West Virginia (4-0, 2-0 Big 12) broke out to a 35-10 lead and Texas Tech (3-2, 1-1) lost starting quarterback Alan Bowman, but that didn't mean the Red Raiders weren't going down without a fight.
Jett Duffey took over for Bowman and helped score the only points of the third quarter when he found De'Quan Bowman for a 2-yard score to cut the lead to 35-17. Texas Tech added a field goal and then a 3-yard touchdown run by Duffey and with 7:50 still left in the game, the Red Raiders were within reach.
Texas Tech marched down the field with a little over three minutes left, but Duffey was picked off by Keith Washington, who returned it 51 yards for a touchdown that put West Virginia up 42-27. The Red Raiders did score with 38 seconds left, but couldn't recover the onside kick to hand the Mountaineers the win.
Will Grier had 370 yards and three touchdowns in the win. His favorite target was Marcus Simms who hauled in nine catches for 138 yards and a score. Antoine Wesley had eight catches for 110 yards and a score for the Red Raiders in the loss.
West Virginia hosts Kansas (2-3, 0-2) next while Texas Tech takes a week off before heading to TCU for a Thursday night showdown on Oct. 11.
Kyle Murray didn't start because he was late to Friday's practice, it wasn't long enough for Baylor (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) as Murray threw six touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Sooners (5-0, 2-0) to a big win.
Murray had 432 yards passing and 45 yards rushing while Charlie Brewer threw for 400 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another in the loss. Marquise Brown had five catches for 132 yards and two scores while CeeDee Lamb had three catches for 101 yards and a score for the Sooners.
Denzel Mims and Jalen Hurd each had a touchdown and finished with over 100 yards receiving for the Bears.
Oklahoma will now face Texas (4-1, 2-0) in the Red River Shootout. Baylor welcomes Kansas State (2-3, 0-2) to Waco.
Texas (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) jumped out to a 19-0 lead at the half, but the Wildcats (2-3, 0-2) would own the second half.
D'Shawn Jamison returned a punt 90 yards to set the tone for Texas early on. Sam Ehlinger connected with Collin Johnson for the Longhorns only offensive touchdown and Texas added a safety and a Cameron Dicker field goal to wrap up the first half.
In the second half Skylar Thompson put the Wildcats on the board with a 7-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Dicker would miss a 48-yard field goal and Kansas State would drive 70 yards when Alex Barnes capped the drive with a 1-yard plunge on fourth and goal.
The Wildcats would punt on their next drive, but the Longhorns would hold the ball for the remainder of the game to snap a five-game losing streak in Manhattan.
Texas will now prepare for a ranked showdown with Oklahoma (5-0, 2-0) in the Red River Shootout. Kansas St travels to Baylor (3-2, 1-1).
The Cowboys (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) came out firing as they burst out to a 24-7 lead at the half and never looked back against the Jayhawks (2-3, 0-2).
Taylor Cornelius threw four touchdowns with 312 yards while Justice Hill scampered for 189 yards on 31 carries with a score. Landon Wolf and Tylan Wallace both had over 100 receiving with a touchdown while Tyron Johnson had 86 yards and two touchdowns in just three catches for Oklahoma St.
Carter Stanley tossed three touchdowns in the loss and Pook Williams Jr. added 97 yards rushing with a score and also caught six balls for 60 yards to lead Kansas.
Oklahoma State welcomes Iowa State (1-3, 0-2) while Kansas heads to West Virginia (4-0, 2-0)
A defensive showdown as Iowa State (1-3, 0-2 Big 12) was held to under 200 yards total offense while TCU (3-2, 1-1) had under 300 yards in total, but still managed to eek out a win.
Zeb Noland got the scoring started for the Cyclones with a 3-yard touchdown pass, but the Horned Frogs answered with a Taye Barber 10-yard touchdown reception from Shawn Robinson to make it 7-7 at the half.
The TCU defense made the big play in the third quarter as Ben Banogu scooped and scored from 47 yards out to hand the Horned Frogs their first lead of the game. With 7:51 left in the game, David Montgomery punched it in from one yard out on a third and goal to tie the game.
TCU moved the ball late in the game and set up for a 28-yard field goal to take the lead with just 37 seconds left. With one final shot, the Cyclones mustered just two yards in four plays to hand the ball over on downs.
Iowa State heads to Oklahoma State (4-1, 1-1) next while TCU takes the week off before playing Texas Tech on Thursday Oct. 11.
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