After escaping Salt Lake City with a walk-off win, the BYU Cougars (9-0, 6-0) maintained a firm grasp on the top spot in our Week 13 Big 12 Football Power Rankings. However, there's a new No. 2 this week. After debuting in Week 3 at No. 13, the Colorado ...

BYU was the unanimous top pick, receiving all 16 first-place votes from a panel of media who regularly cover the Big 12, and Colorado was second. The two teams are on a collision course to play in the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 7 in Arlington, Texas.

Instead of looking at the box score and realizing that Utah blew a 21-10 lead and lost the Holy War 22-21 by not scoring a single point in the final two quarters of that game, Harlan blamed the outcome entirely on Big 12 officials.

BYU football is climbing the rankings. The undefeated Cougars are ranked No. 6 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, up three spots from their placement at No. 9 last week. BYU was ranked No. 7 in the latest iteration of the AP Poll and No. 8 in the Coaches Poll.

BYU is a unanimous No. 1 this week, and the undefeated Cougars could be staring at a showdown with Colorado for the Big 12 title.

The top two teams remain the same in this week's Big 12 Power Rankings, while Baylor dropped two spots after its second idle week of the season.