Utah’s first-time starter Byrd Ficklin stole the Big 12 spotlight – and a couple of plaques – headlining a Week 9 awards slate dominated by statement wins over ranked foes.

Ficklin was named both Offensive Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week after piloting Utah’s 53-7 demolition of Colorado. The Muskogee, OK., product threw for 140 yards and two touchdowns, then gashed the Buffs for 151 rushing yards and another score – the most by a Utes quarterback on the ground in 30 years – while steering a 587-yard outburst.

Fittingly, Utah’s offensive line grabbed “OL of the Week,” paving the way for a ridiculous 422 rushing yards (seventh-most in program history) and allowing just one sack in a 500-plus yard night for the fourth time this season.

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Houston matched Utah’s hardware haul.

Quarterback Conner Weigman shared Offensive Player of the Week after becoming the first FBS QB in three seasons to post a 200-yard passing/100-yard rushing game with three total TDs and zero picks – torching then-No. 24 Arizona State on 77.3 percent passing and a 50-yard keeper (UH’s second-longest QB run of its Big 12 era).

On the other side, Eddie Walls III bagged Defensive Player of the Week with three sacks, tying the Cougars’ Big 12 single-game mark and anchoring a front that earned “DL of the Week” by holding ASU to 98 rushing yards and a bagel on the scoreboard through three quarters – Houston’s first top-25 road scalp since 2017.

BYU safety Faletau Satuala shared Defensive Player of the Week by authoring a closer’s line in Ames: a game-high 10 tackles (six solo), a TFL, and the 40-yard pick-six that iced a 41-27 road win at Iowa State. It’s his third straight game with double-digit stops and the definitive exclamation point on a fourth-quarter knife-twist.

Special teams delivered real points, too.

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TCU kicker Nate McCashland went a perfect 3-for-3 (22, 35, 41) with two PATs in a 23-17 road win at West Virginia – the only Big 12 kicker to hit 100 percent on three or more attempts this week. Texas Tech return man J’Koby Williams detonated the opening kickoff for a 99-yard TD vs. Oklahoma State (first Red Raider to do it since 2017) and later housed a 26-yard swing pass. He finished with three grabs for 60 and two total scores.

Week 9 was simple: punish ranked opponents, own the fourth quarter, and take home the hardware. Utah and Houston did all three – and the Big 12’s honor roll shows it.