Big 12 Week 5: Iowa State edges West Virginia 45-42

Iowa State held off West Virginia 45-42 in the most dramatic game of Big 12 Week 5 on Saturday. The Mountaineers had a chance to tie or win late, but receiver DJ Epps fumbled and the Cyclones recovered.Every ranked Big 12 team survived scares. No.
10 Texas Tech led Colorado by only five entering the fourth quarter before winning 29-7. No. 9 BYU beat TCU 17-10, and No.
20 Houston came from behind to beat UCF 27-17.Baylor crushed Arizona State 55-19, and Arizona beat Cincinnati 34-7. Kansas shut out Middle Tennessee State 55-0 in a non-conference game.Texas Tech leads the standings at 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference. BYU is 4-0, followed by Baylor at 4-1 and Utah at 4-0.Week 6 brings big matchups as the conference race tightens, with unbeaten teams starting to face each other.
Texas Tech and BYU look like the teams to beat, but Iowa State’s win kept it firmly in the title hunt.
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