Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference: No. 20 Oklahoma State (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) at No. 23 Kansas State (3-1, 0-1), Saturday, noon ET (ESPN) A matchup of Big 12 preseason favorites and a big game already on the last Saturday in September since both teams are coming off losses in their league openers.
Oklahoma State lost 22-19 at home to league newcomer Utah . Ollie Gordon II, last year's national rushing leader, has averaged only 46.3 yards per game with one touchdown in three games for the Cowboys against FBS teams.
His 64.5 yards rushing average overall is 11th in the Big 12, one spot behind K-State quarterback Avery Johnson (65.3 ypg).
The Wildcats have allowed only 83.3 yards rushing, but are coming off a 38-9 loss at undefeated BYU. Former Pac-12 teams Arizona (2-1, 0-0) and No.
10 Utah (4-0, 1-0) meet in their new league for the first time. This series dates to 1924, and Utah's 26-20-2 advantage includes a 7-5 mark when they were in the Pac-12 together the past 13 seasons. The Wildcats are going into their Big 12 opener after an open date, which followed a 31-7 loss at Kansas State that didn't count in the conference standings and ended their nine-game winning streak that was the longest in FBS.
Utes sixth-year back Micah Bernard has three consecutive 100-yard rushing games, with a career-best 182 yards last week at Oklahoma State. RJ Harvey, the Big 12's leading rusher and top scorer, has five 100-yard rushing games in a row for UCF (3-0, 1-0), which after a.