Why Oklahoma-Baylor is the Big 12's game of the year

Baylor University opens a glittering new football stadium in August on the banks of the Brazos River. Everything will be new. Including some glittering hardware.

The 2013 Big 12 championship trophy.

It’s a new day in Waco and it’s a new day in Big 12 football. A conference that once was ruled by OU and Texas now is egalitarian. Five years, five champions. Texas 2009, OU 2010, OSU 2011, Kansas State 2012, Baylor 2013.

And thus our annual ranking of the Big 12’s upcoming games has a new look. The showdown that figures to be the Big 12 game of the year? Baylor at Oklahoma, on Nov. 8.