2020 Big 12 Conference football season

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]

2020 Big 12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS football season
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2020
January 2021
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Fox Family (Fox, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Big 12 Now, LHN)
2021 NFL Draft
Season championsTBD
2020 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Baylor  0 0     0 0  
Iowa State  0 0     0 0  
Kansas  0 0     0 0  
Kansas State  0 0     0 0  
Oklahoma  0 0     0 0  
Oklahoma State  0 0     0 0  
TCU  0 0     0 0  
Texas  0 0     0 0  
Texas Tech  0 0     0 0  
West Virginia  0 0     0 0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
As of August 16, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 Tulsa Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK (rivalry)      
September 12 Houston Baptist Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX      
September 19 Louisiana Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA      
September 12 Arkansas State Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS      
September 12 SMU TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry)      
September 12 Eastern Kentucky West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV      
September 12 Coastal Carolina Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS      
September 12 Missouri State Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK      
September 12 UTEP Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
DateBye Week
September 12Baylor

Week Two

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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 StadiumWaco, TX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Three

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 10 Texas Tech Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA      
October 10 Texas Oklahoma Cotton BowlDallas, 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.
DateBye Week
October 10BaylorKansasOklahoma StateWest Virginia

Week Five

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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.
DateBye Week
October 10Iowa StateKansas StateOklahomaTCUTexasTexas Tech

Week Six

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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.
DateBye Week
November 14Iowa StateKansasKansas StateOklahomaOklahoma StateTexas

Week Ten

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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.
DateBye Week
November 21BaylorTCUTexas TechWest Virginia

Week Eleven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
December 12 AT&T StadiumArlington, Texas ESPN      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

 PreWk
1
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2
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3
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4
Wk
5
Wk
6
Wk
7
Wk
8
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9
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10
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13
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14
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15
Final
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:

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.

DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
September 5BuffaloKansas StateBill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 5South FloridaTexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX
September 5Texas TechUTEPSun BowlEl Paso, TX
September 12Tulsa Oklahoma StateBoone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK
September 19UTEPTexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX
September 19UNLVIowa StateJack Trice StadiumAmes, IA
September 26Louisiana Tech BaylorMcLane StadiumWaco, TX
September 26KansasCoastal CarolinaBrooks StadiumConway, SC
September 26TCUSMUGerald 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.

DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
September 26OklahomaArmy Michie Stadium • West Point, NY

Big 12 vs FCS matchups

DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
September 5South DakotaIowa StateJack Trice StadiumAmes, IA
September 5Missouri StateOklahomaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK
September 12North DakotaKansas StateBill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 12Prairie View A&MTCUAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX
September 12Alabama StateTexas TechJones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX
September 12Eastern Kentucky West VirginiaMilan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV
September 19Incarnate Word BaylorMcLane StadiumWaco, TX
September 19Western Illinois Oklahoma StateBoone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of 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


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References

  1. "2020 Football Conference Schedule Revealed". Big12 Sports.com. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. "Media Preseason Football Team Announced". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  3. "Big 12 Announces Media Preseason Football Team" (PDF). big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  4. "Baylor Introduces Aranda As Football Coach". KXXV.com. January 20, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  5. "Sources: Big 12-approved scheduling model includes 9 conference games, 1 non-conference game". ESPN.com.
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