Big Eight
1979-80
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1980-81
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1981-82
| Rank | Team | Record | Conf Record | Projected Record | Projected Conf Record | Predictive Rating |  | Offense |  | Defense |  | Pace |  | EPR |  | Conference EPR | 
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| 13 | Kansas | 23 - 8 | 9 - 5 | 23 - 8 | 9 - 5 | +13.1 | +5.6 | 26 | +7.4 | 11 | 68.3 | 187 | +12.4 | 19 | +9.4 | 4 | 
| 22 | Kansas St. | 20 - 9 | 9 - 5 | 20 - 9 | 9 - 5 | +11.8 | +4.4 | 43 | +7.4 | 13 | 59.4 | 256 | +13.0 | 18 | +9.6 | 3 | 
| 31 | Missouri | 20 - 10 | 10 - 4 | 20 - 10 | 10 - 4 | +9.9 | +4.1 | 48 | +5.8 | 25 | 74.1 | 107 | +9.2 | 41 | +12.1 | 1 | 
| 47 | Colorado | 11 - 12 | 5 - 9 | 11 - 12 | 5 - 9 | +6.8 | +2.1 | 83 | +4.8 | 35 | 70.5 | 159 | +5.3 | 68 | +2.7 | 6 | 
| 48 | Nebraska | 13 - 12 | 9 - 5 | 13 - 12 | 9 - 5 | +6.7 | +2.8 | 74 | +3.9 | 55 | 57.2 | 258 | +5.9 | 64 | +10.5 | 2 | 
| 65 | Oklahoma St. | 18 - 9 | 8 - 6 | 18 - 9 | 8 - 6 | +5.3 | +5.7 | 25 | -0.4 | 131 | 86.0 | 13 | +9.8 | 36 | +8.8 | 5 | 
| 128 | Iowa St. | 7 - 18 | 2 - 12 | 7 - 18 | 2 - 12 | +0.2 | +0.1 | 131 | 0.0 | 118 | 70.9 | 155 | -1.0 | 141 | -3.7 | 8 | 
| 152 | Oklahoma | 7 - 17 | 4 - 10 | 7 - 17 | 4 - 10 | -1.4 | +0.9 | 108 | -2.2 | 183 | 114.2 | 1 | +1.7 | 109 | +2.0 | 7 |