When four teams joined the Big 12 Conference in 2023, only one ended up in a bowl game following the inaugural season with UCF. The four teams joining the Big 12 from the Pac-12 Conference in 2024 hope to do a little better.
CBS Sports projected the entire College Football Playoff and every bowl game and put No. 21 Arizona against Kentucky in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 27.
CBS had 10 of 16 teams from the Big 12 making it to the postseason, including No. 12 Utah and No. 18 Kansas State in the CFP.
Arizona is a dark horse to win the Big 12 and make the CFP with a slew of returning starters led by quarterback Noah Fifita, wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, offensive tackle Jonah Savaiinaea and cornerback Tacario Davis, with McMillan, Savaiinaea and Davis all projected as possible first-round picks in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Arizona went 10-3 in 203 and capped the year with a win over Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl for the Wildcats’ first bowl victory since 2015.
Noah Fifita —> Jacob Cowing
— Liam Blutman (@Blutman27) December 29, 2023
Jedd Fisch and Arizona showing off early in the Alamo Bowl pic.twitter.com/Jg5aTLsqNO