2018 Big 12 Conference football season

2018 Big 12 Conference football season
2018 Big 12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2018; through December 1, 2018
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Fox Family (FOX, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN+, LHN)
2019 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Kyler Murray (Oklahoma)
Picked by	Arizona Cardinals, 1st overall
Regular season
Championship Game
Champions	Oklahoma
Runners-up	Texas
Seasons
	← 2017 2019 →

2018 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Oklahoma y$^	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 9 Texas y	7	–	2	10	–	4
Iowa State	6	–	3	8	–	5
No. 20 West Virginia	6	–	3	8	–	4
TCU	4	–	5	7	–	6
Baylor	4	–	5	7	–	6
Oklahoma State	3	–	6	7	–	6
Kansas State	3	–	6	5	–	7
Texas Tech	3	–	6	5	–	7
Kansas	1	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 39, Texas 27
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Big 12 Conference football season represents the 23rd season of Big 12 Conference football, talking place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Big 12 Conference play began on Saturday, September 22, 2018.

The 2018 season will be the seventh for the Big 12 since the 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form.

As a ten-team league, the Big 12 will play a nine-game round-robin conference schedule and each member will play three non-conference games-one of which must be against another Power Five conference foe. The regular season will be followed by a conference championship game played between the regular-season champion and regular-season runner-up. The 2018 Big 12 Championship Game was held on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Oklahoma defeated Texas 39–27 to win their 12th Big 12 Championship.^[1]

Background

Previous season

Preseason

Recruiting

National rankings
Team	ESPN^[2]	Rivals^[3]	Scout^[4]	24/7^[5]	Total signees
Baylor	#17	#55	#47	#36	15
Iowa State	#54	#53	#45	#52	29
Kansas	NR	#100	#94	#81	19
Kansas State	#70	#76	#73	#71	21
Oklahoma	#21	#16	#19	#22	22
Oklahoma State	#46	#48	#42	#43	21
TCU	#23	#20	#13	#18	24
Texas	#10	#7	#3	#9	28
Texas Tech	#42	#46	#31	#47	25
West Virginia	#37	#38	#36	#41	28

Preseason poll

The 2018 Big12 Preseason media poll was announced on July 12, 2018, prior to the Big12 media days. The Big12 media days were held from July 16–17 in Frisco, Texas. Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the third consecutive year in the 2018 Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives.^[6]

Oklahoma (46) – 509
West Virginia (2) – 432
TCU (1) – 390
Texas (1) – 370
Oklahoma State – 300
Kansas State (2) – 283
Iowa State – 250
Texas Tech – 149
Baylor – 125
Kansas – 52

First place votes in ()

Preseason awards

2018 Preseason All-Big 12^[7]

Offensive Player of the Year: Will Grier, West Virginia
Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Banogu, TCU
Newcomer of the Year: Brendan Radley-Hiles, Oklahoma

All-Big 12 Offense^[8]
Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Will Grier	Sr.	West Virginia
RB	David Montgomery	Jr.	Iowa State
RB	Rodney Anderson	Jr.	Oklahoma
FB	Justice Hill	Jr.	Oklahoma State
WR	Denzel Mims	Jr.	Baylor
WR	Marquise Brown	Jr.	Oklahoma
WR	David Sills	Sr.	West Virginia
TE	Grant Calcaterra	So.	Oklahoma
OL	Dalton Risner	Sr.	Kansas State
OL	Bobby Evans	Jr.	Oklahoma
OL	Ben Powers	Sr.	Oklahoma
OL	Marcus Keyes	Jr.	Oklahoma State
OL	Yodny Cajuste	Sr.	West Virginia
PK	Austin Seibert	Sr.	Oklahoma
KR/PR	KaVontae Turpin	Sr.	TCU

All-Big 12 Defense^[8]
Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	JaQuan Bailey	Jr.	Iowa State
DL	Daniel Wise	Sr.	Kansas
DL	Jordan Brailford	Jr.	Oklahoma State
DL	Ben Banogu	Sr.	TCU
DL	Breckyn Hager	Sr.	Texas
LB	Joe Dineen Jr.	Sr.	Kansas
LB	Dakota Allen	Sr.	Texas Tech
LB	David Long Jr.	Jr.	West Virginia
DB	Brian Peavy	Sr.	Iowa State
DB	Kendall Adams	Sr.	Kansas State
DB	Kris Boyd	Sr.	Texas
DB	Jah'Shawn Johnson	Sr.	Texas Tech
DB	Justus Parker	Jr.	Texas Tech
P	Austin Seibert	Sr.	Oklahoma

Head coaches

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Big-12 record
Baylor	Matt Rhule	2	29–34 (.460)	1–11 (.083)	1–8 (.111)
Iowa State	Matt Campbell	3	46–29 (.613)	11–14 (.440)	7–11 (.389)
Kansas	David Beaty	4	3–33 (.083)	3–33 (.083)	1–26 (.037)
Kansas State	Bill Snyder	10	212–111–1 (.656)	212–111–1 (.656)	125–84–1 (.598)
Oklahoma	Lincoln Riley	2	16–2 (.889)	16–2 (.889)	9–1 (.900)
Oklahoma State	Mike Gundy	14	114–53 (.683)	114–53 (.683)	69–42 (.622)
TCU	Gary Patterson	18	160–57 (.737)	160–57 (.737)	100–40 (.714)
Texas	Tom Herman	2	29–10 (.744)	7–6 (.538)	5–4 (.556)
Texas Tech	Kliff Kingsbury	6	30–33 (.476)	30–33 (.476)	16–29 (.356)
West Virginia	Dana Holgorsen	8	53–37 (.589)	53–37 (.589)	32–29 (.525)

Schedule

Regular season

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

Week one

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	FS1	W 58–17	50,103
September 1	11:00 a.m.	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX (AdvoCare Texas Kickoff)	ESPN	L 27–47	40,333
September 1	11:00 a.m.	Florida Atlantic	No. 7 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	W 63–14	86,402
September 1	11:00 a.m.	Southern	No. 16 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FSN	W 55–7	42,219
September 1	12:00 p.m.	No. 23 Texas	Maryland	FedExField • Landover, MD	FS1	L 29–34	47,641
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Tennessee	No. 17 West Virginia	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina (Belk Kickoff Game)	CBS	W 40–14	66,793
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	JayhawkTV	L 23–26 ^OT	24,305
September 1	6:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPN3	W 27–24	50,063
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FSN	W 55–27	45,330
September 1	7:00 p.m.	~~South Dakota State~~	~~Iowa State~~	~~Jack Trice Stadium~~ • ~~Ames, IA~~	~~Cyclones.tv~~	Cancelled
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week two

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 TCU	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	ESPN2	W 42–12	24,216
September 8	11:00 a.m.	No. 18 Mississippi State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPN	L 10–31	49,784
September 8	12:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	W 49–21	86,402
September 8	2:00 p.m.	Kansas	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	W 31–7	18,127
September 8	3:00 p.m.	Lamar	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 77–0	52,126
September 8	4:00 p.m.	Iowa State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	FOX	L 3–13	69,250
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Baylor	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	CBSSN	W 37–20	42,071
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Youngstown State	No. 14 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	AT&TSN Pitt	W 52–17	58,446
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	W 28–21	90,563
September 8	7:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	FSN	W 55–13	53,923
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week three

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	11:00 a.m.	No. 5 Oklahoma	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ABC	OU 37–27
September 15	11:00 a.m.	Rutgers	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 55–14	28,044
September 15	2:00 p.m.	Duke	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FS1	L 27–40	40,442
September 15	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Boise State	No. 24 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ESPN	W 44–21	54,974
September 15	3:00 p.m.	UTSA	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 41–17	50,618
September 15	3:00 p.m.	Houston	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FOX	W 63–49	53,484
~~September 15~~	~~3:30 p.m.~~	~~West Virginia~~	~~NC State~~	~~Carter–Finley Stadium~~ • ~~Raleigh, NC~~	~~FS1~~	Cancelled^[a]
September 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX	W 37–14	103,507
September 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Ohio State	No. 15 TCU	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	ABC	L 28–40	64,362
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

^ This game was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.

Week four

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 22	11:00 a.m.	Akron	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FSN	W 26–13	54,028
September 22	2:30 p.m.	Kansas	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FS1	BU 26–7	36,725
September 22	2:30 p.m.	Kansas State	No. 12 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	WVU 35–6	59,245
September 22	3:30 p.m.	No. 17 TCU	Texas	Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX	UT 31–16	100,321
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Army	No. 5 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FSN PPV	W 28–21 ^OT	87,177
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 15 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK (Rivalry)	FS1	TTU 41–17	53,166
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week five

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 29	11:00 a.m.	Oklahoma State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FSN	OSU 48–28	18,364
September 29	11:00 a.m.	No. 12 West Virginia	No. 25 Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	ESPN2	WVU 42–34	55,283
September 29	2:30 p.m.	Baylor	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ABC	OU 66–33	86,642
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Iowa State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ESPNU	TCU 17–14	42,664
September 29	2:30 p.m.	No. 18 Texas	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FS1	UT 19–14	49,916
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week six

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 6	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	No. 9 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	WVU 38–22	57,419
October 6	11:00 a.m.	No. 7 Oklahoma	No. 19 Texas	Cotton Bowl Stadium • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown)	FOX	UT 48–45	92,300
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Iowa State	No. 25 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ESPN2	ISU 48–42	52,995
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Kansas State	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FS1	BU 37–34	45,000
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week seven

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 11	6:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Rivalry)	ESPN	TTU 17–14	44,387
October 13	11:00 a.m.	Oklahoma State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPNU	KSU 31–12	50,245
October 13	2:30 p.m.	Baylor	No. 9 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN	UT 23–17	93,882
October 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 6 West Virginia	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FS1	ISU 30–14	56,629
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week eight

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 20	11:00 a.m.	No. 9 Oklahoma	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ABC	OU 52–27	45,055
October 20	2:30 p.m.	Kansas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FS1	TTU 48–16	54,402
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week nine

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 25	6:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 13 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	FS1	WVU 58–14	53,117
October 27	11:00 a.m.	Texas Tech	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ESPN2	ISU 40–31	57,908
October 27	2:00 p.m.	TCU	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FS1	KU 27–26	15,096
October 27	2:30 p.m.	Kansas State	No. 8 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	OU 51–14	86,436
October 27	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Texas	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ABC	OSU 38–35	56,790
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week ten

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 3	11:00 a.m.	Oklahoma State	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FS1	BU 35–31	43,492
November 3	11:00 a.m.	Iowa State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FSN	ISU 27–3	15,543
November 3	2:30 p.m.	No. 12 West Virginia	No. 15 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX	WVU 42–41	100,703
November 3	2:30 p.m.	Kansas State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FS1	TCU 14–13	40,486
November 3	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 Oklahoma	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	ABC	OU 51–46	60,454
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week eleven

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 10	11:00 a.m.	TCU	No. 9 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	FS1	WVU 47–10	60,007
November 10	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	FSN	KSU 21–17	50,062
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Baylor	No. 23 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FS1	ISU 28–14	53,860
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	ABC	OU 48–47	87,635
November 10	6:30 p.m.	No. 15 Texas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Chancellor's Spurs)	FOX	UT 41–34	60,454
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week twelve

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 17	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Iowa State	No. 15 Texas	Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	UT 24-10	102,498
November 17	11:00 a.m.	TCU	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FS1	TCU 16-9	45,140
November 17	6:30 p.m.	Kansas	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	OU 55-40	86,371
November 17	2:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPNU	KSU 21-6	47,287
November 17	2:30 p.m.	No. 9 West Virginia	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ABC	OSU 45-41	52,842
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week thirteen

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 23	11:00 a.m.	No. 14 Texas	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FS1	UT 24–17	15,219
November 23	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Oklahoma	No. 13 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	OU 59–56	60,713
November 24	7:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FOX	TCU 31–24	42,394
November 24	6:00 p.m.	Kansas State	No. 25 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA (Rivalry)	FS1	ISU 42–38	54,430
November 24	11:00 a.m.	Baylor	Texas Tech	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX (Rivalry)	FS1	BU 35–24	27,308
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Fourteen

Schedule and results:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 1	11:00 a.m.	Drake	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA		W ISU 27–24	56,738
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Championship game

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (CT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 1	11:00 a.m.	#14 Texas	#5 Oklahoma	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	ABC	OU 39–27	83,114

Big 12 vs other conferences

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the non-conference games that Big-12 teams will play versus the power conference teams. They comprise teams from the ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC. In addition, although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the Big-12 does consider games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game. (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
September 1	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	AdvoCare Texas Kickoff	L 27–47
September 1	No. 23 Texas	Maryland	FedEx Field • Landover, MD		L 29–34
September 1	Tennessee	No. 17 West Virginia	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	Belk Kickoff Game	W 40–14
September 8	No. 18 Mississippi State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS		L 10–31
September 8	Iowa State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy	L 3–13
September 8	UCLA	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK		W 49–21
September 15	Duke	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX		L 27–40
September 15	Rutgers	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS		W 55–14
September 15	No. 22 USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas		W 37–14
~~September 15~~	~~No. 14 West Virginia~~	~~NC State~~	~~Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC~~	Hurricane Florence	Canceled
September 15	No. 4 Ohio State	No. 15 TCU	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	College Gameday	L 28–40

Records against other conferences

2018 records against non-conference foes as of: 9/2/2018

Regular Season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–1
Big Ten	1–3
Pac 12	2–0
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	1–2
Power 5 Total	4–6

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	3–0
C-USA	3–0
Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame)	1–0
MAC	2–0
Mountain West	1–0
Sun Belt	1–0
Other FBS Total	10–0

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	7–1

Total Non-Conference Record	15–7

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	0–1
Big Ten	0–0
Pac 12	1–1
SEC	3–1
Power 5 Total	4–3
Total Bowl Record	4–3

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1
Baylor	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Iowa State	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Kansas	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Kansas State	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oklahoma	AP	7	6
	C	5	5
	CFP	Not released
Oklahoma State	AP	RV	RV
	C	25	23
	CFP	Not released
TCU	AP	16	16
	C	16	16
	CFP	Not released
Texas	AP	23
	C	21
	CFP	Not released
Texas Tech	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
West Virginia	AP	17	14
	C	20	17
	CFP	Not released

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	Big 12 win
	Big 12 loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (CST)	Big 12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Cheez-It Bowl	December 26	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	TCU	California	W 10–7	33,121
Texas Bowl	December 27	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	Baylor	Vanderbilt	W 45–38	51,104
Camping World Bowl	December 28	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	4:15 p.m.	No. 16 West Virginia	No. 20 Syracuse	L 18–34	41,125
Alamo Bowl	December 28	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	No. 24 Iowa State	No. 13 Washington State	L 26–28	60,675
Liberty Bowl	December 31	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	3:45 p.m.	Oklahoma State	Missouri	W 38–33	51,587
New Year's Six
Sugar Bowl	January 1	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	8:45 p.m.	No. 15 Texas	No. 5 Georgia	W 28–21	71,449
College Football Playoff
Orange Bowl (Semifinal)	December 29	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma	No. 1 Alabama	L 34–45	66,203

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.

* Rankings based on CFP rankings

Selection of teams (7): Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Specialist			Newcomer
Week	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sept. 4)	Will Grier	West Virginia	QB	Curtis Bolton	Oklahoma	LB	Isaiah Zuber	Kansas State	WR	Chuba Hubbard Derius Davis	Oklahoma State TCU	RB WR
Week 2 (Sept. 10)	Kyler Murray	Oklahoma	QB	Joe Dineen Jr.	Kansas	LB	KaVontae Turpin	TCU	WR	Pooka Williams Jr.	Kansas	RB
Week 3 (Sept. 17)	Kyler Murray (2)	Oklahoma	QB	Gary Johnson	Texas	LB	Amen Ogbongbemiga Austin Seibert	Oklahoma State Oklahoma	LB PK	Alan Bowman	Texas Tech	QB
Week 4 (Sept. 24)	Will Grier (2)	West Virginia	QB	Kenneth Murray	Oklahoma	LB	Drew Galitz	Baylor	P	Caden Sterns	Texas	DB
Week 5 (Oct. 1)	Kyler Murray (3)	Oklahoma	QB	Jordan Brailford	Oklahoma State	DE	D'Shawn Jamison	Texas	WR	Keith Washington Pooka Williams Jr. (2)	West Virginia Kansas	CB RB
Week 6 (Oct. 8)	Sam Ehlinger	Texas	QB	Braxton Lewis	Iowa State	DB	Cameron Dicker	Texas	K	Brock Purdy	Iowa State	QB
Week 7 (Oct. 15)	Alex Barnes	Kansas State	RB	Duke Shelley JaQuan Bailey	Kansas State Iowa State	DB DE	Dominic Panazzolo	Texas Tech	P	Brock Purdy	Iowa State	QB
Week 8 (Oct. 22)	Kyler Murray (4)	Oklahoma	QB	Dakota Allen	Texas Tech	LB	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	K	Kennedy Brooks	Oklahoma	RB
Week 9 (Oct. 29)	Taylor Cornelius	Oklahoma State	QB	Marcel Spears Jr.	Iowa State	LB	Gabriel Rui Zach Sinor	Kansas Oklahoma State	K P	Pooka Williams Jr. (3)	Kansas	RB
Week 10 (Nov. 5)	Will Grier (3)	West Virginia	QB	Clay Johnston	Baylor	LB	Evan Staley	West Virginia	K	Jalen Hurd Brock Purdy (2)	Baylor Iowa State	WR QB
Week 11 (Nov. 12)	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	Texas	WR	Joe Dineen Jr. Davante Davis	Kansas Texas	LB DB	Cameron Dicker (2)	Texas	K	Kennedy Brooks (2)	Oklahoma	RB
Week 12 (Nov. 19)	Taylor Cornelius (2)	Oklahoma State	QB	Ben Banogu	TCU	DE	Blake Lynch	Kansas State	K	Pooka Williams Jr. (4)	Kansas	RB
Week 13 (Nov. 26)	Kyler Murray (5)	Oklahoma	QB	Juwuan Johnson	TCU	LB	Austin Seibert (2)	Oklahoma	K/P	Kennedy Brooks (3)	Oklahoma	RB

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Postseason awards

2018 Consensus All-Americans

The following Big 12 players were named to the 2017 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA): Ben Powers, OL, Oklahoma.

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)

Consensus All-Americans
Player	Position	Class	Team
Ben Powers	OL	Senior	Oklahoma

2018 All-Big 12

Offensive Player of the Year: Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma
Defensive Player of the Year: David Long Jr., LB, West Virginia
Offensive Freshman of the Year: Pooka Williams Jr., RB, Kansas
Defensive Freshman of the Year: Caden Sterns, DB, Texas
Offensive Lineman of the Year: Dalton Risner, Kansas State, Dru Samia, Oklahoma & Yodny Cajuste, West Virginia
Defensive Lineman of the Year: Charles Omenihu, Texas
Offensive Newcomer of the Year: Jalen Hurd, WR, Baylor
Defensive Newcomer of the Year: Greg Eisworth, DB, Iowa State
Special Teams Player of the Year: Austin Seibert, P/K, Oklahoma
Coach of the Year: Matt Campbell, Iowa State & Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma

All-Big 12 Offense
Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Kyler Murray	Junior	Oklahoma
RB	Pooka Williams Jr.	Freshman	Kansas
RB	Justice Hill	Junior	Oklahoma State
FB	Andrew Beck	Senior	Texas
WR	Marquise Brown	Junior	Oklahoma
WR	Tylan Wallace	Sophomore	Oklahoma State
WR	David Sills	Senior	West Virginia
TE	Grant Calcaterra	Sophomore	Oklahoma
TE	Trevon Wesco	Senior	West Virginia
OL	Dalton Risner	Senior	Kansas State
OL	Cody Ford	Junior	Oklahoma
OL	Ben Powers	Senior	Oklahoma
OL	Dru Samia	Senior	Oklahoma
OL	Yodny Cajuste	Senior	West Virginia
PK	Austin Seibert	Senior	Oklahoma
PK	Clayton Hatfield	Senior	Texas Tech
KR/PR	Pooka Williams Jr.	Freshman	Kansas
Reference:^[10]

All-Big 12 Defense
Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	Daniel Wise	Senior	Kansas
DL	Jordan Brailford	Junior	Oklahoma State
DL	Charles Omenihu	Senior	Texas
DL	Ben Banogu	Junior	TCU
DL	L. J. Collier	Senior	TCU
LB	Joe Dineen Jr.	Senior	Kansas
LB	Dakota Allen	Senior	Texas Tech
LB	David Long Jr.	Junior	West Virginia
DB	Greg Eisworth	Sophomore	Iowa State
DB	Kris Boyd	Senior	Texas
DB	Caden Sterns	Freshman	Texas
DB	Adrian Frye	Freshman	Texas Tech
DB	Kenny Robinson	Sophomore	West Virginia
P	Drew Galitz	Senior	Baylor
Reference:^[10]

All-Academic

First team

Name	Pos.	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Zach Reuter	WR	Kansas State	Sr.	4.0	Biochemistry/Pre-Med
Adam Holtorf	OL	Kansas State	Sr.	3.96	Agribusiness

Second team

Name	Pos.	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
Justice Hill	RB	Oklahoma State	Jr.	3.64	Finance

National award winners

Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma: Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien Award, Manning Award, AP Player of the Year

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	45,330†	40,442	36,725	36,888	43,492		–		40,575	89%
Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	61,500	58,479†	54,028	56,629	57,908	53,860				56,180	91%
Kansas	Memorial Stadium	50,071	24,305	28,044†	18,364	15,069	15,543		–		20,265	40%
Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium	53,000	50,063	49,784	50,618†	49,916	50,245	50,062			50,114	94%
Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	86,112	86,402	86,402	87,177	86,642	86,436	87,635†			86,782	100.7%
Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	56,790	50,103	53,924	54,974	53,166	52,995	56,790†			53,661	94%
TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	45,000	42,219	42,664	44,387	45,055†	40,486		–		42,962	95%
Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	100,119	90,563	103,557†‡	95,124	93,882	100,703	102,498	–		97,721	97.6%
Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	60,454	52,126	53,484	55,283	54,402	60,454†	60,454†	–	336,203	56,033	92%
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field	60,000	58,446	59,245	57,419	53,117	60,007†		–		57,646	96%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High
‡ Record Stadium Attendance

References

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^ "2018 Football Recruiting Team Rankings". 247sports.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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[9] This game was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.

[1] "Big 12 Announces 2018 Conference Football Schedule". Big12sports.com. October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.^{[dead link]}

[2] "2018 Football Class Rankings – ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

[3] "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2018 Team Recruiting Rankings". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

[4] "2018 Scout.com College Football Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

[5] "2018 Football Recruiting Team Rankings". 247sports.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

[6] "Sooners Picked to Repeat in Big 12 Preseason Football Poll". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.

[7] "Big 12 Announces Media Preseason Football Team". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.

[preseason-8] "Big 12 Announces Media Preseason Football Team" (PDF). big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.

[10] "2018 Big 12 Football Players of the Week - Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

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