It appears the only way a Big 12 team will qualify for the College Football Playoff will be by winning the conference championship game. The tiebreakers are many and varied, but they all seem to favor Iowa State and Arizona State. But every path starts with winning next week.

With one week left in the college football season, the picture for the conference championship games is becoming clearer. A look at where things stand.

On Saturday afternoon, BYU lost to Arizona State 28-23. With the loss, the Cougars lost control of their own destiny to the Big 12 championship game. While BYU's game against Arizona State was winding down, however, Colorado lost to Kansas which opened up BYU's greatly increased BYU's chances to make the Big 12 championship game.