7) Oklahoma beats Kansas State
Caveat: This the first game in years where I haven't had an adult beverage during the game.
Oklahoma won a relatively ugly game against a team that does ugly well, the Fighting Bill Snyder's, 38-17. The Sooners were led on offense by Baker Mayfield and Dede Westbrook again. Mayfield connected on 80% of his passes for 346 yards and four scores. Three of those touchdown passes went to Westbrook, who continued his ascent into stardom with another nine catches for 184 yards. Joe Mixon had a few nice highlights, but was... ok. He ran for 88 yards on 19 carries. The offense as a whole struggled somewhat on the ground, held to a total 138 yards on 33 carries.
Anytime you give up 335 yards and 17 points in the Big 12, you can say the defense played fine. Unless it's to one of the Kansas teams, and especially to one of the Kansas teams playing with a backup quarterback. The defense gave up another wide open deep passing touchdown. They gave up a classic 2015, time consuming 18 play drive. But aside from those drives, the defense was effective against a bad offense.
OU was a 13 point favorite against a top 15 defense. They hadn't beaten the Wildcats in Norman in six years. And Bill Snyder-coached teams don't lose by three touchdowns often. It was a strange game in that it never seemed like it was out of hand or that OU could pull away, but in the end, they covered at home against a game Kansas State team.