With a dangerous game against Kansas upcoming, we're taking a look at BYU's remaining three games and discussing how many games BYU will need to win to make the Big 12 championship game. Any record worse than 1-2 would knock BYU out of title contention.

BYU couldn’t have asked for a better bye week. As the Cougars rested this past weekend, they slipped into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 thanks to some helpful chaos around the conference.

No. 20 Colorado was picked 11th in the preseason Big 12 poll. Expectations moved even lower following a crushing loss in Week 2 against Nebraska. Since then, the Buffaloes have clawed their way back into contention.

The Buffaloes (7-2) boosted their quest to crash the Big 12 Conference championship game and earn a berth in the College Football Playoff.

The Colorado Buffaloes improved to 5-1 in Big 12 play following their 41-27 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday, officially claiming sole possession of second place in the Big 12 Conference.

Here's a look at where Big 12 teams appear in the Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 after Week 11 of the college football season:

Oregon was the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week on Sunday.

Oregon's streak of consecutive weeks at No. 1 reached four as they held on to the top spot in the US LBM Coaches poll and Associated Press media poll