2018 Big 12 Conference football season


The 2018 Big 12 Conference football season represents the 23rd season of Big 12 conference football, talking place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Big 12 Conference play will begin on Saturday, September 22, 2018.
The 2018 season will be 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 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. 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.
  1. Oklahoma – 509
  2. West Virginia – 432
  3. TCU – 390
  4. Texas – 370
  5. Oklahoma State – 300
  6. Kansas State – 283
  7. Iowa State – 250
  8. Texas Tech – 149
  9. Baylor – 125
  10. Kansas – 52
2018 Preseason All-Big 12
PositionPlayerClassTeam
QBWill GrierSr.West Virginia
RBDavid MontgomeryJr.Iowa State
RBRodney AndersonJr.Oklahoma
FBJustice HillJr.Oklahoma State
WRDenzel MimsJr.Baylor
WRMarquise BrownJr.Oklahoma
WRDavid Sills VSr.West Virginia
TEGrant CalcaterraSo.Oklahoma
OLDalton RisnerSr.Kansas State
OLBobby EvansJr.Oklahoma
OLBen PowersSr.Oklahoma
OLMarcus KeyesJr.Oklahoma State
OLYodny CajusteSr.West Virginia
PKAustin SeibertSr.Oklahoma
KR/PRKaVonte TurpinSr.TCU

Head coaches

Coaches

Schedule

Regular season

Week one

Schedule and Results

Week two

Schedule and Results

Week three

Schedule and Results

Week four

Schedule and Results

Week five

Schedule and Results

Week six

Schedule and Results

Week seven

Schedule and Results

Week eight

Schedule and Results

Week nine

Schedule and Results

Week ten

Schedule and Results

Week eleven

Schedule and Results

Week twelve

Schedule and Results

Week thirteen

Schedule and Results

Week Fourteen

Schedule and Results

Championship game

Schedule and Results
DateTime Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
December 111:00 a.m.TexasOklahomaAT&T Stadium • Arlington, TXABCOU 39–2783,114

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. :
DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScore
September 1Ole MissTexas TechNRG Stadium • Houston, TXAdvoCare Texas KickoffL 27–47
September 1No. 23 TexasMarylandFedEx Field • Landover, MDL 29–34
September 1TennesseeNo. 17 West VirginiaBank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NCBelk Kickoff GameW 40–14
September 8No. 18 Mississippi StateKansas StateBill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KSL 10–31
September 8Iowa StateIowaKinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IABattle for the Cy-Hawk TrophyL 3–13
September 8UCLANo. 6 OklahomaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OKW 49–21
September 15DukeBaylorMcLane Stadium • Waco, TXL 27–40
September 15RutgersKansasDavid Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KSW 55–14
September 15No. 22 USCTexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TexasW 37–14
September 15No. 14 West VirginiaNC StateCarter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NCHurricane FlorenceCancelled
September 15No. 4 Ohio StateNo. 15 TCUAT&T Stadium • Arlington, TXCollege GamedayL 28–40

Records against other conferences

2018 records against non-conference foes as of: 9/2/2018
Regular Season
Post Season
Power Conferences 5Record
ACC0–1
Big Ten0–0
Pac 121–1
SEC3–1
Power 5 Total4–3
Total Bowl Record4–3

Rankings

Postseason

Bowl games

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.
* Rankings based on CFP rankings
Selection of teams : Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia

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 by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News, and American Football Coaches Association : Ben Powers, OL, Oklahoma.
Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Ben PowersOLSeniorOklahoma

2018 All-Big 12

First team
NamePos.SchoolYr.GPAMajor
Zach ReuterWRKansas StateSr.4.0Biochemistry/Pre-Med
Adam HoltorfOLKansas StateSr.3.96Agribusiness

Second team
NamePos.SchoolYr.GPAMajor
Justice HillRBOklahoma StateJr.3.64Finance

National award winners

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High
‡ Record Stadium Attendance