Big 12 Football Power Rankings: BYU Climbs To The Top

SALT LAKE CITY – It’s time for another installment of the Big 12 football power rankings in the 2025 season.

There were some big-time performances last weekend that caused a shuffling at the top of this week’s power rankings.

Every week, KSL Sports Zone host Alex Kirry and Mitch Harper drop our Big 12 power rankings on our radio show, “First & 12.”

It airs Tuesdays at 7 p.m. (MT) until 9 p.m. on KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM, 1160 AM).

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Big 12 Football Power Rankings, 2025 Season: Week 9

Here are our power rankings for Big 12 football entering week nine of the 2025 season.

1. BYU (7-0, 4-0 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 2 (Up 1)
• Last game: BYU 24, Utah 21
• This week: at Iowa State, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.

2. Texas Tech (6-1, 3-1 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 1 (Down 1)
• Last game: Arizona State 26, Texas Tech 22
• This week: vs. Oklahoma State, Saturday, 2 p.m.

3. Arizona State (5-2, 3-1 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 6 (Up 3)
• Last game: Arizona State 26, Texas Tech 22
• This week: vs. Houston, Saturday, 6 p.m.

4. Cincinnati (6-1, 4-0 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 4
• Last game: Cincinnati 49, Oklahoma State 17
• This week: vs. Baylor, Saturday, 2 p.m.

5. Houston (6-1, 3-1 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 5
• Last game: Houston 31, Arizona 28
• This week: at Arizona State, Saturday, 6 p.m.

6. TCU (5-2, 2-2 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 8 (Up 2)
• Last game: TCU 42, Baylor 36
• This week: at West Virginia, Saturday, 4 p.m.

7. Iowa State (5-2, 2-2 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 9 (Up 2)
• Last game: Bye
• This week: vs. BYU, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.

8. Utah (5-2, 2-2 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 3 (Down 5)
• Last game: BYU 24, Utah 21
• This week: vs. Colorado, Saturday, 8:15 p.m.

9. Baylor (4-3, 2-2 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 7 (Down 2)
• Last game: TCU 42, Baylor 36
• This week: at Cincinnati, Saturday, 2 p.m.

10. Kansas State (3-4, 2-2 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 11 (Up 1)
• Last game: Bye
• This week: at Kansas, Saturday, 10 a.m.

11. Kansas (4-3, 2-2 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 13 (Up 2)
• Last game: Bye
• This week: vs. K-State, Saturday, 10 a.m.

12. Colorado (3-4, 1-3 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 12
• Last game: Bye
• This week: at Utah, Saturday, 8:15 p.m.

13. UCF (4-3, 1-3 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 14 (Up 1)
• Last game: UCF 45, West Virginia 13
• This week: Bye

14. Arizona (4-3, 1-3 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 10 (Down 4)
• Last game: Houston 31, Arizona 28
• This week: Bye

15. West Virginia (2-5, 0-4 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 15
• Last game: UCF 45, West Virginia 13
• This week: vs. TCU, Saturday, 4 p.m.

16. Oklahoma State (1-6, 0-4 Big 12)

• Last week’s power ranking: No. 16
• Last game: Cincinnati 49, Oklahoma State 17
• This week: at Texas Tech, Saturday, 2 p.m.

Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast daily on KSL Sports YouTube and KSL NewsRadio (SUBSCRIBE). Harper also co-hosts Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL NewsRadio.

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