FWIW, Baylor and Kansas state have made bowl games 8 out of the last 10 years. Baylor also got excluded from the playoff one year because of the set up of the Big 12 at the time and has been ranked in the top 10 numerous times throughout those years. Kansas State has been in the top 10 a couple of times during their run as well. Texas Tech has not been as good as those two teams but has had one of the most prolific offenses in the nation year in and year out. They also had Patrick Mahomes at the helm and although they underperformed as a whole, they could hang 60 points on you like it's nothing. They would be in plenty of games because of their offense. Kansas is Kansas.
The point here is that don't act like those teams (outside of Kansas), are by any means cupcakes. I would gladly play Minnesota, Illinois, Rutgers, Maryland, and Indiana.