Sunday morning, the College Football Playoff selection committee will decide who is in the playoff, and who is out.
We’ve debated TCU-Baylor for months. The committee has debated it. You’ve debated it.
But before the committee decides, we want you to vote.
It's possible that both the Horned Frogs and Bears get in the playoff. But if only one team from the Big 12 should get in, who should it be?
Baylor?
Or TCU?
Like most debates, this one has two sides.
Baylor beat TCU 61-58 on Oct. 11, giving the Bears the head-to-head advantage. Baylor also has the most impressive road victory of the two, with a 48-14 spanking of Oklahoma on its résumé. Baylor has also led by at least two touchdowns throughout the fourth quarter in eight of its 11 games, the highest rate of any team ranked in the top seven (that stat came courtesy of Baylor’s public relations firm).
TCU, however, has the better loss (Baylor vs. West Virginia), the better nonconference win (Minnesota) and five victories against teams ranked in ESPN’s FPI top 45 (the Bears only have three, though they can add a fourth against ninth-ranked K-State this weekend). The Horned Frogs also have the nation’s best scoring margin in the country against Power 5 conference opponents, with an average of 19.6 points per game.
With those facts in mind, we want you to weigh in via our weekly Big 12 poll. Who most warrants a spot in the playoff? TCU? Or Baylor?
