2020 Big 12 Conference football season

2020 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Championship: December 5, 2020
	As of August 16, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

2020 Big 12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS football season
Sport	football
Duration	September 3, 2020; January 2021
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Fox Family (Fox, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Big 12 Now, LHN)
2021 NFL Draft
Season champions	TBD

The 2020 Big 12 Conference football season will be the 25th season of the Big 12 Conference football taking place during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on September 3 with non-conference play. Conference play will begin on September 19, 2020. The entire schedule was released on October 21, 2019.[1]

The 2020 season will be the ninth season for the Big 12 since the early 2010s conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form.

As a ten-team league, the Big 12 was scheduled to play a nine game round-robin conference schedule and each member playing three non-conference games, one of which must be against a Power Five conference foe, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all power five conference games were cancelled, and each team will only play one non-conference game. The regular season will be followed by a conference championship game between the regular-season champion and the regular season runner-up.

The 2020 Big 12 Championship Game will be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, December 5, 2020.

Background

Previous season

In the 2019 season, Oklahoma defeated Baylor 27–20 in overtime in the conference championship.

Six teams were invited to bowl games in the 2019 season, and the conference went 1–5 in those games. Oklahoma earned the #4 seed in the College Football Playoff, but fell to LSU 28–63 in the Peach Bowl.

Preseason

Big 12 media days

The 2020 Big 12 media days will be held on July 21–22 in Frisco, Texas.

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released in mid-July 2020.

Preseason awards

2019 Preseason All-Big 12[2]

Offensive Player of the Year: Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State
Defensive Player of the Year: Darius Stills, West Virginia
Newcomer of the Year: Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma

All-Big 12 Offense[3]
Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Sam Ehlinger	Sr.	Texas
RB	Pooka Williams Jr.	Jr.	Kansas
RB	Chuba Hubbard	Jr.	Oklahoma State
FB	Nick Lenners	Jr.	Kansas State
WR	Charleston Rambo	Jr.	Oklahoma
WR	Tylan Wallace	Jr.	Oklahoma State
WR	Andrew Parchment	Sr.	Kansas
TE	Charlie Kolar	Jr.	Iowa State
OL	Jack Anderson	Sr.	Texas Tech
OL	Creed Humphrey	Jr.	Oklahoma
OL	Samuel Cosmi	Jr.	Texas
OL	Adrian Ealy	Jr.	Oklahoma
OL	Teven Jenkins	Sr.	Oklahoma State
PK	Gabe Brkic	So.	Oklahoma
KR/PR	Joshua Youngblood	So.	Kansas State

All-Big 12 Defense[3]
Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	JaQuan Bailey	Sr.	Iowa State
DL	Wyatt Hubert	Jr.	Kansas State
DL	Ronnie Perkins	Jr.	Oklahoma
DL	Eli Howard	Sr.	Texas Tech
DL	Darius Stills	Sr.	West Virginia
LB	Terrel Bernard	Jr.	Baylor
LB	Garret Wallow	Sr.	TCU
LB	Joseph Ossai	Jr.	Texas
DB	Kolby Harvell-Peel	Jr.	Oklahoma State
DB	Trevon Moehrig	Jr.	TCU
DB	Caden Sterns	Jr.	Texas
DB	Greg Eisworth	Sr.	Iowa State
DB	DShawn Jamison	Jr.	Texas
P	Austin McNamara	So.	Texas Tech

Head coaches

There was only one head coaching change in the conference following the conclusion of the 2019 season. On January 7, 2020, Baylor Bears coach Matt Rhule was hired as the new coach of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) after three years at the school. He was replaced by Dave Aranda on January 20, 2020.[4]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Big–12 record
Baylor	Dave Aranda	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Iowa State	Matt Campbell	5	61–39	23–22	18–18
Kansas	Les Miles	2	145–64	3–9	17–24*
Kansas State	Chris Klieman	2	80–18	8–5	5–4
Oklahoma	Lincoln Riley	4	32–6	32–6	28–3
Oklahoma State	Mike Gundy	16	129–64	129–64	77–52
TCU	Gary Patterson	20	172–70	172–70	110–48
Texas	Tom Herman	4	47–19	19–13	17–11
Texas Tech	Matt Wells	2	48–42	2–7	2–7
West Virginia	Neal Brown	2	40–23	3–6	3–6

*Includes record from tenure at Oklahoma State

Schedule

The regular season will begin on September 12, 2020 and will end on December 5, 2020. The season will conclude with the 2020 Big 12 Football championship game on December 12, 2020. The schedule is subject to changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes may include cancellation of individual games, cancellation of non-conference games, games played without fans in attendance, or the cancellation of the entire season. Multiple conferences have already cancelled portions of or the entire season. As of August 8, 2020, fourteen non-conference games involving a Big 12 team have been cancelled due to the pandemic. The Big 12 announced on August 3 that all teams will play 10 games, 9 conference games and 1 non-conference game.[5] on August 12, the revised schedule was released [6]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Big 12 member won
Big 12 member lost
Big 12 teams in bold

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 12	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)
September 12	Houston Baptist	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
September 19	Louisiana	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
September 12	Arkansas State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 12	SMU	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
September 12	Eastern Kentucky	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
September 12	Coastal Carolina	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS
September 12	Missouri State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
September 12	UTEP	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 12	Baylor

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 26	Iowa State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
September 26	West Virginia	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
September 26	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
September 26	Texas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
September 26	Kansas	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 3	Baylor	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
October 3	Oklahoma	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
October 3	Oklahoma State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS
October 3	TCU	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
October 3	Texas Tech	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 10	Texas Tech	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
October 10	Texas	Oklahoma	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown)
October 10	Kansas State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 10	Baylor	Kansas	Oklahoma State	West Virginia

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 17	Kansas	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
October 17	Oklahoma State	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 10	Iowa State	Kansas State	Oklahoma	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 24	Oklahoma	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
October 24	Kansas	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)
October 24	Iowa State	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
October 24	Baylor	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
October 24	West Virginia	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 31	Texas	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
October 31	Iowa State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS
October 31	Kansas State	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
October 31	Oklahoma	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX (rivalry)
October 31	TCU	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 7	West Virginia	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
November 7	Kansas	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
November 7	Oklahoma State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
November 7	Baylor	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
November 7	Texas Tech	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 14	TCU	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
November 14	Baylor	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 14	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	Texas

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 21	Kansas State	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
November 21	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)
November 21	Texas	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 21	Baylor	TCU	Texas Tech	West Virginia

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 28	Iowa State	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
November 28	Kansas State	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX
November 28	Oklahoma	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
November 28	Texas Tech	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
November 28	TCU	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • awrence, KS
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
December 5	West Virginia	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
December 5	Texas	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
December 5	Oklahoma State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
December 5	Baylor	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
December 5	Kansas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 12				AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas	ESPN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

		Pre
Baylor	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Iowa State	AP
	C	25
	CFP	Not released
Kansas	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Kansas State	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oklahoma	AP
	C	6
	CFP	Not released
Oklahoma State	AP
	C	16
	CFP	Not released
TCU	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Texas	AP
	C	14
	CFP	Not released
Texas Tech	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
West Virginia	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Big 12 record vs. other conferences

2020–2021 records against non-conference foes:

Regular Season


Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0-0
C-USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0-0
Mountain West	0-0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS total	0-0

FCS opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	0–0

Total non-conference record	0-0

Post-season

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	0-0
Big Ten	0–0
Pac-12	0-0
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0-0
Power 5 total	0-0

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	1–0
C–USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0

Other FBS total	0–0
Total bowl record	0-0

Big 12 vs Power Five matchups

The Big 12 had eleven scheduled games against Power Five conferences, however, each one was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Big 12 vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Big 12 teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site
September 5	Buffalo	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 5	South Florida	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
September 5	Texas Tech	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
September 12	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
September 19	UTEP	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
September 19	UNLV	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
September 26	Louisiana Tech	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX
September 26	Kansas	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC
September 26	TCU	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX

Big 12 vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Big 12 teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 26	Oklahoma	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY

Big 12 vs FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site
September 5	South Dakota	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
September 5	Missouri State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
September 12	North Dakota	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 12	Prairie View A&M	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
September 12	Alabama State	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
September 12	Eastern Kentucky	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
September 19	Incarnate Word	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX
September 19	Western Illinois	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Baylor	McLane Stadium	45,140
Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	61,500
Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium	50,071
Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium	53,000
Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	86,112
Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	55,509
TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	45,000
Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	95,594
Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	60,454
West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium	60,000

Bold – exceeded capacity
† Season high
‡ Record stadium Attendance

References

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"Media Preseason Football Team Announced". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
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"Sources: Big 12-approved scheduling model includes 9 conference games, 1 non-conference game". ESPN.com.
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