Briles lost this battle before the season even began because of their easy schedule. If Baylor doesn't start scheduling at least one quality Power 5 opponent every year, the committee won't recognize then as a Final Four candidate if they have an equal win/loss record to another Power 5 Conference school. I know there are Baylor fans out there that will probably disagree with this. But if Baylor wins the conference with a 11-1 record like they did last year, most likely they'll be left out of the Final Four. They'll have to hope that two of the other four conferences have champions that have at least 2 losses or more. For example, if Michigan State and Baylor both have one loss at the end of the year, are they going to take Baylor, who's toughest non-conference opponent was the one they just played. Or Michigan State, who had to go to Oregon to play in their second game? If I was on the committee, I would lean heavily towards Michigan State, just because they had the balls to schedule a team like Oregon. Baylor's toughest non-conference road game will be Buffalo. I honestly don't think it matters if Baylor beats NW St. or Buffalo by 10 or 100. Bottom line is Baylor does control their own destiny. But they'll most likely have to go undefeated to make the Final Four.
