2017 Big 12 Championship Game

2017 Big 12 Championship Game
Conference Championship
TCU Horned Frogs Oklahoma Sooners
(10–2) (11–1)
17 41
Head coach: 
Gary Patterson		 Head coach: 
Lincoln Riley
APCoachesCFP
101211
APCoachesCFP
223
1234 Total
TCU 01700 17
Oklahoma 177170 41
Date December 2, 2017
Season 2017
Stadium AT&T Stadium
Location Arlington, Texas
Favorite Oklahoma by 7.5[1]
National anthem The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band
Referee Mike Defee
Attendance 64,104
United States TV coverage
Network Fox/ESPN Radio
Announcers Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman and Petros Papadakis (Fox)
Marc Kestecher, Barrett Jones and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)
2017 Big 12 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Oklahoma y$^  8 –1     12 –2  
No. 9 TCU y  7 –2     11 –3  
No. 14 Oklahoma State  6 –3     10 –3  
Iowa State  5 –4     8 –5  
Kansas State  5 –4     8 –5  
Texas  5 –4     7 –6  
West Virginia  5 –4     7 –6  
Texas Tech  3 –6     6 –7  
Baylor  1 –8     1 –11  
Kansas  0 –9     1 –11  
Championship: Oklahoma 41, TCU 17
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game that was played on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. The 16th Big 12 Championship Game, it determined the 2017 champion of the Big 12 Conference. The game featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the TCU Horned Frogs.[2] This was Oklahoma's ninth appearance and was TCU's first appearance. The game was televised nationally by Fox. When the two teams met in the regular season, Oklahoma defeated TCU 38–20.

This was the first time since 2010 that the conference champion was determined in a championship game. Formerly the Big 12 Championship Game was played between the champions of the North Division and the South Division. Now with the Big 12 having one division, the game is played between the two teams with the best conference records.[3]

Previous

Following the realignment of the conference that left the Big 12 with ten members, and the then NCAA regulation that in order for a conference to hold a championship game said conference must have 12 members. The now ten-member Big 12 choose to discontinue the championship game in favor of a nine-game round robin to determine the conference champion. In the last championship game, the South Division was represented by Oklahoma and the North Division was represented by Nebraska. Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 23-20 to win the Championship and claim their seventh Big 12 Title.

Teams

Oklahoma

TCU

References

  1. ↑ "TCU Horned Frogs vs Oklahoma Sooners". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Kirk, Jason (2017-11-24). "TCU Oklahoma rematch clinched". www.sbnation.com. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Tiebreaker Procedures". Big 12 Conference. July 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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