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Big 12Bears

Baylor

13th of 13012–2

Rank

13th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+14.8

90% range 5.8 to 23.7

Offense

31.0

42nd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

16.2

7th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

12–2

Playoff

—

national champion

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 4 · 7:00 PM ET at Texas State W 29–20
Rating change+0.1
Wk 2Sep 11 · 7:00 PM ET vs Texas Southern W 66–7
Rating change+2.4
Wk 3Sep 18 · 3:30 PM ET at Kansas W 45–7
Rating change+2.7
Wk 4Sep 25 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#13 Iowa State W 31–29
Rating change+0.4
Wk 5Oct 2 · 7:00 PM ET at Oklahoma State L 14–24
Rating change−2.3
Wk 6Oct 9 · 12:00 PM ET vs West Virginia W 45–20
Rating change+2.4
Wk 7Oct 16 · 3:30 PM ET vs BYU W 38–24
Rating change+1.0
Wk 9Oct 30 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#16 Texas W 31–24
Rating change+1.5
Wk 10Nov 6 · 3:30 PM ET at TCU L 28–30
Rating change−1.0
Wk 11Nov 13 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#8 Oklahoma W 27–14
Rating change+0.9
Wk 12Nov 20 · 5:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 Kansas State W 20–10
Rating change+1.0
Wk 13Nov 27 · 12:00 PM ET vs Texas Tech W 27–24
Rating change−2.1
Wk 14Dec 4 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#4 Oklahoma StateNeutral W 21–16
Rating change+1.5
PostJan 1 · 8:45 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#21 Ole MissAllstate Sugar Bowl W 21–7
Rating change+2.0

Rating through 2021

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2020Big 1262 of 1270.627.727.12–7—
2019Big 1219 of 13013.433.119.711–3—
2018Big 1256 of 1303.832.628.87–6—
2017Big 1276 of 130−3.827.931.71–11—
2016Big 1231 of 1288.335.727.57–6—
2015Big 129 of 12816.242.526.210–3—

Profile

BAY offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com