19 Oklahoma State in Stillwater by ten points. The Bears suffered their season's first loss the following week, when they fell to No. 14 Iowa State Cyclones, whom they defeated by two points. They opened conference play in the season's third week, as they took down Kansas on the road by 38 points, and the Bears returned home to finish September with an upset victory against the No. They began the season with a road win against Texas State, and won their home opener in dominant fashion against Texas Southern. In their second season under head coach Dave Aranda, the Bears entered 2021 looking to respond from a disappointing 2–7 campaign the year prior. Main article: 2021 Baylor Bears football team 5, also had a potential College Football Playoff spot on the line, where they needed a win in the Big 12 Championship coupled with either an Alabama loss in the SEC Championship or a Cincinnati loss in the AAC Championship to get into the Top 4.
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10 Oklahoma, their first win in the rivalry series since an overtime victory in 2014. They finished their season with a four-point home win against No. They continued on their win streak with another dominant win, this time over TCU, and followed with a shutout win in their final away game of the season against Texas Tech this victory clinched them a spot in the championship game. The Cowboys rebounded with a dominant win over Kansas, and held West Virginia to a field goal the following week in a three-touchdown win. Another road game saw Oklahoma State drop their first game of the year, as they lost to Iowa State by three points.
25 Texas, overcoming an early deficit to win by eight and vault themselves into the top ten, at No. 21 Baylor, whom they defeated by ten points, which led into a bye week. 25 Kansas State, and the Cowboys pulled the upset to move to 4–0 and jump into the rankings at No. They faced their first conference opponent the following week, No. They followed up with another narrow comeback win against Tulsa after scoring three touchdowns in the fourth quarter alone, and then took to the road for their first away game against Boise State, which resulted in a one-point win for the Cowboys. Led by head coach Mike Gundy in his 17th season, Oklahoma State entered the season with a narrow defeat of FCS-ranked Missouri State. Main article: 2021 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team This was the first Big 12 title game without the Sooners under the Championship Game’s new format. Further, this was the first title game without either Oklahoma or Texas since 1998. The game was the first Big 12 title game without Oklahoma since 2009 they had appeared in, and won, the last five consecutive championship games, though the Big 12 did not hold a championship game from 2011 to 2016. Oklahoma State made their first-ever appearance, though the Cowboys won the Big 12 championship in its previous format in 2011.
This was Baylor's second appearance in the Big 12 Championship, following a loss in their first appearance in 2019. This was their second postseason meeting, after the teams faced off in the 1983 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, resulting in a ten-point Oklahoma State victory. The teams first met in 1914, and have played annually since Baylor joined the new Big 12 in 1996. This was the 41st meeting between the teams Oklahoma State entered leading the all-time series 22–18. The 2021 Big 12 Championship Game featured the two teams with the best conference records Oklahoma State and Baylor. This marked Iowa State’s first ever appearance in a Big 12 Championship Game. The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 27-21 in 2020, winning their sixth consecutive Big 12 Championship Game.
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