Mike Gundy’s Record Against Every Big 12 Team (Not Named OU) Is Great

When I was working through our three numbers to know post this morning and saw that Mike Gundy is looking to go 10-2 against Texas Tech, I started wondering about his record against all Big 12 teams.

Thankfully we have the internet, and you can discover goodies like this one on sites like this one. So let’s roll through them. From best winning percentage to worst.

• Kansas: 8-1 (89%)
• Texas Tech: 9-2 (82%)
• Iowa State: 7-2 (78%)
• TCU: 3-1 (75%)
• Missouri: 3-1 (75%)
• Kansas State: 6-3 (67%)
• Colorado: 2-1 (67%)
• Nebraska: 2-1 (67%)
• West Virginia: 3-2 (60%)
• Baylor: 7-5 (58%)
• Texas A&M: 4-3 (57%)
• Texas: 5-7 (42%)
• OU: 2-9 (18%)

This does not include the bowl game against Missouri from 2014.

It’s pretty fascinating to look at, though. Look at how good Gundy has been against the top eight teams on that list. He’s largely owned them. This fits with the narrative I described earlier this week that had him winning almost all the games he was favored in.

The Texas record has been flipping in recent years given that he started with five straight losses against them. The Baylor record has been flipping, too, but the other way. Gundy started with wins in six of his first seven years against the Bears.

And then there’s OU. It really doesn’t fit with the rest of the list. OU hasn’t been that many standard deviations better than Texas and Texas A&M and Baylor.

The reality there is that Oklahoma State’s record against OU under Gundy should be at least a game better (2013) if not two (2012 as well!), and a few other years came down to the last few plays (2010, 2006). But OSU didn’t win those games when it could have, and as a result Gundy has a nasty-looking outlier on an otherwise really outstanding resume.