Two teams heading in different directions cross paths this Saturday in Lawrence. Kansas keeps winning and Nebraska keeps stumbling as the Big 12 scramble heads into November.

Kansas (8-0, 4-0 Big 12) is the only Big 12 team to make it through the first two months of the season without a loss. The eighth-ranked Jayhawks are 8-0 for the first time since 1909.

Going unblemished through a non-conference slate against the likes of Central Michigan and Southeastern Louisiana is one thing, but Kansas kept winning against Kansas State, Baylor, Colorado and Texas A&M.

Nebraska (4-5, 1-4) has lost four straight games, its longest streak since 1961. The ongoing slide has continued to raise questions about coach Bill Callahan's future.

The immediate future of quarterback Sam Keller is also up in the air. Keller hurt his shoulder in the fourth quarter of Saturdays loss at Texas. The extent of the injury and his status for this week has not yet been disclosed.

The Jayhawks already have road victories over Kansas State and Colorado, the only teams other than Missouri with realistic chances to catch up in the Big 12 North.

It's no longer out of line to consider the possible implications of ninth-ranked Missouri (7-1, 3-1) and Kansas in their regular season finale November 24th in Kansas City.

Missouri has only one more home game, against Texas A&M, that is sandwiched by trips to Colorado and Kansas State.

In the Big 12 South, Texas A&M at Oklahoma and Texas at Oklahoma State could further jumble the standings. Or they could put the Sooners and Cowboys on a fast track to a regular season finale that could mean much more than instate bragging rights.

On the first Saturday in October, Oklahoma avoided an 0-2 conference start with its victory over the Longhorns in the middle of the State Fair of Texas.

Now the fifth-ranked Sooners (7-1, 3-1 Big 12) and Oklahoma State (5-3, 3-1) are the South co-leaders coming off bye weeks and preparing for home games. If both open November with victories, they will share a two-game division lead with three games to play.

Oklahoma plays three of its last four games at home, including the November 24th game against its instate rival that could determine the Big 12 South. Oklahoma State meantime has won three of its last four.

Texas A&M (6-3, 3-2) trailed Kansas 19-0 in the fourth quarter before scoring 11 late points. Despite two conference losses already, the Aggies still have games left against Oklahoma and Texas and already have beaten Oklahoma State.

With Jamaal Charles in charge, No. 14 Texas (7-2, 3-2) extended its winning streak to three since losing to Oklahoma. Charles ran for 216 yards and three long touchdowns in the fourth quarter of a 28-25 victory over the Huskers, and finished with 290 yards overall.

With quarterback Graham Harrell suddenly struggling to find his receivers, Texas Tech (6-3, 2-3) has scored a combined 36 points in consecutive losses to North teams. The Red Raiders averaged 50 points a game before that.

Harrell has thrown four interceptions in consecutive games, including one Colorado returned for a touchdown Saturday on Tech's first play in the second half.

At the bottom of the divisions, Iowa State (1-7, 0-5) and Baylor (3-5, 0-5) are on pace for a dubious league first. Never before have two Big 12 teams gone through the same season without a winning a conference game, but it could happen since the Cyclones and Bears don't play.

Only three teams have been winless in the Big 12 before, including Baylor three times (1999, 2000 and 2001) and Iowa State in 2003.

Kansas was the other 0-8 team. That was 2002, when Baylor broke its 29-game conference losing streak against the Jayhawks and didn't beat anybody else.

Now Kansas is trying to complete an incredible turnaround and go without a loss. Can the Jayhawks do it? That and other Big 12 questions will be answered over the next four weeks.

There are still two divisions up for grabs to determine who will play December 1st in the Big 12 Championship game in San Antonio.