Arizona State won the Big 12 contest 28-23 and will play at rival Arizona on Saturday with a berth in the Big 12 conference championship game on the line. BYU will host Houston on Saturday and must win and have either ASU or Iowa State lose to make it to the championship game Dec. 7 in Arlington, Texas.

The Arizona State fan base enjoyed storming the Mountain America Stadium Field. Twice! The hard-fought 28-23 win over No. 14 Brigham Young Saturday afternoon boosted ASU (9-2, 6-2) into a four-way tie for first place with BYU, Colorado and Iowa State, each of whom have two conference losses. But it was not without some very anxious moments.

Cam Skattebo ran for 147 yards and three touchdowns, Sam Leavitt threw for 247 yards and a score, and No. 21 Arizona State beat No. 14 BYU 28-23.

Of course, anything can happen on the football field, but let’s look at some of the data-driven prediction models to see how this weekend’s most critical contests are expected to shake out, along with how those projections will affect the Big 12 championship game matchup.

If all of those teams win in the final week of the regular season, BYU would be left out. Instead, it would be Arizona State and Iowa State heading to the Big 12 title game. The Cougars would lose the tiebreaker to both ASU and ISU. So, BYU needs a win and some help to punch its ticket.

Welcome to the last week of the regular college football season. And welcome to chaos. The Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington is less than two weeks away, an