The 2018 Big 12 Conference football season represents the 23rd 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, talking place during the

2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2018. The regular season began on August 25, 2018, and ended ...

. 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 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. 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.

Background

Previous season

Preseason

Recruiting

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 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 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. # Oklahoma (46) – 509 #

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 ...

(2) – 432 # TCU (1) – 390 #

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 ...

(1) – 370 #

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 ...

– 300 #

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 ...

(2) – 283 # Iowa State – 250 #

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 ...

– 149 # Baylor – 125 #

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 ...

– 52 *First place votes in ()

Preseason awards

2018 Preseason All-Big 12 *Offensive Player 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 ...

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

Head coaches

Coaches

Schedule

Regular season

Week one

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Week two

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Week three

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Week four

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Week five

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Week six

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Week seven

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Week eight

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Week nine

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Week ten

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Week eleven

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Week twelve

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Week thirteen

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Week Fourteen

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Championship game

Schedule and results:

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 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 ...

, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC. In addition, although the NCAA does not consider

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 ...

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''):

Records against other conferences

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

Rankings

Postseason

Bowl games

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone. ''* Rankings based on CFP rankings'' Selection of teams (7): Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma,

, TCU,

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Postseason awards

2018 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): Ben Powers, OL, Oklahoma. 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 ...

)

2018 All-Big 12

*Offensive Player of the Year:

Kyler Murray Kyler Cole Murray (born August 7, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Following a stint at Texas A&M, Murray played college football at Oklahoma, where he won the Heisman Trop ...

, QB, Oklahoma *Defensive Player of the Year:

David Long Jr. David Lamont Long Jr. (born October 12, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at West Virginia. Early life When Long was seven years old, he was on th ...

, LB,

*Offensive Freshman of the Year: Pooka Williams Jr., RB,

*Defensive Freshman of the Year:

Caden Sterns Caden Sterns (born November 2, 1999) is an American football safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas. Early years Sterns attended Steele High School in Cibolo, Texas. Sterns older ...

, DB,

*Offensive Lineman of the Year: Dalton Risner,

Dru Samia Dru Samia III (born August 22, 1997) is an American football offensive guard for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma. College career A four-star offensive tackle recruit, Samia chose O ...

, Oklahoma &

Yodny Cajuste Yodny Cajuste (born February 21, 1996) is an American football offensive tackle for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at West Virginia. College career Cajuste played college football for W ...

, West Virginia *Defensive Lineman of the Year:

Charles Omenihu Charles Omenihu (born August 20, 1997) is an American football defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas. Early years Omenihu attended Rowlett High School in Rowlett, T ...

, Texas *Offensive Newcomer of the Year:

Jalen Hurd Jalen Tyler Hurd (born January 23, 1996) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Tennessee for three years and Baylor for one year. Early years Hurd played football at Beech Senior High Sch ...

, WR, Baylor *Defensive Newcomer of the Year: Greg Eisworth, DB, Iowa State *Special Teams Player of the Year:

Austin Seibert Austin Seibert (born November 15, 1996) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football at Oklahoma and was selected in fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Early years Seibert atten ...

, P/K, Oklahoma *Coach of the Year: Matt Campbell, Iowa State &

Lincoln Riley Lincoln Michael Riley (born September 5, 1983) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head coach of the USC Trojans football program at the University of Southern California. He previously served as the head coach ...

, Oklahoma

All-Academic

First team Second team

National award winners

, QB, Oklahoma: Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien Award,

Manning Award The Manning Award has been presented annually since the 2004 football season to the collegiate American football quarterback as judged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States. It is the only quarterback award that incl ...

, AP Player of the Year

Home game attendance

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High
‡ Record Stadium Attendance

References

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