happens, you know, this Saturday. Weve just got to play the best football we can on Saturday. Nothing else matters.OH CANADA: The Panthers are averaging a robust 37 points a game (third in the ACC) despite being

All of the preliminaries are over, and its time for Big 12 coaches to focus on trying to win a conference title.Thats the fun part about conference. It doesnt matter what you do those first three games, Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday. Its all about what you do moving forward.With all the non-conference games completed, there will be only head-to-head matchups in the Big 12 over the last 10 weekends of the regular season.Six teams -- No. 22 Texas, West Virginia, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Kansas and Oklahoma -- will play their conference openers this week. While the league is already in a precarious position in trying to get back into four-team College Football Playoff for the second year in a row, there could still be a wide-open race to the Big 12 title.Oklahoma (1-2), which made it into the CFP last season, already has losses to top-10 teams Houston and Ohio State, and is one of four league teams coming off an open date. But the Sooners are 0-0 in the quest to repeat as Big 12 champions and win the league for the 10th time under coach Bob Stoops.Thats a big deal to us, and weve done it a fair amount, Stoops said during the weekly Big 12 coaches teleconference. Thats been the frustration for me is I dont feel weve played up to what were capable of. And we may not still have won, I get that, but you want to be able to at least play the way youre capable of. Were only three games into it and weve got to be able to do that here this week, and start doing that going through the Big 12.The first full week of Big 12 play gets an early start with Kansas (1-2) playing at Texas Tech (2-1) on Thursday night.Then on Saturday, No. 13 Baylor (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) goes to Iowa State (1-3, 0-1); No. 21 TCU (3-1, 1-0) hosts Oklahoma; No. 22 Texas (2-1) is at Oklahoma State (2-2, 0-1); and Kansas State (2-1) plays at West Virginia (3-0).With Baylor the leagues highest-ranked team and the only one with four wins so far, acting head coach Jim Grobe was asked if he felt like the Bears were the early conference favorite.Oh no, not at all, Grobe said. I dont think anybody really feels comfortable or knows how their teams going to be in the next two or three games. I think once you get about a little over halfway through the season, things start to sort out a little bit. 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He understands theres much more to play for, starting with the game vs. the Panthers.Tankersley, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound defensive back considered a potential first-rounder in the NFL draft, feels he will leave the program better than when he arrived and deserving of their No. 2 spot in College Football Playoff ranking.This program is set basically forever, Tankersley said. We can play the best, Alabama, Michigan, you name it.Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said his team began the championship phase of its season last week with a 54-0 victory over Syracuse. He said the Tigers have stayed focused in preparation and risen to whatever challenge they face.These guys have really bought into what we do and how we do it, he said. Its just been a fun team.Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi is hoping to stop the fun times this week. He said his team is building itself in Clemsons model, starting with players who understand what it takes to succeed on the field.Guys that go out and play with heart and get after it and give you everything theyve got, have a chance, Narduzzi said.---Some other things to watch when third-ranked Clemson plays Pitt:SAYING GOODBYE: Seniors wont be the only ones taking a final home bow for Clemson on Saturday. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said four juniors -- quarterback Deshaun Watson, tailback Wayne GGallman and receivers Mike Williams and Artavis Scott -- will be honored, too, since their plans are to forego their final seasons and turn pro.ddddddddddddTURNOVER TROUBLE: The Panthers were able to overcome their various defensive issues early in the season by showing a nose for the ball, creating nine turnovers over their first five games. Those kinds of plays have disappeared in recent weeks. Pitt has taken it away just once since the first weekend of October.STELLAR PLAYERS: The matchup between Pitt and Clemson -- the only time they played previously was the 1977 Gator Bowl -- also features the past two ACC players of the year in Panthers running back James Conner and Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson. Conner has 712 yards and 11 TDs this fall. Watson has thrown 24 touchdown passes, two behind ACC leader Lamar Jackson of Louisville.HISTORY LESSON: Pitts last landscape shaking moment came in 2007, when the Panthers went to rival West Virginia and pulled off a 13-9 upset to spoil the Mountaineers chance of making the BCS title game. Dont expect Narduzzi to dig into the archives, however, in search of motivation. Today is what we sell, not what happened back in 1978 or `76 or `09, he said. Its what happens, you know, this Saturday. Weve just got to play the best football we can on Saturday. Nothing else matters.OH CANADA: The Panthers are averaging a robust 37 points a game (third in the ACC) despite being limited in the passing game, a testament to first-year offensive coordinator Matt Canadas creativity. Pitt uses a variety of misdirection and jet sweeps to get wide receivers involved in the running game. Offensive tackle Brian ONeill also has a pair of touchdowns this season out of unique formations that have helped the 6-foot-6, 300-pound converted tight end get open.---AP Sports Writer Will Graves contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '