Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has a 7-2 record over the Texas Longhorns.

Gundy added to that margin last Saturday night as his underdog Cowboys popped formerly No. 6 Texas 38-35 at homecoming in Stillwater.

“That one was a little more fun than the last couple,” Gundy said after the game. “So we were pretty good across the board…

“If we would’ve hit just one of those field goals it would’ve made a big difference. But, overall I was very proud of the guys. The crowd was fantastic, homecoming was fantastic. Obviously, the weather is beautiful. It was a good time to play and win in primetime.”

Gundy is 7-7 all-time against Texas and OSU is 9-24 overall against the Longhorns.

Texas was alone atop the Big 12 standings before Saturday and now is in a three-way tie with Oklahoma and West Virginia. The Longhorns play the Mountaineers Saturday.

“That’s a really upset and dejected locker room, but they are very, very together,” said Texas coach Tom Herman. “I love the fact that one loss hurts that bad. We had guys in tears.”

The win moved OSU (5-3, 2-3 in the Big 12) up in the Big 12 standings and got them to within one game of bowl eligibility. In fact, if the Cowboys win their next four league games and a bowl game, they will have 10 victories this season.

That wouldn’t be possible without the stellar play against Texas by OSU quarterback Taylor Cornelius, who was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and Davey O’Brien Manning Award Star of the Week.

Cornelius threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more against the Longhorns. He passed for 321 yards (23 completions in 34 attempts) with no interceptions. He also rushed for 23 yards.

OSU punter Zach Sinor was named Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Week. Sinor punted the ball 57 yards in the air to pin Texas at its own 2-yard line with less than 10 minutes remaining. He averaged 45.0 yards on four punts in the game.

OSU receiver Tylan Wallace had 222 receiving yards to mark the eighth-best single game total by a Cowboy in history. It’s the second-highest total by an OSU underclassman behind only Dez Bryant’s 236 as a sophomore vs. Houston in 2008.

“I thought he was excellent,” said Gundy. “When we needed to make a play those guys were able to make plays. It’s interesting with young kids. When we played Iowa State out here, he dropped one that he would’ve run in the end zone. Everybody said, You’ll get another chance and you got to make a play.’ And that’s what he did.”

Wallace had career highs at halftime with 167 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. He caught two touchdown passes.

“He is a special player,” OSU offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich said of Wallace. “He’s got a knack for timing his jump up so he plays a lot taller than what he is, especially on vertical throws. He is a gamer. He loves it. The bigger the game, it seems the bigger he is going to play.”

Wallace disagreed with the criticism of Cornelius after the Cowboys’ three losses.

“What a lot of people have been saying on social media is just crazy, and then you can see what he went out there and did tonight,” Wallace said after the game. “What can you say about him? The guy was throwing the ball and putting it where it was supposed to be, and was making all the right throws. It’s unbelievable and I’m proud of him.”

Texas players were at a loss for their performance.

“We didn’t come out like we know we can,” said Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger. “We didn’t play our best. On the road for a seven o’clock game, in a tough environment that’s gonna happen.”

The Cowboys visit Baylor Saturday with kickoff set for 11 a.m. on FS1.

The Bears (2-3, 4-4) were embarrassed by No. 13 West Virginia Saturday, losing 14-58.

“I think if you look at what’s going on in our league, Oklahoma – to this point – has played much better than other teams just based on looking at scores,” Gundy said Monday. “And then West Virginia had an off day, but other than that they have played at a high level. You can take everybody else, in my opinion, and put them in the same category.

“Any Saturday, if you’re not prepared and you don’t take care of the ball, you’re suspect to not play as well as you want to. Baylor is a much-improved team from a year ago. They play hard and it looks like they understand their concepts.

“They got caught in a firestorm and turning the football over I can’t remember how many times in Morgantown. Most everybody in the country – if you turn the ball over continuously like that, especially on the road – it can snowball on you, and that’s what happened to them, in my opinion as an outsider looking in.

“The other games they’ve played, they’ve been in most of the way up through the third quarter, with the exception of the Oklahoma game, who big-played them. Oklahoma hit them on – gosh, I quit counting after about six or seven big, big plays.”