards and two touchdowns.

Sophomore kicker Grant Ressel is 20-of-21 on field goal attempts and that 95.2 percent accuracy leads Division I-A. Ressel also has made all 35 of his extra point attempts.

Sophomore receiver Jerrell Jackson had career highs for receptions (eight) and receviging yards (142).

Missouri has been successful on 233 consecutive extra point attempts.

Nebraska (8-3, 5-2; at Colorado, 2:30 p.m. Friday)
Nebraska will play in the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship game for the fifth time since the Conference's inception in 1996. The Cornhuskers previous appearances came in 1996, 1999, 1999 and 2006.

Nebraska has won four consecutive conference games in a season for the first time since starting the 2001 season 7-0.

In seven home games this season, Nebraska limited the foes to 58 points (average of 8.3 points per game. It's the fourth time since 1980 the Cornhuskers have held visiting teams to less than 10 points per game.

Nebraska did not allow a touchdown in the final 10 quarters at home this season, and has not allowed a point in the second half at home since a fourth-quarter touchdown by Texas Tech.

Kansas State was 12-of-32 passing (37.5 percent). Nebraska has limited eight opponents to less than 50 percent on completions.

Oklahoma (6-5, 4-3; vs. Oklahoma State, 11:30 a.m. Saturday)
Oklahoma has lost 16 of its last 35 games outside the Sooner State.

The outcome at Texas Tech was Oklahoma's most lopsided loss since falling to Texas 45-12 in 2005.

Receiver Ryan Broyles had seven receptions for 117 yards. It's the seventh game this season and fifth consecutive game that Broyles has had at least seven receptions.

Walk-on kicker Patrick O'Hara got his first career start and converted field goals of 47 and 22 yards. The 47-yarder was the longest by a Sooner since Garrett Hartley made a 53-yarder in the third game of the 2007 season.

Linebacker Travis Lewis had 13 tackles, the 11th double-digit tackle game of his career and his fifth this season.

Oklahoma State (9-2, 6-1; at Oklahoma, 11:30 a.m. Saturday)
Oklahoma State has nine victories for the ninth time in school history. The Cowboys won 10 games in 1984, 1987 and 1988.

Fifth-year coach Mike Gundy is the second Cowboys coach with more than one nine-win season.

Running back Keith Toston has 1,130 rushing yards this season. Oklahoma State has a 1,000-yard rusher in three consecutive seasons for the second time in school history.

Colorado blocked kicker Dan Bailey's 53-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter - the first Oklahoma State field goal blocked since Oct. 29, 2005 against Texas.

Oklahoma State had a season-high five quarterback sacks against Colorado.

Senior Perrish Cox returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown - his second career punt return for a score. He has returned four kickoffs for touchdowns.

Texas (11-0, 7-0; at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. Thursday)
Under coach Mack Brown, Texas has won at least 11 games in consecutive seasons three times - 2001-02, 2004-05, 2008-09.

Colt McCoy has 43 victories as a starting quarterback, the most in Division I-A history.

Over his last five games, McCoy has completed 130-of-169 passes (76.9 percent) for 1,487 yards with 14 touchdowns and two interceptions.

McCoy is the first player in Big 12 Conference history to throw for 20 or more touchdowns in four different seasons.

Running back Tre' Newton set career-bests for receptions (three) and receiving yards (36).

Sophomore safety Earl Thomas tied the single-season interception record with his seventh.

Texas set an attendance record of 101,357 at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Receiver James Kirkendoll had career highs for receptions (eight) and receiving touchdowns (two).

Kicker Hunter Lawrence, who has made 20-of-23 field goal attempts, kicked a career-long 49-yarder.

Texas A&M (6-5, 3-4; vs. Texas, 7 p.m. Thursday)
Freshman running back Christine Michael set a school record for longest run and longest play from scrimmage with his 97-yard touchdown run.

Michael (116 on 11 carries) and sophomore Cyrus Gray (107 on 17) each had 100 yards rushing. That's the second time this season both have rushed for 100 or more yards in the same game.

Junior quarterback Jerrod Johnson has 2,875 passing yards, a single-season school record.

Johnson has been responsible for a school-record 60 touchdowns (running and passing).

Texas Tech (7-4, 4-3; vs. Baylor, 5 p.m. Saturday, Arlington, Texas)
Mike Leach now has 83 victories as Texas Tech's coach. He passed his predecessor, Spike Dykes, as the winningest coach in school history.

In Texas Tech's previous four victories over Oklahoma, the total margin of victory was 29 points.

Senior defensive end Ra'Jon Henley wore No. 40 in honor of teammate and fellow senior Nate Stone. Stone suffered a season-ending injury earlier this season against New Mexico.

Texas Tech is bowl eligible for the 16th consecutive season. That's the longest streak among Big 12 schools.

Junior running back Baron Batch had a career-high 136 yards rushing.

Receiver Alex Torres had a career-high 163 yards receiving.

Senior defensive end Brandon Sharpe has 13 sacks this season, second-most in school history.