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TCU remains ranked in the top 10 of all four national polls, including as high as No. 3, while Oklahoma State is also ranked on all four lists, with its highest spot at No. 9. Texas Tech (No. 23) and Texas (No. 25) are also ranked this week while Oklahoma is receiving votes in two polls.
With a series sweep of Texas last weekend, Oklahoma State extended its program-record Big 12 series win streak to 10. It marked the third time the Cowboys have swept Texas (2008, 1999).
OSU sits alone atop the league standings, while TCU and Oklahoma are tied for second. All three teams are on the road in Big 12 play this weekend as six weekends remain in the conference season.
The Big 12 had two nights in a row in which a player who got the win in relief then hit the game-winning walk-off home run as Jacob Evans did it for Oklahoma in 11 innings over KU last Thursday, while OSU’s Corey Hassel accomplished the feat in the Cowboys’ 18-inning victory vs. Texas on Friday.
TCU’s Riley Ferrell has entered the Big 12’s top 10 list for career saves. Ferrell’s 27 career saves is tied for 10th all-time on the league chart. The record is 41 by Texas’ Huston Street.
West Virginia will play its first true home games of the season this weekend as the Mountaineers host Butler at Monongalia County Ballpark. WVU has played 22 road games, three neutral games and moved four contests originally scheduled for play in Morgantown.
Despite a seven-game losing streak, 10 of Texas’ 15 losses have been by two runs or less. The Sooners have had the most one-run contests of all league teams this season with 11 on the year (6-5).
TCU is one of four teams nationally with six or more shutouts on the season. The Frogs continue to lead the nation in ERA while three additional Big 12 squads also rank in the top 30 - 8. Oklahoma State, 26. Oklahoma, 30. Texas.
Baylor and TCU rank in the top 15 of the NCAA stat’s “toughest schedules” thus far in the season as both teams’ past opposition have combined for records of .600 or better.
The Oklahoma baseball team leads over 60 teams nationally raising funds for the Vs Cancer Foundation as the Sooners have raised over $25,000 with proceeds benefit research for childhood cancer.