Big 12 championship scenarios, explained: Texas Tech, BYU will meet for title

The Big 12 championship picture is set. Thanks to Friday's Big 12 results, Texas Tech and BYU will have a rematch of their regular season meeting in Arlington, Tex., regardless of Saturday's outcomes.

Here is how each team can advance to the Big 12 championship game, per the conference's official website.

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Big 12 championship scenarios 2025

Texas Tech (10-1, 7-1) 

- Texas Tech clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship game on Friday night when Arizona State lost to Arizona.

BYU (10-1, 7-1) 

- BYU clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship game on Friday night when Arizona State lost to Arizona.

Utah could finish tied with BYU and Texas Tech, but it lost head-to-head matchups against each team and therefore cannot reach the Big 12 title game. 

Big 12 tiebreaker rules for 2025 

The Big 12 will use six these tie-breakers for the 2024 season in this order until the tie is broken:

Step 1: Head-to-head competition among the teams.

Step 2: Win percentage against all common conference opponents among the tied teams.

Step 3: Win percentage against the next highest placed common opponent in the standings (based on the record in all games played within the Conference), proceeding through the standings

Step 4: Combined win percentage in conference games of conference opponents, or the strength-of-conference schedule.

Step 5: Total number of wins in a 12-game season

Step 6: Highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the last weekend of regular-season games

Step 7: Coin toss.

Big 12 common opponents tracker for 2025

Here is a look at the common opponents for all the Big 12 teams in the conference championship hunt. We added the cumulative conference winning percentage – the fourth Big 12 tiebreaker – to show which teams are in the best position heading into Rivalry Week: