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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- These are not proud times for the Big 12.The league overall has been a disappointment, going 15-11 against nonconference opponents over the first three weeks.The .577 winning percentage ranks last among the Power 5 conferences and sixth among all FBS conferences, while the 15 wins are eighth among the 10 leagues.The Big Ten leads the way at 79 percent, followed by the Southeastern Conference, the Pac 12, American and the Atlantic Coast Conference.I look around the country and theres a lot of surprises that take place, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said Monday. Coaches understand that theyre vulnerable every time they get on the field.And all that preseason talk of again making the four-team College Football Playoff needs to be put on hold, at least for now. First, the Big 12 needs to get into position. The conference has no team ranked in the top 15.I hope its too early to figure it out, said Baylor interim coach Jim Grobe. A lot of teams have at the first of the year started a little sluggishly. We are no different than everybody else. We hope as we go through the season we get better and better.Oklahoma made the playoff a year ago despite losing to Texas. After falling to Houston and Ohio State this month, the 25th-ranked Sooners are 1-2 for the first time since 2005, and now coach Bob Stoops is using a bye week to shift his teams focus on winning a conference championship.As far as goals go, thats always a major one for us, Stoops said.No. 16 Baylor (3-0) and West Virginia (2-0) are the leagues only remaining unbeaten teams.Coach Charlie Strong of No. 21 Texas (2-1) said the Big 12 will be fine, while Oklahoma States Mike Gundy said it will be several weeks before the football playoff committee starts taking an in-depth look at individual team performances.Weve got to play our games, keep going and do the best we can, Gundy said.Oklahoma State (2-1) hosts Baylor on Saturday in a game that will give early momentum in the league race. Four other teams continue nonconference play, and Kansas, Texas Tech and Texas join Oklahoma in having a bye week.Some other notes from around the Big 12:-Premature celebrations: Stoops said he planned to talk to Joe Mixon about dropping the ball short of the goal line on a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown Saturday against Ohio State. The touchdown stood.Against Texas, Cals Vic Enwere did the same thing at the end of a 55-yard run. Cal retained possession and ran out the clock to win 50-43.When you score, just hand the ball to an official, Strong said. Act like youve been there before.TCUs Gary Patterson said if one of his players does that, they just need to keep running up our tunnel.-Louisvilles Lamar Jackson: The Cardinals quarterback has launched himself into early Heisman Trophy chatter. The only player ahead of him in total offense is Texas Techs Patrick Mahomes at 544 yards per game. Jackson is at 459.Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury gives Jackson his due.That kids phenomenal, Kingsbury said. Lamar has had some nationally televised games and beat a very good Florida State team. I think if Patrick just continues to improve and does what hes been doing against the competition (that) continues to get stiffer as we move into conference, all that stuff will take care of itself.-TCUs KaVontae Turpin. Patterson declined to disclose the status of the wide receiver and returner who was helped off the field in TCUs 41-20 win over Iowa State. Turpin entered the game leading the nation in all-purpose yards at 236 per game.Patterson said Turpin has a leg injury and hopefully well get him back in the future.-Kansas turnovers. Coach David Beaty isnt pleased that his team has 11 turnovers in three games. But he points out the Jayhawks have surrendered just 22 points off those turnovers.Thats amazing what our defense has been able to do, he said. 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Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night.CHICAGO -- Illinois went to some unfamiliar offensive weapons to hang on against BYU.Reserve center Maverick Morgan had 14 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season and forward Michael Finke added 10 points off the bench as the Illini edged the Cougars 75-73 on Saturday night.Weve got some guys that can score in there, and they did a good job of getting the ball inside, Illinois coach John Groce said.Tracy Abrams scored 15 points, Jalen Coleman-Lands added 12 and Malcolm Hill 10 for the Illini (9-3), who have won five straight.They went zone a couple times, they went man, Abrams said about BYU. Just adjusting to the game play and understanding weve got to get it down there to the bigs.Eric Mika led BYU with 25 points in the second game of the State Farm Chicago Legends doubleheader.BYU (7-4) shot just 43 percent from the field after averaging 85.8 points on the strength of its transition game. Nick Emery added 16 points and TJ Haws 10 for the Cougars.Defensively, we took a step in the right direction tonight against a very, very potent offensive team, Groce said.Illinois made 10 of 26 3s.The Cougars got within one on Colby Leifsons 3 with 1:59 left. Morgan made a jumper and Abrams got a steal and a layup before BYUs L.J. Rose hit a 3 to pull BYU within two with 16.7 seconds left. Hill made two free throws before Rose nailed a jumper to get the Cougars back within two. Emery missed a 3 at the buzzer.It came down to really one, two, maybe three big-time plays we needed to make, Mika said. Illinois just did a good job. They made those hustle plays, the 50-50 balls, and we didnt convert on a couple things that we could have.Hill shot 3 for 12 from the field after averaging a team-highh 18.dddddddddddd9 points.Illinois bench outscored BYUs reserves 28-7.They had some big guys, Mika said. They have that rotation were theyre all different, but theyre all strong. They can all get rebounds. It was tough getting used to. We saw how they were calling fouls. We were able to fight through it pretty well.Illinois led by as much as 16 before BYU went on an 11-0 run and trailed 43-37 at halftime.We didnt come ready to play in the beginning, Rose said. We got a group out there that was ready to compete. They brought us back into the game.BIG PICTUREBYU fell short of a quality win against a Power 5 conference team. The Cougars will close out their nonconference schedule against Idaho State and CSU Bakersfield next week.Illinois started its season on a four-game winning streak before losing three straight and winning its last five.TIP INSThe Illini lead the series against BYU 4-2. The Cougars won the last meeting 80-75 in 1980 in Knoxville, Tenn. ... The State Farm Chicago Legends recognized the citys basketball tradition. Former DePaul player Mark Aguirre and coach Ray Meyer, both Chicago natives, were honored during halftime. ... The Cubs World Series trophy made an appearance. ... Illinois is 37-14 at the United Center.ROSTER UPDATERedshirt freshman forward Kipper Nichols played one minute in his first game with Illinois. After he originally signed with Tulane, Nichols transferred last December and sat out a year per transfer requirements.UP NEXTBYU will face Idaho State on Tuesday.Illinois will play its Braggin Rights game against Missouri on Wednesday in St. Louis. ' ' '