2020 Big 12 Conference football season

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
Top draft pick	Teven Jenkins (Oklahoma State)
Picked by	Chicago Bears, 39th overall
Regular Season
Championship Game
Champions	Oklahoma
Runners-up	Iowa State
Finals MVP	Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma
Seasons
←  2019 2021  →

2020 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Iowa State y		8	–	1					9	–	3
No. 6 Oklahoma y$		6	–	2					9	–	2
No. 20 Oklahoma State		6	–	3					8	–	3
No. 19 Texas		5	–	3					7	–	3
TCU		5	–	4					6	–	4
West Virginia		4	–	4					6	–	4
Kansas State		4	–	5					4	–	6
Texas Tech		3	–	6					4	–	6
Baylor		2	–	7					2	–	7
Kansas		0	–	8					0	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Big 12 Conference football season is the 25th season of the Big 12 Conference football taking place during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 3 with non-conference play. Conference play began 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 canceled, 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 was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on December 19, 2020, and ended with Oklahoma claiming their sixth Big 12 title in a row by defeating the Iowa State Cyclones, 27–21.

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	Sam 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	D'Shawn 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]

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	4–8	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 Championship Game on December 19, 2020. ^[5] 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 canceled portions of or the entire season. As of August 8, 2020, fourteen non-conference games involving a Big 12 team have been canceled 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. ^[6] on August 12, the revised schedule was released ^[7]

Regular season

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

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 12	11:00 a.m.	Eastern Kentucky	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV	FS1	W 56–10	976
September 12	11:00 a.m.	Louisiana	No. 23 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ESPN	L 14–31	0
September 12	11:00 a.m.	Arkansas State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	Fox	L 31–35	11,041
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Missouri State	No. 5 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	PPV	W 48–0	22,700
September 12	7:00 p.m.	Houston Baptist	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	ESPN+	W 35–33	11,157
September 12	7:00 p.m.	UTEP	No. 14 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	W 59–3	15,337
September 12	9:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FS1	L 23–38	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 12	Baylor	Oklahoma State	TCU

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 19	11:00 a.m.	Tulsa	No. 11  Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	ESPN	W 16–7	14,668
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 19	Baylor	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech	West Virginia

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 26	11:00 a.m.	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	KSU 38–35	33,700
September 26	12:30 p.m.	Iowa State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FS1	ISU 37–34	11,852
September 26	2:30 p.m.	West Virginia	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ABC	OKST 27–13	14,672
September 26	2:30 p.m.	Texas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FOX	TEX 63–56 OT	16,615
September 26	6:30 p.m.	Kansas	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	ESPNU	BAY 47–14	11,667
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 3	11:00 a.m.	Baylor	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV	ABC	WVU 27-21 2OT	978
October 3	11:00 a.m.	TCU	No. 9 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX	TCU 33-31	17,753
October 3	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Oklahoma State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	ESPN	OKST 47-7	9,480
October 3	2:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FS1	KSU 31-21	10,932
October 3	6:30 p.m.	No. 18 Oklahoma	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ABC	ISU 37-30	13,724
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 10	11:00 a.m.	No. 22 Texas	Oklahoma	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown)	FOX	OKLA 53–45 4OT	24,000
October 10	2:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 24 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ABC	ISU 31-15	13,502
October 10	3:00 p.m.	Kansas State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FOX	KSU 21-14	12,208
#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 Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 17	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV	FOX	WVU 38–17	10,759
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 17	Baylor	Iowa State	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 24	11:00 a.m.	Oklahoma	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ABC	OKLA 33-14	12,440
October 24	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	No. 20 Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FS1	KSU 55-14	10,801
October 24	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Iowa State	No. 6 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	FOX	OKST 24-21	14,671
October 24	2:30 p.m.	Baylor	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN	TEX 27-16	18,202
October 24	4:30 p.m.	West Virginia	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	ESPN2	TTU 34-27	13,532
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 31	11:00 a.m.	No. 23 Iowa State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FS1	ISU 52-22	9,652
October 31	11:00 a.m.	No. 16 Kansas State	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	WVU 37-10	10,441
October 31	2:30 p.m.	TCU	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	ESPN2	TCU 33-23	11,667
October 31	3:00 p.m.	Texas	No. 6 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	FOX	TEX 41-34 OT	14,672
October 31	7:00 p.m.	No. 24 Oklahoma	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FOX	OKLA 62-28	14,431
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 7	11:00 a.m.	West Virginia	No. 22 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	TEX 17-13	17,843
November 7	2:30 p.m.	Kansas	No 19 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ESPN	OKLA 62-9	22,700
November 7	2:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FS1	TCU 34-18	12,356
November 7	3:00 p.m.	No. 14 Oklahoma State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FOX	OSU 20-18	11,980
November 7	6:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 17 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FS1	ISU 38-31	13,535
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 14	11:00 a.m.	TCU	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV	FOX	WVU 24-6	11,111
November 14	3:00 p.m.	Baylor	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FS1	TTU 24-23	12,914
#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 Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 21	3:00 p.m.	Kansas State	No. 17 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FOX	ISU 45-0	0
November 21	6:30 p.m.	No. 14 Oklahoma State	No. 18 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	ABC	OKLA 41-13	22,700
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 21	Baylor	Kansas	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech	West Virginia

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 27	11:00 a.m.	No. 15 Iowa State	No. 20 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	ISU 23-20	16,555
November 28	6:00 p.m.	Kansas State	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	ESPN2	BU 32-31	11,667
November 28	11:00 a.m.	Texas Tech	No. 23 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	FOX	OSU 50-44	14,645
November 28	7:00 p.m.	TCU	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FS1	TCU 59-23	0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 5	2:30 p.m	West Virginia	No. 12 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ESPN	ISU 42–6	14,256
December 5	11:00 a.m.	Texas	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FOX	TEX 69–31	9,851
December 5	11:00 a.m.	No. 19 Oklahoma State	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN2	TCU 29–22	12,594
December 5	7:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 13 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	OKLA 27–14	22,700
December 5	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FS2	TTU 16–13	9,877
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Fourteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 12	2:30 p.m.	No. 23 Texas	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawerence, KS	ESPNU	Canceled
December 12	6:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Baylor, TX	ESPNU	OSU 42–3	11,667
December 12	6:30 p.m.	No. 13 Oklahoma	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV	ABC	Canceled
December 12	6:00 p.m.	TCU	Louisiana Tech	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	FS1	W TCU 52–10	10,472
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Championship Game

Main article: 2020 Big 12 Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 19	11:00 a.m.	No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners	No. 6 Iowa State Cyclones	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas	ABC	OU 27–21	18,720
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Baylor	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	24	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Iowa State	AP	23	RV			24	20	17	23	17	17	17	15	12
	C	25	RV			24	20	18	22	17	16	16	15	12
	CFP	Not released											13	9
Kansas	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Kansas State	AP				RV	RV	22	20	16	RV
	C	RV			RV	RV	22	19	16	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oklahoma	AP	5	3	3	18	RV	RV	RV	24	19	18	18	14	13
	C	6	3	3	16	RV	RV	RV	24	19	18	17	14	13
	CFP	Not released											11	11
Oklahoma State	AP	15	11	15	17	10	7	6	6	14	14	14	21	19
	C	16	12	18	19	10	7	6	6	12	13	14	22	18
	CFP	Not released											23	15
TCU	AP	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Texas	AP	14	9	8	9	22	RV		RV	22	21	22	20	RV
	C	14	8	9	9	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	21	RV
	CFP	Not released											17
Texas Tech	AP		RV	RV
	C		RV
	CFP	Not released
West Virginia	AP		RV	RV		RV	RV	RV		RV
	C		RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV
	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

Postseason

Bowl games

The Big 12 Conference earned two spots in the New Years Six with both participants in the Big 12 Championship earning a spot. The Big 12 has accomplished this for the third straight year.

Legend
	Big 12 win
	Big 12 loss

See also: 2020–21 NCAA football bowl games

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (CST)	Big 12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Alamo Bowl	December 29	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	No. 20 Texas	Colorado	TEX 55–23	10,822
Cheez-It Bowl	December 29	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	4:30 p.m.	No. 21 Oklahoma State	No. 18 Miami	OSU 37–34
Texas Bowl	December 31	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	TCU	Arkansas	Canceled
Liberty Bowl	December 31	Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	West Virginia	Army	WVU 24–31
New Year's Six bowl game
Cotton Bowl	December 30	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Oklahoma	No. 7 Florida	OKLA 55–20
Fiesta Bowl	Jan. 2, 2021	State Farm Stadium • Glendale, AZ	ESPN	3:00 p.m.	No. 10 Iowa State	No. 25 Oregon	ISU 34–17

Rankings are from CFP rankings. ^[8] All times Central Time Zone. Big 12 teams shown in bold.

Records against other conferences

Regular Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 0–0 Other FBS Conferences Record The American 1–0 C–USA 2–0 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 0–3 Other FBS Total 3–3 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 3–0 Total Non-Conference Record 6–3

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 1–0 Big Ten 0–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 2–0 SEC 1–0 Power 5 Total 4–0 Other FBS Conferences Record C–USA 0–0 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 1–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 1–0 Total Bowl Record 5–0

Big 12 vs other conferences

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the Power Five conferences teams (ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, Notre Dame, BYU and SEC). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Big 12 had eleven scheduled games against Power Five conferences, however, each one was canceled. All of the other Power Five conferences initially announced that they would go on with their season as scheduled, but with cuts to non-conference games, The Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC were all limiting play to in-conference games only. ^{[9] [10]} The ACC and Big 12 are allowing one non-conference game. ^[11] The Big Ten and Pac 12 have postponed fall sports due to COVID-19 concerns. ^[12]

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. On August 8, the MAC announced the postponement of all fall sports for the 2020 season, including football. ^[13] On August 10, the Mountain West followed the MAC as the second Group of Five conference to postpone fall sports indefinitely. ^[14] On August 10, Rice announced it was the delaying the start of it season until September 26. ^[15]

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
	The American	SMU	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	Canc.
	C-USA	Louisiana Tech	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	Canc.
September 12	Sun Belt	Louisiana	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	UL 31-14
September 12	Sun Belt	Coastal Carolina	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	CCU 38-23
September 12	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ASU 35-31
September 12	C-USA	UTEP	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	UT 59-3
September 19	The American	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	OSU 16-7
September 19	The American	Houston	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	Canc.
December 12	C-USA	Louisiana Tech	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	TCU 52-10

Big 12 vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Big 12 teams competing against FBS Independents which include Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn and UMass. UConn, announced that they would opt out of the 2020 season. ^{[16] [17]} UMass announced that they would opt of playing fall football and hopes to construct a season in spring 2021. ^[18] New Mexico State announced that they would opt out of playing fall football and try to play in spring 2021. ^[19]

Big 12 vs FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs. All conferences and teams have postponed their fall conference schedules, ^[20] The Big South, (James Madison, Elon, Villanova from the CAA), Missouri Valley Football Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, SoCon, and Southland Conference ^[21] are allowing the option of playing out-of-conference games only

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 12	Missouri State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	48-0
September 12	Houston Baptist	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	35-33
September 12	Eastern Kentucky	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV	56-10

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Offensive Player of the Week S13 Sam Ehlinger, UT, QB, Sr. S20 Tylan Wallace, OSU, WR, Sr. S27 Skylar Thompson, K-State, QB, Sr. Sam Ehlinger, UT, QB, Sr. O5 Breece Hall, ISU, RB, So. O12 T.J. Pledger, OU, RB, Jr. O19 Leddie Brown, WVU, RB, Jr. O26 Breece Hall, ISU, RB, So. Marvin Mims, OU, WR, Fr. N2 Rhamondre Stevenson, OU, RB, Sr. Tylan Wallace, OSU, WR, Sr. N9 Breece Hall, RB, ISU, So. N16 T.J. Simmons, WVU, WR, Sr. N23 Spencer Rattler, OU, QB, R-Fr. N30 Charlie Brewer, BU, QB, Sr. D7 Brock Purdy, ISU, QB, Jr. D14 Dillon Stoner, OSU, WR, Sr.

Defensive Player of the Week S13 Krishon Merriweather, TTU, LB, Jr. S20 Malcolm Rodriguez, OSU, LB, Sr. S27 JaQuan Bailey, ISU, DE, R-Sr. Jahron McPherson, K-State, DB, Sr. O5 La’Kendrick Van Zandt, TCU, S, Jr. Darius Stills, WVU, DL, Sr. O12 AJ Parker, K-State, DB, Sr. O19 Josh Chandler-Semedo, WVU, LB, Jr. O26 Terrel Bernard, BU, LB, Jr. N2 Joseph Ossai, UT, LB, Jr. N9 Mike Rose, ISU, LB, Jr. N16 Tykee Smith, WVU, SPEAR, So. N23 Ronnie Perkins, OU, DE, Jr. N30 Latrell Bankston, ISU, DL, Jr. D7 Amen Ogbongbemiga, OSU, LB, R-Sr. D14 C.J. Caesar II, TCU, CB, So.

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	11,667	11,667	11,667
Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	61,500	0	13,724	13,502	13,535	0
Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium	50,071	0	9,480	9,652	0
Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium	53,000	11,041	10,932	10,081	11,980
Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	86,112	22,700	22,700	22,700	22,700	22,700			113,500	22,700
Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	55,509	14,668	14,672	14,671	14,672	14,645
TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	45,000	11,852	12,208	12,440	12,356
Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	95,594	15,337	17,753	18,202	17,843	16,555
Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	60,454	11,157	16,615	13,532	14,431	12,914
West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium	60,000	976	978	10,759	10,441	11,111

Bold – exceeded capacity
† Season high
‡ Record stadium Attendance

NFL draft

The following list includes all Big 12 players who were drafted in the 2021 NFL draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Teven Jenkins	OT	Oklahoma State	2	7	39	Chicago Bears
Trevon Moehrig	S	TCU	2	11	43	Las Vegas Raiders
Sam Cosmi	OT	Texas	2	19	51	Washington Football Team
Creed Humphrey	C	Oklahoma	2	31	63	Kansas City Chiefs
Joseph Ossai	DE	Texas	3	5	69	Cincinnati Bengals
Ronnie Perkins	DE	Oklahoma	3	32	96	New England Patriots
Kene Nwangwu	RB	Iowa State	4	14	119	Minnesota Vikings
Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	Oklahoma	4	15	120	New England Patriots
Zech McPhearson	CB	Texas Tech	4	18	123	Philadelphia Eagles
Chuba Hubbard	RB	Oklahoma State	4	21	126	Carolina Panthers
Tylan Wallace	WR	Oklahoma State	4	26	131	Baltimore Ravens
Tre Brown	CB	Oklahoma	4	32	137	Seattle Seahawks
Ta'Quon Graham	DE	Texas	5	4	148	Atlanta Falcons
Caden Sterns	S	Texas	5	8	152	Denver Broncos
Tony Fields II	ILB	West Virginia	5	9	153	Cleveland Browns
Garret Wallow	ILB	TCU	5	26	170	Houston Texans
Rodarius Williams	CB	Oklahoma State	6	17	201	New York Giants
Sam Ehlinger	QB	Texas	6	34	218	Indianapolis Colts
Wyatt Hubert	DE	Kansas State	7	7	235	Cincinnati Bengals
Jack Anderson	OG	Texas Tech	7	8	236	Buffalo Bills
William Bradley-King	DE	Baylor	7	12	240	Washington Football Team
Tre Norwood	CB	Oklahoma	7	17	245	Pittsburgh Steelers

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