The 2017 Big 12 Conference football season was the 22nd season of Big 12 Conference football, taking place during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on September 2, 2017, when all 10 of the league's teams played their first non-conference opponents. Big 12 Conference play began on September 23, 2017.
The 2017 season was the sixth for the Big 12 since the 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form. The conference had ten members: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia. The Big 12 was a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format, along with the ACC, the Big Ten, the Pac-12 and the SEC.
As a ten-team league, the Big 12 played a nine-game, round-robin conference schedule. Each member played three non-conference games–one of which 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 + National rankings Team ESPN Rivals Scout 24/7 Total signeesBaylor #17* #55 #47 #36 15Iowa State #54 #53 #45 #52 29Kansas NR #100 #94 #81 19Kansas State #70 #76 #73 #71 21Oklahoma #21 #16 #19 #22 22Oklahoma State #46 #48 #42 #43 21TCU #23 #20 #13 #18 24Texas #10 #7 #3 #9 28Texas Tech #42 #46 #31 #47 25West Virginia #37 #38 #36 #41 28
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. Oklahoma was selected as preseason champions for the fifth time since 2011.
Oklahoma – 303 (19) Oklahoma State – 294 (12) Kansas State – 231 (1) Texas – 213 TCU – 202 West Virginia – 183 Baylor – 129 Texas Tech – 85 Iowa State – 83 Kansas – 37
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Preseason awards 2017 Preseason All-Big 12
Offensive Player of the Year: Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, QB Defensive Player of the Year: Dorance Armstrong Jr., Kansas, LB Newcomer of the Year: Will Grier, West Virginia, QB
+ All-Big 12 Offense Position Player Class Team QB Baker Mayfield Senior Oklahoma RB Justice Hill Sophomore Oklahoma State RB Justin Crawford Senior West Virginia FB Winston Dimel Junior Kansas State WR Keke Coutee Junior Texas Tech WR Allen Lazard Senior Iowa State WR James Washington Senior Oklahoma State TE Mark Andrews Junior Oklahoma OL Dalton Risner Junior Kansas State OL Austin Schlottmann Senior TCU OL Orlando Brown Junior Oklahoma OL Zach Crabtree Senior Oklahoma State OL Connor Williams Junior Texas PK Clayton Hatfield Junior Texas Tech KR/PR KaVontae Turpin Junior TCU + All-Big 12 Defense Position Player Class Team DL Dorance Armstrong Jr. Junior Kansas DL K.J. Smith Senior Baylor DL Reggie Walker Sophomore Kansas State DL Poona Ford Senior Texas DL Malcolm Roach Sophomore Texas LB Travin Howard Senior TCU LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo Senior Oklahoma LB Malik Jefferson Junior Texas DB D. J. Reed Junior Kansas State DB Tre Flowers Senior Oklahoma State DB Jordan Thomas Senior Oklahoma DB Kamari Cotton-Moya Senior Iowa State DB Nick Orr Senior TCU P Michael Dickerson Junior Texas
Schedule
Regular season
Week 1 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:30 p.m. Tulsa #10 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FS1 W 59–24 56,790 September 2 11:00 a.m. Maryland #23 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FS1 L 41–51 88,396 September 2 2:30 p.m. UTEP #7 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX W 59–7 86,076 September 2 3:00 p.m. Eastern Washington Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FSN W 56–10 54,988 September 2 6:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri State Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS JTV W 38–16 32,134 September 2 6:00 p.m. Central Arkansas #20 Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS K-StateHD.tv W 55–19 51,043 September 2 6:00 p.m. Liberty Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS2 L 45–48 45,784 September 2 7:00 p.m. Jackson State TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSN W 63–0 42,709 September 2 7:00 p.m. Northern Iowa Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA Cyclones.TV W 42–24 61,500 September 3 6:30 p.m. #22 West Virginia #21 Virginia Tech FedExField • Landover, MD ABC L 24–31 67,489
Week 2 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 8 7:00 p.m. #11 Oklahoma State South Alabama Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN2 W 44–7 26,487 September 9 11:00 a.m. Iowa Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ESPN2 L 41–44 (OT) 61,500 September 9 11:00 a.m. Charlotte #19 Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS FSN W 55–7 50,087 September 9 11:00 a.m. East Carolina West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV FS2 W 56–20 56,797 September 9 2:30 p.m. #23 TCU Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR CBS W 28–7 73,668 September 9 2:30 p.m. San Jose State Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN W 56–0 88,117 September 9 3:00 p.m. Central Michigan Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FSN L 27–45 28,531 September 9 6:30 p.m. #5 Oklahoma #2 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 31–16 109,088 September 9 7:00 p.m. UTSA Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FSN L 10–17 41,923
Week 3 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 16 11:00 a.m. #9 Oklahoma State Pittsburgh Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ESPN W 59–21 38,952 September 16 11:00 a.m. Iowa State Akron InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH CBSSN W 41–14 22,811 September 16 11:00 a.m. Delaware State West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV AT&T SportsNet W 59–16 51,482 September 16 11:30 a.m. Baylor Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCN or RSN L 20–34 26,714 September 16 1:00 p.m. Kansas Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH ESPN3 L 30–42 22,056 September 16 2:30 p.m. SMU #20 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Rivalry) ESPNU W 56–36 44,489 September 16 5:00 p.m. Tulane #2 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FSN W 56–14 86,290 September 16 6:30 p.m. #18 Kansas State Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN ESPNU L 7–14 40,350 September 16 7:00 p.m. Arizona State Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FSN W 52–45 58,547 September 16 7:30 p.m. Texas #4 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX L 24–27 (2OT) 93,607
Week 4 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 23 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX ABC/ESPN2 W 27–24 36,383 September 23 11:00 a.m. West Virginia Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS ESPNU WVU 56–34 23,901 September 23 2:30 p.m. #16 TCU #6 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN TCU 44–31 56,790 September 23 5:30 p.m. #3 Oklahoma Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1 OU 49–41 43,573
Week 5 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 28 7:00 p.m. Texas Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ESPN UT 17–7 51,234 September 30 2:30 p.m. Baylor Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPN2 KSU 33–20 52,293 September 30 7:00 p.m. #15 Oklahoma State Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FOX OSU 41–34 60,901
Week 6 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 7 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FS1 TTU 65–19 21,050 October 7 11:00 a.m. Iowa State #3 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX ISU 38–31 86,019 October 7 2:30 p.m. #23 West Virginia #8 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FS1 TCU 31–24 43,257 October 7 6:00 p.m. Kansas State Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin TX FS1 UT 40–34 (2OT) 90,462
Week 7 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 14 11:00 am #6 TCU Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS FS1 TCU 26–6 52,055 October 14 11:00 am #24 Texas Tech West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPNU WVU 46–35 60,928 October 14 2:30 pm #12 Oklahoma Texas Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown) ESPN OU 29–24 93,552 October 14 2:30 pm Baylor #14 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FS1 OSU 59–16 56,790 October 14 11:00 am Kansas Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FSN ISU 45–0 55,593
Week 8 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 21 11:00 am Iowa State Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FS1 ISU 31–13 57,045 October 21 11:00 am #9 Oklahoma State Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ABC OSU 13–10 (OT) 92,506 October 21 3:00 pm #10 Oklahoma Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Lubbock, TX FOX OU 42–35 52,122 October 21 7:00 pm Kansas #4 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FOX TCU 43–0 42,969 October 21 7:00 pm #23 West Virginia Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS2 WVU 38–36 45, 389
Week 9 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 28 11:00 am #11 Oklahoma State #22 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ABC OSU 50–39 57,507 October 28 11:00 am Texas Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX ESPNU UT 38–7 45,656 October 28 2:00 pm Kansas State Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Rivalry) FS1 KSU 30–20 36,223 October 28 2:30 pm #4 TCU #25 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ABC/ESPN2 ISU 14–7 56,259 October 28 7:00 pm Texas Tech #10 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK ESPN2 OU 49–27 86,309
Week 10 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 4 11:00 a.m. Baylor Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FSN BU 38–9 21,797 November 4 11:00 a.m. Kansas State Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FS1 KSU 42–35 (OT) 47,631 November 4 3:00 p.m. #8 Oklahoma #11 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series) FS1 OU 62–52 56,790 November 4 3:30 p.m. #14 Iowa State West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN2/ESPNU WVU 20–16 55,831 November 4 6:15 p.m. Texas #10 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN TCU 24–7 48,042
Week 11 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 11 11:00 a.m. #15 Oklahoma State #21 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ABC/ESPN2 OSU 49–42 61,500 November 11 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech Baylor AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX (Rivalry) FSN TTU 38–24 34,482 November 11 2:30 p.m. West Virginia Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPN2 WVU 28–23 51,223 November 11 5:00 p.m. Kansas Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX JTV/LHN UT 42–27 96,557 November 11 7:00 p.m. #6 TCU #5 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX OU 38–20 88,308
Week 12 Schedule and results: Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 18 11:00 a.m. Texas West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN UT 28–14 53,133 November 18 11:00 a.m. #12 TCU Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry) FS1 TCU 27–3 51,278 November 18 1:30 p.m. Iowa State Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FSN ISU 23–13 40,653 November 18 2:30 p.m. Kansas State #13 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN2 KSU 45–40 56,790 November 18 2:30 p.m. #4 Oklahoma Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS ESPN OU 41–3 22,854
Week 13 Schedule and results: