2018 Big 12 Conference football season

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DurationAugust 30, 2018
through December 1, 2018
Teams10
2018 Big 12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 30, 2018
through December 1, 2018
Teams10
TV partner(s)Fox Family (FOX, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN+, LHN)
2019 NFL Draft
Top draft pickKyler Murray (Oklahoma)
Picked byArizona Cardinals, 1st overall
Regular season
Championship Game
ChampionsOklahoma
  Runners-upTexas
Seasons
2018 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Oklahoma y$^ 81  122 
No. 9 Texas y 72  104 
Iowa State 63  85 
No. 20 West Virginia 63  84 
TCU 45  76 
Baylor 45  76 
Oklahoma State 36  76 
Kansas State 36  57 
Texas Tech 36  57 
Kansas 18  39 
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 was the 23rd season of Big 12 Conference football, part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on August 30, 2018. Big 12 Conference play began on September 22, 2018.

The 2018 season was 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 played a nine-game round-robin conference schedule and each member played three non-conference games, one of which had to be against another Power Five conference foe. The regular season was 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]

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]

  1. Oklahoma (46) – 509
  2. West Virginia (2) – 432
  3. TCU (1) – 390
  4. Texas (1) – 370
  5. Oklahoma State – 300
  6. Kansas State (2) – 283
  7. Iowa State – 250
  8. Texas Tech – 149
  9. Baylor – 125
  10. 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

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):

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScore
September 1Ole MissTexas TechNRG StadiumHouston, TXAdvoCare Texas KickoffL 27–47
September 1No. 23 TexasMarylandFedEx FieldLandover, MDL 29–34
September 1TennesseeNo. 17 West VirginiaBank of America StadiumCharlotte, NCBelk Kickoff GameW 40–14
September 8No. 18 Mississippi StateKansas StateBill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KSL 10–31
September 8Iowa StateIowaKinnick StadiumIowa City, IABattle for the Cy-Hawk TrophyL 3–13
September 8UCLANo. 6 OklahomaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OKW 49–21
September 15DukeBaylorMcLane StadiumWaco, TXL 27–40
September 15RutgersKansasDavid Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KSW 55–14
September 15No. 22 USCTexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TexasW 37–14
September 15No. 14 West VirginiaNC StateCarter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NCHurricane FlorenceCanceled
September 15No. 4 Ohio StateNo. 15 TCUAT&T StadiumArlington, TXCollege GamedayL 28–40

Records against other conferences

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

Rankings

Legend
    Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
 PreWk
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Final
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 FieldPhoenix, AZ ESPN 8:00 p.m. TCU California W 10–7 33,121
Texas Bowl December 27 NRG StadiumHouston, TX ESPN 8:00 p.m. Baylor Vanderbilt W 45–38 51,104
Camping World Bowl December 28 Camping World StadiumOrlando, FL ESPN 4:15 p.m. No. 16 West Virginia No. 20 Syracuse L 18–34 41,125
Alamo Bowl December 28 AlamodomeSan 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 StadiumMemphis, TN ESPN 3:45 p.m. Oklahoma State Missouri W 38–33 51,587
New Year's Six
Sugar Bowl January 1 Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew 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 StadiumMiami 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

Home game attendance

References

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