ESPN 'College GameDay' Headed to Waco for Oklahoma vs. Baylor in Week 11

Waco, Texas is not only the site of a potential de facto Big 12 title game plus a play-in game to the College Football Playoff, it's also the host of next week's ESPN College GameDay as the morning crew will be taking the show to Baylor as the Bears host the Oklahoma Sooners. 

Sitting at 8-0 with the inside track to the Big 12 title, particularly after TCU's loss to Oklahoma State, the Bears are hungry to finish the season strong and with a host of statement wins in order to avoid last year's slight that left them out of the CFP. 

A win over the storied Sooners would be the perfect variable to plug into that formula. 

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College Gameday is attending a Baylor game for the third consecutive year, and the second consecutive year at McLane. #SicEm #BelieveThat

— Baylor Nation (@SicEmAthletics) November 8, 2015"

As for the Sooners, they still control their own destiny when it comes to claiming a share of the Big 12 title as they have games with Oklahoma State, TCU as well as next week's matchup with Baylor left on their slate. Oklahoma's lone loss this season was a surprise upset in the Red River Rivalry contest against the Texas Longhorns. 

The Bears easily dispatched the Sooners in Norman last year 48-14, so revenge will be on the minds of the Crimson and Cream. 

Baylor is coming off a win over the Kansas State Wildcats on the road, where the Wildcats' late rally left the Bears with just a 31-24 victory despite controlling the game—hey CFP committee, game control—throughout its entirety. 

As for the Sooners, who responded to the loss to Texas by shutting out the Wildcats in Manhattan 55-0 a week later, they continued their resurgence by routing lowly Iowa State 52-16 on Saturday. 

The Sooners have the overwhelming historical advantage in this series, winning 21 of 24 matchups. But they lost the last one, and that's all that most will remember. 

Expect this contest to be a shootout, and one that will have major implications for which team will be crowned Big 12 champion at season's end.