Arizona State (10-2) and Iowa State (10-2) instead will play each other for the Big 12 football championship Dec. 7 in Arlington, Texas, after they finished the regular season tied for first place with with Colorado (9-3) and BYU (10-2),

The Colorado football team does not plan on falling in line with the trend of key players sitting out a bowl game, even if that game is not part of the College Football Playoff.