2020 Big 12 Conference football season

The 2020 Big 12 Conference football season will be the 25th season of the Big 12 Conference football taking place during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on September 3 with non-conference play. Conference play will begin on September 19, 2020. The entire schedule was released on October 21, 2019.[1]

2020 Big 12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS football season
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2020
January 2021
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Fox Family (Fox, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Big 12 Now, LHN)
2021 NFL Draft
Season championsTBD
2020 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Baylor  0 0     0 0  
Iowa State  0 0     0 0  
Kansas  0 0     0 0  
Kansas State  0 0     0 0  
Oklahoma  0 0     0 0  
Oklahoma State  0 0     0 0  
TCU  0 0     0 0  
Texas  0 0     0 0  
Texas Tech  0 0     0 0  
West Virginia  0 0     0 0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
As of date; Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 season will be the ninth season for the Big 12 since the early 2010s 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 a Power Five conference foe. The regular season will be followed by a conference championship game between the regular-season champion and the regular season runner-up.

The 2020 Big 12 Championship Game will be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, December 5, 2020.

Background

Previous season

In the 2019 season, Oklahoma defeated Baylor 27–20 in overtime in the conference championship.

Six teams were invited to bowl games in the 2019 season, and the conference went 1–5 in those games. Oklahoma earned the #4 seed in the College Football Playoff, but fell to LSU 28–63 in the Peach Bowl.

Preseason

Big 12 media days

The 2020 Big 12 media days will be held on July 21–22 in Frisco, Texas.

Recruiting

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released in mid-July 2020.

Head coaches

There was only one head coaching change. On January 7, 2020, Baylor Bears coach Matt Rhule was hired as the new coach of the Carolina Panthers after three years at the school. He was replaced by Dave Aranda on January 20, 2020.[2]

Coaches

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Big–12 record
Baylor Dave Aranda 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Iowa State Matt Campbell 5 61–39 23–22 18–18
Kansas Les Miles 2 145–64 3–9 1–8
Kansas State Chris Klieman 2 80–18 8–5 5–4
Oklahoma Lincoln Riley 4 32–6 32–6 28–3
Oklahoma State Mike Gundy 16 129–64 129–64 77–52
TCU Gary Patterson 20 172–70 172–70 110–48
Texas Tom Herman 4 47–19 19–13 17–11
Texas Tech Matt Wells 2 48–42 2–7 2–7
West Virginia Neal Brown 2 40–23 3–6 3–6

Schedule

The regular season will begin on September 3, 2020 and will end on November 28, 2020. The season will conclude with the 2020 Big 12 Football championship game on December 5, 2020.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Big 12 member won
Big 12 member lost
Big 12 teams in bold

Week One

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3 Oregon State Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK      
September 5 Ole Miss Baylor NRG StadiumHouston, TX (Texas Kickoff)      
September 5 South Dakota Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA      
September 5 New Hampshire Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS      
September 5 Buffalo Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS      
September 5 Missouri State Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK      
September 5 TCU California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA      
September 5 South Florida Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX      
September 5 Texas Tech UTEP Sun BowlEl Paso, TX      
September 5 West Virginia Florida State Mercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Two

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 Kansas Baylor McLane StadiumWaco, TX      
September 12 Iowa State Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA (rivalry)      
September 12 North Dakota Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS      
September 12 Tennessee Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK      
September 12 Tulsa Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK      
September 12 Prairie View A&M TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX      
September 12 Texas LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA      
September 12 Alabama State Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX      
September 12 Eastern Kentucky West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Three

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19 Incarnate Word Baylor McLane StadiumWaco, TX      
September 19 UNLV Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA      
September 19 Boston College Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS      
September 19 Vanderbilt Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS      
September 19 Western Illinois Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK      
September 19 UTEP Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX      
September 19 Arizona Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX      
September 19 Maryland West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV (rivalry)      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
DateBye Week
September 19OklahomaTCU

Week Four

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26 Louisiana Tech Baylor McLane StadiumWaco, TX      
September 26 Texas Tech Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA      
September 26 Kansas Coastal Carolina Brooks StadiumConway, SC      
September 26 Oklahoma Army Michie StadiumWest Point, NY      
September 26 TCU SMU Gerald J. Ford StadiumDallas, TX      
September 26 Kansas State West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
DateBye Week
September 26Oklahoma StateTexas

Week Five

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 3† Iowa State Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS      
October 3 Texas Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS      
October 3 Baylor Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK      
October 3 Oklahoma State TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX      
October 3 West Virginia Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Six

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 10† Kansas Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS (rivalry)      
October 10 Texas Oklahoma Cotton BowlDallas, TX (rivalry)      
October 10 Iowa State Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK      
October 10 TCU West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
DateBye Week
October 10BaylorTexas Tech

Week Seven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 15 Baylor Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry)      
October 17† Oklahoma Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA      
October 17 Oklahoma State Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS      
October 17 Kansas State TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX      
October 17 West Virginia Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Eight

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 24† TCU Baylor McLane StadiumWaco, TX (rivalry)      
October 24 Oklahoma State Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK (rivalry)      
October 24 Texas Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry)      
October 24 Kansas West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
DateBye Week
October 24Iowa StateKansas State

Week Nine

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 29 Kansas State Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA (rivalry)      
October 31† Texas Tech Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK (rivalry)      
October 31 Oklahoma TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX      
October 31 Baylor Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
DateBye Week
October 31West VirginiaKansas

Week Ten

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 7 Oklahoma State Baylor McLane StadiumWaco, TX      
November 7† Texas Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS      
November 7 Texas Tech Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS      
November 7 Iowa State TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX      
November 7 Oklahoma West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Eleven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 14 Baylor Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA      
November 14† Kansas State Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK      
November 14 West Virginia Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK      
November 14 TCU Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX      
November 14 Kansas Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Twelve

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 21 Oklahoma State Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS      
November 21† Kansas Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK      
November 21 Texas Tech TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry)      
November 21 Iowa State Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX      
November 21 Baylor West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Thirteen

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 27† West Virginia Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA      
November 27 Texas Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK      
November 28 Kansas State Baylor McLane StadiumWaco, TX      
November 28 TCU Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS      
November 28 Oklahoma Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Championship Game

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
December 5 TBA {{{visiting_team}}} No. TBD {{{home_team}}} AT&T StadiumArlington, Texas ESPN  TBD    
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

 PreWk
1
Wk
2
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3
Wk
4
Wk
5
Wk
6
Wk
7
Wk
8
Wk
9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
Final
Baylor AP
C
CFP Not released
Iowa State AP
C
CFP Not released
Kansas AP
C
CFP Not released
Kansas State AP
C
CFP Not released
Oklahoma AP
C
CFP Not released
Oklahoma State AP
C
CFP Not released
TCU AP
C
CFP Not released
Texas AP
C
CFP Not released
Texas Tech AP
C
CFP Not released
West Virginia AP
C
CFP Not released
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Postseason

Bowl games

Big 12 record vs. other conferences

2020–2021 records against non-conference foes:

Big 12 vs Power Five matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, Notre Dame, and SEC) that the Big 12 plays in the non-conference games. Although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the Big 12 considers games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScore
September 3 Oregon State Oklahoma State Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK
September 5 TCU California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA
September 5 Florida State West Virginia Mercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta, GA Chick-fil-A Kickoff
September 5 Ole Miss Baylor NRG StadiumHouston, TX Texas Kickoff
September 12 Iowa State Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA rivalry
September 12 Tennessee Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK
September 12 Texas LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA
September 19 Boston College Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS
September 19 Vanderbilt Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 19 Arizona Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX
September 19 Maryland West Virginia Milan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV rivalry

Big 12 vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Big 12 teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
September 5BuffaloKansas StateBill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 5South FloridaTexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX
September 5Texas TechUTEPSun BowlEl Paso, TX
September 12Tulsa Oklahoma StateBoone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK
September 19UTEPTexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX
September 19UNLVIowa StateJack Trice StadiumAmes, IA
September 26Louisiana Tech BaylorMcLane StadiumWaco, TX
September 26KansasCoastal CarolinaBrooks StadiumConway, SC
September 26TCUSMUGerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX

Big 12 vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Big 12 teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.

DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
September 26OklahomaArmy Michie Stadium • West Point, NY

Big 12 vs FCS matchups

DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
September 5South DakotaIowa StateJack Trice StadiumAmes, IA
September 5New HampshireKansasDavid Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS
September 5Missouri StateOklahomaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK
September 12North DakotaKansas StateBill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS
September 12Prairie View A&MTCUAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX
September 12Alabama StateTexas TechJones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX
September 12Eastern Kentucky West VirginiaMilan Puskar StadiumMorgantown, WV
September 19Incarnate Word BaylorMcLane StadiumWaco, TX
September 19Western Illinois Oklahoma StateBoone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of capacity
Baylor McLane Stadium 45,140
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 61,500
Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium 53,000
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 86,112
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 55,509
TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium 45,000
Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium 95,594
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454
West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium 60,000

Bold – exceeded capacity
† Season high
‡ Record stadium Attendance

NFL draft

The following list includes all Big 12 players who were drafted in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Player Position School Draft
Round
Round
Pick
Overall
Pick
Team

References

  1. "2020 Football Conference Schedule Revealed". Big12 Sports.com. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. "Baylor Introduces Aranda As Football Coach". KXXV.com. January 20, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
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