The ballooning of conference membership, coupled with divisionless standings, has added substantial complexity to tiebreaker scenarios for conference championship game races across college football. But nowhere has it been more apparent than in the Big 12.

The Big 12 Conference released tiebreaker information on Sunday. Iowa State is one of four teams with a 6-2 Big 12 record.

Still, nine of the Big 12's 16 teams have reached bowl eligibility entering Kansas and Cincinnati are also within reach as they each have five wins with one game remaining. Below is a Big 12 look at USA TODAY Sports' updated college football bowl game projections: All of a sudden,

Elsewhere, Iowa State held on to beat Utah 31-28 to keep its path open for the Big 12 championship game. Oklahoma State's underwhelming season continued as the Cowboys lost to Texas Tech to remain winless in Big 12 play after starting the season 3-0 in non conference play.

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