The Oklahoma State Cowboys (10-1/6-1) close the 2010 regular season Saturday night when they host the Oklahoma Sooners in a Bedlam battle at Boone Pickens Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. with ABC on hand to televise the game. OSU will be playing in the ABC prime time window for the second time in three weeks as OSU's road win at Texas was also a Saturday nighter on ABC.
TV Time
The Cowboys will be making their 10th television appearance of the season when they host the Sooners. The next appearance, either in the Big 12 championship game or in a bowl, will tie the school record of 11 TV appearances set last season.
Setting The Scene
Oklahoma State, 10-1 for the first time in school history, heads into the OU game having assured itself of a share of its first Big 12 South championship. However, nothing is guaranteed in regards to an appearance in the conference championship game next week. An OSU win makes things easy as the Cowboys would advance. An OSU loss, depending upon the outcome of the Texas-Texas A&M game, could result in a three-way tie between the Cowboys, Sooners and Aggies. OSU enters the regular-season finale as the Big 12's only one-loss team.
Divisional Tiebreakers
The following procedure will determine the representative from each division in the event of a tie:
- If two teams are tied, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative.
- If three or more teams are tied, steps 1 through 7 will be followed until a determination is made. If only two teams remain tied after any step, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative.
- The records of the three teams will be compared against each other.
- The records of the three teams will be compared within their division.
- The records of the three teams will be compared against the next highest placed teams in their division in order of finish (4, 5 and 6).
- The records of the three teams will be compared against all common conference opponents.
- The highest ranked team in the first Bowl Championship Series poll following the completion of Big 12 regular season conference play shall be the representative in the Big 12 Championship Game, unless two of the tied teams are ranked within one spot of the other in the BCS poll. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the Big 12 Championship Game.
- The team with the best overall winning percentage (excluding exempted games) shall be the representative.
- The representative will be chosen by draw.
Crowded Campus
This week will not feature your typical deserted college
campus over the Thanksgiving holiday. ESPN's College GameDay
will be in town for Bedlam and on Friday night OSU hosts
Notre Dame in women's soccer with a trip to the NCAA Women's
College Cup (soccer's version of the Final Four) on the
line.
The Semi-Perfect 10
Oklahoma State rolls into the regular-season finale with a
10-1 record. It is the first 10-win season for OSU since
1988, and the just the fourth in school history (1984, 1987,
1988). However, 2010 marks the first time that OSU has
reached 10 wins during the regular season.
| Best Seasons In OSU History | |||
| Year | Record | Pct. | Bowl |
| 1945 | 9-0 | 1.000 | Sugar |
| 2010 | 10-1 | .909 | TBD |
| 1944 | 8-1 | .889 | Cotton |
| 1988 | 10-2 | .833 | Holiday |
| 1987 | 10-2 | .833 | Sun |
| 1984 | 10-2 | .833 | Gator |





























