2017 Big 12 Conference football season
The 2017 Big 12 Conference football season was the 22nd season of Big 12 Conference football, taking place during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Saturday, September 2, 2017, when all 10 of the league's teams played their first non-conference opponents. Big 12 Conference play began on Saturday, September 23, 2017.
2017 Big 12 Conference football season | |
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League | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
Sport | Football |
Duration | September 2, 2017 through December 2, 2017 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, FOX, ESPN, FS1, FSN, LHN |
Season champions | Oklahoma Sooners |
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No. 3 Oklahoma y$^ | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 TCU y | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Oklahoma State | 6 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oklahoma 41, TCU 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 season was the sixth for the Big 12 since the 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form. The conference had ten members: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia.[1] The Big 12 is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format, along with the ACC, the Big Ten, the Pac-12 and the SEC.
As a ten-team league, the Big 12 will played a nine-game, round-robin conference schedule. Each member will played three non-conference games–one of was required to be against another Power Five conference foe.[2] The regular season was followed by a conference championship game played between the regular season champion and regular season runner-up. The 2017 Big 12 Championship Game was held Saturday, December 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Preseason
Recruiting
Team | ESPN[3] | Rivals[4] | Scout[5] | 24/7[6] | Total Signees |
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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 2017 Big12 Preseason media poll was announced on July 13, 2017 prior to the Big12 media days. The Big12 media days were held from July 17–18 in Frisco, Texas. Oklahoma was selected as preseason champions for the fifth time since 2011.[7]
- Oklahoma – 303 (19)
- Oklahoma State – 294 (12)
- Kansas State – 231 (1)
- Texas – 213
- TCU – 202
- West Virginia – 183
- Baylor – 129
- Texas Tech – 85
- Iowa State – 83
- Kansas – 37
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Preseason awards
2017 Preseason All-Big 12[8]
- Offensive Player of the Year: Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, QB
- Defensive Player of the Year: Dorance Armstrong Jr., Kansas, LB
- Newcomer of the Year: Will Grier, West Virginia, QB
Position | Player | Class | Team |
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QB | Baker Mayfield | Senior | Oklahoma |
RB | Justice Hill | Sophomore | Oklahoma State |
RB | Justin Crawford | Senior | West Virginia |
FB | Winston Dimel | Junior | Kansas State |
WR | Keke Coutee | Junior | Texas Tech |
WR | Allen Lazard | Senior | Iowa State |
WR | James Washington | Senior | Oklahoma State |
TE | Mark Andrews | Junior | Oklahoma |
OL | Dalton Risner | Junior | Kansas State |
OL | Austin Schlottmann | Senior | TCU |
OL | Orlando Brown | Junior | Oklahoma |
OL | Zach Crabtree | Senior | Oklahoma State |
OL | Connor Williams | Junior | Texas |
PK | Clayton Hatfield | Junior | Texas Tech |
KR/PR | KaVontae Turpin | Junior | TCU |
Position | Player | Class | Team |
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DL | Dorance Armstrong Jr. | Junior | Kansas |
DL | K.J. Smith | Senior | Baylor |
DL | Reggie Walker | Sophomore | Kansas State |
DL | Poona Ford | Senior | Texas |
DL | Malcolm Roach | Sophomore | Texas |
LB | Travin Howard | Senior | TCU |
LB | Ogbonnia Okoronkwo | Senior | Oklahoma |
LB | Malik Jefferson | Junior | Texas |
DB | D. J. Reed | Junior | Kansas State |
DB | Tre Flowers | Senior | Oklahoma State |
DB | Jordan Thomas | Senior | Oklahoma |
DB | Kamari Cotton-Moya | Senior | Iowa State |
DB | Nick Orr | Senior | TCU |
P | Michael Dickerson | Junior | Texas |
Schedule
Week 1
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:30 PM | Tulsa | #10 Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK | FS1 | W 59–24 | 56,790 |
September 2 | 11:00 AM | Maryland | #23 Texas | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | FS1 | L 41–51 | 88,396 |
September 2 | 2:30 PM | UTEP | #7 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | FOX | W 59–7 | 86,076 |
September 2 | 3:00 PM | Eastern Washington | Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX | FSN | W 56–10 | 54,988 |
September 2 | 6:00 PM | Southeast Missouri State | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | JTV | W 38–16 | 32,134 |
September 2 | 6:00 PM | Central Arkansas | #20 Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS | K-StateHD.tv | W 55–19 | 51,043 |
September 2 | 6:00 PM | Liberty | Baylor | McLane Stadium • Waco, TX | FS2 | L 45–48 | 45,784 |
September 2 | 7:00 PM | Jackson State | TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | FSN | W 63–0 | 42,709 |
September 2 | 7:00 PM | Northern Iowa | Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | Cyclones.TV | W 42–24 | 61,500 |
September 3 | 6:30 PM | #22 West Virginia | #21 Virginia Tech | FedExField • Landover, MD | ABC | L 24–31 | 67,489 |
Week 2
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 8 | 7:00 PM | #11 Oklahoma State | South Alabama | Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL | ESPN2 | W 44–7 | 26,487 |
September 9 | 11:00 AM | Iowa | Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | ESPN2 | L 41–44 (OT) | 61,500 |
September 9 | 11:00 AM | Charlotte | #19 Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS | FSN | W 55–7 | 50,087 |
September 9 | 11:00 AM | East Carolina | West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | FS2 | W 56–20 | 56,797 |
September 9 | 2:30 PM | #23 TCU | Arkansas | Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | CBS | W 28–7 | 73,668 |
September 9 | 2:30 PM | San Jose State | Texas | Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | LHN | W 56–0 | 88,117 |
September 9 | 3:00 PM | Central Michigan | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | FSN | L 27–45 | 28,531 |
September 9 | 6:30 PM | #5 Oklahoma | #2 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | ABC | W 31–16 | 109,088 |
September 9 | 7:00 PM | UTSA | Baylor | McLane Stadium • Waco, TX | FSN | L 10–17 | 41,923 |
Week 3
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 11:00 AM | #9 Oklahoma State | Pittsburgh | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ESPN | W 59–21 | 38,952 |
September 16 | 11:00 AM | Iowa State | Akron | InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH | CBSSN | W 41–14 | 22,811 |
September 16 | 11:00 AM | Delaware State | West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | AT&T SportsNet | W 59–16 | 51,482 |
September 16 | 11:30 AM | Baylor | Duke | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | ACCN or RSN | L 20–34 | 26,714 |
September 16 | 1:00 PM | Kansas | Ohio | Peden Stadium • Athens, OH | ESPN3 | L 30–42 | 22,056 |
September 16 | 2:30 PM | SMU | #20 TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Rivalry) | ESPNU | W 56–36 | 44,489 |
September 16 | 5:00 PM | Tulane | #2 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | FSN | W 56–14 | 86,290 |
September 17 | 6:30 PM | #18 Kansas State | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN | ESPNU | L 7–14 | 40,350 |
September 17 | 7:00 PM | Arizona State | Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX | FSN | W 52–45 | 58,547 |
September 17 | 7:30 PM | Texas | #4 USC | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | FOX | L 24–27 (2OT) | 93,607 |
Week 4
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 23 | 11:00 AM | Texas Tech | Houston | TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX | ABC/ESPN2 | W 27–24 | 36,383 |
September 23 | 11:00 AM | West Virginia | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | ESPNU | WVU 56–34 | 23,901 |
September 23 | 2:30 PM | #16 TCU | #6 Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK | ESPN | TCU 44–31 | 56,790 |
September 23 | 5:30 PM | #3 Oklahoma | Baylor | McLane Stadium • Waco, TX | FS1 | OU 49–41 | 43,573 |
Week 5
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 28 | 7:00 PM | Texas | Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | ESPN | UT 17–7 | 51,234 |
September 30 | 2:30 PM | Baylor | Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS | ESPN2 | KSU 33–20 | 52,293 |
September 30 | 7:00 PM | #15 Oklahoma State | Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX | FOX | OSU 41–34 | 60,901 |
Week 6
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 7 | 11:00 AM | Texas Tech | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | FS1 | TTU 65–19 | 21,050 |
October 7 | 11:00 AM | Iowa State | #3 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | FOX | ISU 38–31 | 86,019 |
October 7 | 2:30 PM | #23 West Virginia | #8 TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | FS1 | TCU 31–24 | 43,257 |
October 7 | 6:00 PM | Kansas State | Texas | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin TX | FS1 | UT 40–34 (2OT) | 90,462 |
Week 7
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 14 | 11:00 am | #6 TCU | Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS | FS1 | TCU 26–6 | 52,055 |
October 14 | 11:00 am | #24 Texas Tech | West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPNU | WVU 46–35 | 60,928 |
October 14 | 2:30 pm | #12 Oklahoma | Texas | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown) | ESPN | OU 29–24 | 93,552 |
October 14 | 2:30 pm | Baylor | #14 Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK | FS1 | OSU 59–16 | 56,790 |
October 14 | 11:00 am | Kansas | Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | FSN | ISU 45–0 | 55,593 |
Week 8
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 21 | 11:00 am | Iowa State | Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX | FS1 | ISU 31–13 | 57,045 |
October 21 | 11:00 am | #9 Oklahoma State | Texas | Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | ABC | OSU 13–10 (OT) | 92,506 |
October 21 | 3:00 pm | #10 Oklahoma | Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Lubbock, TX | FOX | OU 42–35 | 52,122 |
October 21 | 7:00 pm | Kansas | #4 TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | FOX | TCU 43–0 | 42,969 |
October 21 | 7:00 pm | #23 West Virginia | Baylor | McLane Stadium • Waco, TX | FS2 | WVU 38–36 | 45, 389 |
Week 9
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 28 | 11:00 am | #11 Oklahoma State | #22 West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ABC | OSU 50–39 | 57,507 |
October 28 | 11:00 am | Texas | Baylor | McLane Stadium • Waco, TX | ESPNU | UT 38–7 | 45,656 |
October 28 | 2:00 pm | Kansas State | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Rivalry) | FS1 | KSU 30–20 | 36,223 |
October 28 | 2:30 pm | #4 TCU | #25 Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | ABC/ESPN2 | ISU 14–7 | 56,259 |
October 28 | 7:00 pm | Texas Tech | #10 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | ESPN2 | OU 49–27 | 86,309 |
Week 10
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 4 | 11:00 a.m. | Baylor | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | FSN | BU 38–9 | 21,797 |
November 4 | 11:00 a.m. | Kansas State | Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX | FS1 | KSU 42–35 (OT) | 47,631 |
November 4 | 3:00 p.m. | #8 Oklahoma | #11 Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series) | FS1 | OU 62–52 | 56,790 |
November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | #14 Iowa State | West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN2/ESPNU | WVU 20–16 | 55,831 |
November 4 | 6:15 p.m. | Texas | #10 TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | ESPN | TCU 24–7 | 48,042 |
Week 11
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 11 | 11:00 a.m. | Oklahoma State | Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | ABC/ESPN2 | OSU 49–42 | 61,500 |
November 11 | 11:00 a.m. | Texas Tech | Baylor | AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX (Rivalry) | FSN | TTU 38–24 | 34,482 |
November 11 | 2:30 p.m. | West Virginia | Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS | ESPN2 | WVU 28–23 | 51,223 |
November 11 | 5:00 p.m. | Kansas | Texas | Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | JTV/LHN | UT 42–27 | 96,557 |
November 11 | 7:00 p.m. | TCU | Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | FOX | OU 38–20 | 88,308 |
Week 12
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 18 | 11:00 a.m. | Texas | West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN | UT 28–14 | 53,133 |
November 18 | 11:00 a.m. | TCU | Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry) | FS1 | TCU 27–3 | 51,278 |
November 18 | 1:30 p.m. | Iowa State | Baylor | McLane Stadium • Waco, TX | FSN | ISU 23–13 | 40,653 |
November 18 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK | ESPN2 | KSU 45–40 | 56,790 |
November 18 | 2:30 p.m. | Oklahoma | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | ESPN | OU 41–3 | 22,854 |
Week 13
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 24 | 11:00 AM | Baylor | TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Revivalry) | FS1 | TCU 45–22 | 43,015 |
November 24 | 7:00 PM | Texas Tech | Texas | Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | FOX | TTU 27–23 | 100,629 |
November 25 | 2:30 PM | Iowa State | Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS (Farmageddon) | ESPN2 | KSU 20–19 | 49,554 |
November 25 | 11:00 AM | Kansas | Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK | FS1 | OSU 58–17 | 56,790 |
November 25 | 2:45 PM | West Virginia | Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | ESPN | OU 59–31 | 86,117 |
Championship game
Week 14 (Big 12 Championship Game)
Schedule and Results
Date | Time (CT) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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December 2 | 11:30 AM | Oklahoma | TCU | AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX | FOX | OU 41–17 | 64,104 |
Big 12 vs other conferences
Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups
This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC along with independents Notre Dame and BYU) the Big 12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):
Records against other conferences
Rankings
PostseasonBowl games
* Rankings based on CFP rankings, Big 12 team is bolded Awards and honorsPlayer of the week honorsFollowing each week's games, Big 12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.
Postseason awards2017 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): Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)
2017 All-Big 12
All-AcademicFirst team
National award winnersHome game attendance
Bold – Exceed capacity References
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