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With the emergence of the new College Football Playoff, 2014-15 may provide the Big 12 its best chance to win a national championship since 2005, when Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns electrified the nation with a thrilling victory over USC.

Baylor stands the best chance to repeat at conference champs, and they were one fateful night in Stillwater, Oklahoma, away from going to the BCS National Championship.

Oklahoma as always will be dangerous, while Bill Snyder and Kansas State could be a dark horse to emerge after an up-and-down season in 2013-14.

With that, let's rank the top five teams in the conference most likely to hoist the Big 12 trophy this upcoming season.