Texas remains alone atop Big 12 after pulling away from Iowa State for a 26-16 win

Quinn Ewers passed for 281 lawns and 2 goals, and No. 7 Texas pulled away from Iowa State for a 26-16 success Saturday night.

The win keeps the Longhorns (10-1, 7-1) alone atop the Big 12 standings and moves them closer to the conference champion videogame.

Ewers finished 23 of 33 passes and C.J. Baxter hurried for 117 lawns, assisting Texas extend its winning streak to 5 after an Oct. 7 loss to Oklahoma.

Rocco Becht tossed for 323 lawns and 2 goals for Iowa State (6-5, 5-3), however the Cyclones netted just 9 lawns hurrying and balanced less than a half-yard per bring.

Ewers’ 2nd goal came on the veryfirst play of the 4th quarter. His 31-yard strike to a wide-open Gunnar Helm and toss to Jordan Whittington on the 2-point shot made it 23-9.

Iowa State pulled within 13-9 when Becht tossed a 14-yard goal to Eli Sanders, however the Longhorns’ T’Vondre Sweat obstructed the extra-point kick and Austin Jordan ran it back 82 backyards for 2 points and a 15-9 benefit.

Jerrin Thompson then obstructed Becht at the Texas 40-yard line to set up Ewers’ TD pass to Helm.

The Cyclones addressed with a 66-yard goal pass from Becht to Easton Dean, cutting the margin to 23-16.

Bret Auburn’s 42-yard field objective for Texas made it a 10-point videogame with 6: 10 left and extended his streak of makes to 14.

The Longhorns mostlikely won’t relocation up since every group ahead of them won Saturday. Texas hasactually been ranked No. 7 the past 4 weeks after peaking at No. 3.

Texas hosts Texas Tech on Friday. Iowa State sees Kansas State on Saturday.

Reporting by The Associated Press.