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With Baylor and West Virginia both undefeated halfway through the season, there could still be playoff hopes for the Big 12 Conference.The eighth-ranked Bears and 10th-ranked Mountaineers have to keep winning.While many wrote off the Big 12s chances for a return to the playoffs after Oklahomas two nonconference losses in September, Baylor and West Virginia are among seven teams from Power Five leagues still without a loss before the first College Football Playoff rankings of this season are released next week.When West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen was asked about talking to his players about their 6-0 start, he initially answered, I can assure you I am not going to respond to a College Football Playoff question.Because there is a long way to go, with six more Saturdays of games before the four playoff teams will be determined with the final CFP rankings on Dec. 4.Those final rankings will come a day after Baylor and West Virginia play in a regular-season finale that could become a de facto Big 12 championship game. It could also determine if one of them gets in the playoff, though there is no guaranteed spot for the winner.The Big 12 is reinstating its actual title game next season, and that will at least provide league teams a 13th data point for the playoff selection committee to consider like the other Power Five conferences already have.When Ohio State won the Big Ten championship game 59-0 two years ago, the Buckeyes ended up the fourth playoff team ahead of Big 12 co-champions Baylor and TCU, and went on to win the national championship.SOONER FACTOROklahomas quest for its 10th Big 12 title could impact the leagues CFP chances, but it still remains unlikely that the two-loss Sooners can get back into playoff contention.The 16th-ranked Sooners (5-2, 4-0 Big 12), coming off a a href(equals)https://apnews.com/63d95f5753554b5f8711e...tor-brotherwild 66-59 win and allowing a school-record 854 total yards/a at Texas Tech, play consecutive games in November against Baylor and West Virginia, and losses by either one of those teams will hurt their chances.Oklahoma last year was 14th in the initial CFP rankings, and 13th at that point in the AP poll. While it is possible that the Sooners could be near those same positions next week, assuming they beat Kansas at home, there hasnt yet been a two-loss playoff team.It also hurts the Sooners that Houston and Ohio State, the non-conference teams they lost to, have since lost.The Cougars are even unranked after losing two of three. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes are coming off a loss to Penn State, though they still have a chance to bolster their playoff case with games left against No. 2 Michigan and No. 7 Nebraska.DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS, RIGHT?West Virginia has a href(equals)https://apnews.com/afc74a9d7749424487501...ts-strengthswon its last two games by holding high-scoring Texas Tech and TCU to a combined 27 points/a.A week after its 48-17 home loss to the Mountaineers, Texas Tech piled up 854 total yards in a 66-59 loss to Oklahoma.The Mountaineers play Saturday at Oklahoma State, which is still in Big 12 title contention, and also have games against Kansas and Texas before the Sooners visit Morgantown on Nov. 19. WVU then goes to Iowa State before the finale against Baylor.We have goals ahead of us, and we are not anywhere close to being in a position to meet any of them, Holgorsen said, without being specific.BAYLORS TOUGH STRETCHThe Bears are the only FBS team to be 6-0 for the fourth consecutive season, but they havent really been tested yet.Oklahoma State is the only team with a winning record that Baylor has played, and the Cowboys had a turnover late when it looked like they were able to take the lead.The other five teams the Bears have played so far have a combined 7-28 record. That includes a 5-16 mark by their non-conference opponents, a very negative factor for the CFP committee. (Their remaining six opponents are a combined 25-16).Baylor plays four of its last six games away from home, including the Nov. 12 trip to Oklahoma between home games against TCU and Kansas State. 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Brooklyn Nets Pro Shop .Y. - Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, fresh off winning the World Series with Boston, reached agreement with the rival New York Yankees on a seven-year contract worth about $153 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night.Richmond coach Damien Hardwick admits being a fan of Dion Prestia but hes tight-lipped about the Tigers interest in the Gold Coast star.Prestia has reportedly nominated Richmond as his destination of choice during the trade period, with some suggestion he has even discussed terms of a contract.We dont comment on those matters. Hes an incredible player but well just wait and see what happens over the course of the next couple of months, Hardwick said on Friday.Were a big club so people always link good things and bad things to us at stages, but well just control what we can control.Our list management and trade philosophy well keep in house. Were always looking to better our list, but so are 17 other clubs in the competition.Securing Prestias signature would be a huge boost for a club in dire need of one after a disappointing season that followed on from their unsuccessful attempt to lure former Greater Western Sydney star Adam Treloar.A busy off-season looms for Hardwick and his list management team.Richmond are unlikely to move out of 13th spot, with the pressure on to make good on Hardwicks aassertion they are capable of bouncing back into the finals next year.ddddddddddddImpending free agent Ty Vickerys future remains up in the air, but Hardwick again pledged his support for the struggling key forward who wont play against Sydney at the SCG on Saturday.Hes got a bit of a sore hand, so were not sure hes even going to play (in the VFL), he said.(But) Ty is a quality guy, hes an incredibly important part of our future. Hes kicked close to 30 goals this year and has consistently over the course of his career.As far as were concerned hes part of us.The Tigers will unveil exciting youngster Mabior Chol against the Swans after hes worked hard to add 10kg of bulk to his frame in his first season at Punt Road.At 31, popular ruckman Ivan Maric may have played his last game for the club after managing just three senior appearances this season.Hardwick said no call had been made on his future as yet, but said a dual playing-coaching role wasnt out of the question. ' ' '