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No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 11 Oklahoma State will play in Norman on Saturday, and this year's Bedlam game will determine the Big 12 champion.

The Sooners are 11-point favorites over the Cowboys and hold out the slimmest of hopes that chaos ahead of them in the College Football Playoff Rankings will create an opening for them to jump into the No. 4 spot and make a second straight playoff appearance. However, before Oklahoma can think about a playoff berth, the Sooners must first get past in-state rival Oklahoma State, which beat the Sooners the last time this game was in Norman.

Storylines

Oklahoma State: The Cowboys have one of the nation's best passing offenses (6th at 335.2 yards per game) and will be going up against the nation's 122nd ranked pass defense in yards allowed (287.5) and 118th in touchdowns allowed (28) -- although those numbers are certainly skewed by the 734 yards put up by Texas Tech. Still, there figure to be be plenty of opportunities for Mason Rudolph to put up points on Oklahoma and this game will come down to which team can get stops.

Oklahoma's passing offense has been great in its own right, especially recently as Baker Mayfield and Dede Westbrook have become a dynamic combo. In a game where a shootout is expected, the propensity of Oklahoma State's secondary to creating turnovers -- 29th nationally with 13 interceptions -- could be a difference maker.

No team with more than 150 pass attempts this season averages more yards per attempt than Oklahoma (10.5), and Mayfield has been very good at limiting turnovers with only eight interceptions. That said, putting the ball up on deep passes that often can offer some opportunities for the Cowboys to force turnovers. For Oklahoma State to pull off the road upset, the defense will have to step up and creating turnovers would go a long way to getting a big win.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma's pass defense isn't as bad as its rankings indicate, but the Sooners have been victimized at times by quality passing attacks. Oklahoma State is a very good passing offense and attacks opponents in a variety of ways.

James Washington is the biggest threat for the Cowboys, as he's their answer to Dede Westbrook, with tremendous big play ability of his own. He will test the Oklahoma secondary vertically, but the Cowboys apply pressure at all levels -- short, intermediate and over the top. If Oklahoma is to win, and especially if the Sooners are going to cover an 11-point spread, the Sooners' secondary will need to keep up the quality of play of the last four weeks.

Oklahoma has allowed an average of 191 yards per game and a 50 percent completion percentage against in the last four games since the Texas Tech game. Those have not been against the kind of quality passing attack that Oklahoma State is, but it's still been an encouraging improvement. The Pokes will be the stiffest test of that improvement, but if Oklahoma passes that test as a pass defense, the Sooners should win the Big 12 title.

Game pick: Oklahoma State +11. In a rivalry game like this where both teams are playing well coming in, it's hard for me to not take the points. I don't see the Cowboys winning this, but in a game that should be a shootout, Oklahoma State can absolutely hang with the Sooners for four quarters and keep this to a one-possession game. In the end, I think Oklahoma's ability to run the ball will be the difference in the final score, but the Cowboys will get the cover.

No. 10 Oklahoma State at No. 9 Oklahoma, 12:30 p.m. ET, Fox
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Oklahoma -11.5