The 2017 Big 12 Conference football season was the 22nd season of

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...

football, taking place during the

2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2017. The regular season began on August 26, 2017, and end ...

. 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. The 2017 season was the sixth for the Big 12 since the

2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

brought the Big 12 membership to its current form. The conference had ten members: Baylor, Iowa State,

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...

Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

, Oklahoma,

Oklahoma State Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

, TCU,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

Texas Tech Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sys ...

and

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...

. The Big 12 is a

Power Five conference The Power Five conferences are the five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate ...

under the

College Football Playoff The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...

format, along with the

ACC ACC most often refers to: * Atlantic Coast Conference, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference located in the US *American College of Cardiology, A US-based nonprofit medical association that bestows credentials upon cardiovascular spec ...

, the

Big Ten The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

, 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. 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

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 Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its population was 200,509 at the 2 ...

. Oklahoma was selected as preseason champions for the fifth time since 2011. # Oklahoma – 303 (19) #

– 294 (12) #

– 231 (1) #

– 213 # TCU – 202 #

– 183 # Baylor – 129 #

– 85 # Iowa State – 83 #

– 37 *First place votes in ()

Preseason awards

2017 Preseason All-Big 12 *Offensive Player of the Year: Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, QB *Defensive Player of the Year: Dorance Armstrong Jr.,

, LB *Newcomer of the Year:

Will Grier William Grier (born April 3, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida and West Virginia and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third ro ...

, QB

Schedule

Regular season

Week 1

Schedule and results:

Week 2

Schedule and results:

Week 3

Schedule and results:

Week 4

Schedule and results:

Week 5

Schedule and results:

Week 6

Schedule and results:

Week 7

Schedule and results:

Week 8

Schedule and results:

Week 9

Schedule and results:

Week 10

Schedule and results:

Week 11

Schedule and results:

Week 12

Schedule and results:

Week 13

Schedule and results:

Championship game

Week 14 (Big 12 Championship Game)

Schedule and results:

Big 12 vs other conferences

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams (

, Pac-12 and SEC along with independents Notre Dame and

BYU Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

) the Big 12 plays in the non-conference (''Rankings from the AP Poll''):

Records against other conferences

Regular Season Post Season

Rankings

Postseason

Bowl games

''* Rankings based on CFP rankings, Big 12 team is bolded''

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Big 12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Postseason awards

2017 Consensus All-Americans The following Big 12 players were named to the

2017 College Football All-America Team The 2017 College Football All-America Team includes those players of American college football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the "All-Am ...

by the

Walter Camp Football Foundation The Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The organization also presents various awards. It is named in honor of foo ...

(WCFF),

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. ne ...

(AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), '' Sporting News'' (SN), and

American Football Coaches Association The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) is an association of over 11,000 American football coaches and staff on all levels. According to its constitution, some of the main goals of the American Football Coaches Association are to "mainta ...

(AFCA): Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (

CoSIDA College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) is an organization that focuses on professional development and support for sports information directors at all levels. It offers awards, scholarships, and grants in support of SIDs and pro ...

)

2017 All-Big 12

*Offensive Player of the Year: Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma *Defensive Player of the Year: Ogbo Okoronkwo, Oklahoma

Malik Jefferson Malik Terrell Jefferson (born November 15, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas. As a senior at Poteet High School in Mesquite, Texas, Jeffer ...

*Offensive Freshman of the Year:

Charlie Brewer Charlie Brewer (born November 26, 1998) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was most recently a member of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously played for the Baylor Bears foo ...

, Baylor

Jalen Reagor Jalen Armand Reagor (born January 2, 1999) is an American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round ...

, TCU *Defensive Freshman of the Year:

Ross Blacklock Ross Blacklock (born July 9, 1998) is an American football defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU. Early years Blacklock's father, Jimmy, played for and later served a ...

, TCU
Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma *Offensive Lineman of the Year: Orlando Brown, Oklahoma *Defensive Lineman of the Year: Poona Ford, Texas *Offensive Newcomer of the Year:

, WVU *Defensive Newcomer of the Year: Ben Banogu, TCU *Special Teams Player of the Year: Michael Dickson, Texas *Coach of the Year: Matt Campbell, Iowa State

All-Academic

First team

National award winners

Home game attendance

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

References

{{2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season navbox