Two of the Big 12 Conference’s most potent weapons will square off today in Lubbock, Texas, when Texas Tech plays host to Missouri.

Texas Tech senior quarterback Cliff Kingsbury and Mizzou freshman quarterback Brad Smith rank first and second in the conference in total offense. Kingsbury averages 341.7 yards per game, while Smith is close behind at 302.8. Those totals also rank the duo third and sixth, respectively, on the NCAA charts.

They also rank one-two in the Big 12 in pass completions per game, with Kingsbury leading the way at 33.9 per game and Smith next on the list at 18 per game.

Texas Tech averages 35.6 points per game, while Missouri averages 23.2.

“We have to run our offense and try to keep up,” Smith said. “If they go out and score a touchdown, we have to come on the field and score a touchdown. They score a lot of points, and it’s our responsibility as an offense to score in return.”

Missouri, which will play host to arch-rival Kansas in its homecoming game next Saturday in Columbia, Mo., is coming off a 24-13 loss at Nebraska.

It was the Cornhuskers’ 24th straight victory against the Tigers. MU (3-3, 0-2) netted just 28 yards in the second half and 220 total, 221.4 below its average.

Missouri had won three of its first four games before facing perennial powers Oklahoma and Nebraska in back-to-back weeks. The Sooners handed MU a 31-24 loss Oct. 5 at Columbia before last week’s game in Lincoln, Neb.

The Tigers’ task won’t be any easier today against Texas Tech. The Red Raiders (4-3, 1-1) are coming off a 31-17 loss to Iowa State, but Missouri coach Gary Pinkel is wary of Kingsbury.

“He’s got a lot of patience,” Pinkel said. “He’s a coach with a football in his hands. He knows his offensive schemes so well. He knows the opposing team’s defensive schemes so well. He can get to all of his wide receivers. He knows, based on a defense, exactly were to turn with the ball, and he does it so quickly. It seems like the ball is gone as soon as it touches his hands. Some quarterbacks do that because of pressure, but he does it because he knows exactly where he wants to put the ball.”