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2021 Big 12 Conference football season
League NCAA Division I FBS football season
Sport football
DurationSeptember 4, 2021
January 4, 2022
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Fox Family ( Fox, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family ( ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Big 12 Now, LHN)
2022 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Breece Hall (Iowa State)
Picked by New York Jets, 36th overall
Championship Game
Champions Baylor
  Runners-up Oklahoma State
Finals MVP Blake Shapen, BU
Seasons
←  2020
2022 →
2021 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Oklahoma State y   8 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 5 Baylor y$   7 – 2     12 – 2  
No. 10 Oklahoma   7 – 2     11 – 2  
Iowa State   5 – 4     7 – 6  
Kansas State   4 – 5     8 – 5  
West Virginia   4 – 5     6 – 7  
Texas   3 – 6     5 – 7  
TCU   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Texas Tech   3 – 6     7 – 6  
Kansas   1 – 8     2 – 10  
Championship: Baylor 21, Oklahoma State 16
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Big 12 Conference football season was the 26th season of the Big 12 Conference football and took place during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 4 with non-conference play. Conference play began on September 18, 2021. The entire schedule was released on February 11, 2021. [1]

The 2021 season was the tenth season for the Big 12 since the early 2010s conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form.

The 2021 Big 12 Championship Game was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on December 4, 2021.

Background

Previous season

In the 2020 season, Oklahoma defeated Iowa State 27–21 in the conference championship.

Six teams were invited to bowl games in the 2020 season, and the conference went 5–0 in those games, with the Texas Bowl between TCU and Arkansas being cancelled due to COVID-19 issues.

Preseason

Big 12 media days

The 2021 Big 12 media days were held on July 14–15 in Frisco, Texas. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on July 8, 2021.

Big 12
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oklahoma 365 (35)
2 Iowa State 351 (4)
3 Texas 273
4 Oklahoma State 266
5 TCU 255
6 West Virginia 185
7 Kansas State 163
8 Baylor 124
9 Texas Tech 103
10 Kansas 39
  • First place votes in ()

Preseason Watch Lists

Award Head Coach/Player School Position Link
Lott Trophy Mike Rose Iowa State LB [2]
Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson TCU CB
Josh Thompson Texas CB
Dodd Trophy Matt Campbell Iowa State HC [3]
Lincoln Riley Oklahoma HC
Maxwell Award Brock Purdy Iowa State QB [4]
Breece Hall Iowa State RB
Skylar Thompson Kansas State QB
Deuce Vaughn Kansas State RB
Spencer Rattler Oklahoma QB
Marvin Mims Oklahoma WR
Max Duggan TCU QB
Bijan Robinson Texas RB
Erik Ezukanma Texas Tech WR
Jarret Doege West Virginia QB
Leddie Brown West Virginia RB
Bednarik Award Jalen Pitre Baylor DB [5]
Terrel Bernard Baylor LB
Will McDonald IV Iowa State DE
Mike Rose Iowa State LB
Nik Bonitto Oklahoma LB
Isaiah Thomas Oklahoma DE
Malcolm Rodriguez Oklahoma State LB
Kolby Harvell-Peel Oklahoma State S
Ochaun Mathis TCU DE
Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson TCU CB
Keondre Coburn Texas DT
Colin Schooler Texas Tech LB
Davey O'Brien Award Brock Purdy Iowa State QB [6]
Spencer Rattler Oklahoma
Spencer Sanders Oklahoma State
Max Duggan TCU
Doak Walker Award Abram Smith Baylor RB [7]
Breece Hall Iowa State
Kennedy Brooks Oklahoma
Eric Gray Oklahoma
LD Brown Oklahoma State
Jaylen Warren Oklahoma State
Zach Evans TCU
Leddie Brown West Virginia
Fred Biletnikoff Award Tyquan Thornton Baylor WR [8]
Xavier Hutchinson Iowa State WR
Charlie Kolar Iowa State TE
Marvin Mims Oklahoma WR
Michael Woods II Oklahoma WR
Xavier Worthy Texas WR
Erik Ezukanma Texas Tech WR
Kaylon Geiger Texas Tech WR
John Mackey Award Ben Sims Baylor TE [9]
Chase Allen Iowa State
Charlie Kolar Iowa State
Austin Stogner Oklahoma
Cade Brewer Texas
Travis Koontz Texas Tech
Mike O'Laughlin West Virginia
Rimington Trophy Colin Newell Iowa State C [10]
Mike Novitsky Kansas
Danny Godlevske Oklahoma State
Steve Avila TCU
Dawson Deaton Texas Tech
Butkus Award Terrel Bernard Baylor LB [11]
Mike Rose Iowa State
Brian Asamoah Oklahoma
Nik Bonitto Oklahoma
Malcolm Rodriguez Oklahoma State
DeMarvion Overshown Texas
Colin Schooler Texas Tech
Outland Trophy Colin Newell Iowa State C [12]
Derek Schweiger Iowa State G
Marquis Hayes Oklahoma G
Tyrese Robinson Oklahoma G
Perrion Winfrey Oklahoma DT
Josh Sills Oklahoma State G
Dawson Deaton Texas Tech C
Dante Stills West Virginia DT
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Terrel Bernard Baylor LB [13]
Jalen Pitre Baylor S
Greg Eisworth Iowa State S
Will McDonald IV Iowa State DE
Mike Rose Iowa State LB
Nik Bonitto Oklahoma LB
Isaiah Thomas Oklahoma DE
Perrion Winfrey Oklahoma DT
Malcolm Rodriguez Oklahoma State LB
Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson TCU CB
Ochaun Mathis TCU DE
Dante Stills West Virginia DT
Lou Groza Award Gabe Brkic Oklahoma K [14]
Alex Hale Oklahoma State
Cameron Dicker Texas
Paul Hornung Award Trestan Ebner Baylor RB [15]
Kenny Logan Jr. Kansas S
Phillip Brooks Kansas State WR
Marvin Mims Oklahoma WR
Derius Davis TCU WR
D'Shawn Jamison Texas CB
Myles Price Texas Tech WR
Winston Wright West Virginia WR
Wuerffel Trophy Byron Hanspard Jr. Baylor DB [16]
Brock Purdy Iowa State QB
Kwamie Lassiter II Kansas WR
Skylar Thompson Kansas State QB
Pat Fields Oklahoma DB
Obinna Eze TCU OL
Tony Bradford Jr. Texas Tech DL
Evan Staley West Virginia K
Jarret Doege West Virginia QB
Sean Mahone West Virginia DB
Walter Camp Award Breece Hall Iowa State RB [17]
Charlie Kolar Iowa State TE
Brock Purdy Iowa State QB
Mike Rose Iowa State LB
Spencer Rattler Oklahoma QB
Bijan Robinson Texas RB
Manning Award Brock Purdy Iowa State QB [18]
Skyler Thompson Kansas State
Spencer Rattler Oklahoma
Max Duggan TCU
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Trestan Ebner Baylor RB [19]
Daniel Jackson Iowa State WR
Deuce Vaughn Kansas State RB
Kennedy Brooks Oklahoma RB
Marvin Mims Oklahoma WR
Spencer Sanders Oklahoma State QB
Max Duggan TCU QB
Zach Evans TCU RB
Quentin Johnston TCU WR
Bijan Robinson Texas RB
Erik Ezukanma Texas Tech WR
Jarret Doege West Virginia QB
Ray Guy Award Isaac Power Baylor P [20]
Ty Zentner Kansas State
Michael Turk Oklahoma
Tom Hutton Oklahoma State
Cameron Dicker Texas
Ryan Bujcevski Texas
Austin McNamara Texas Tech
Tyler Sumpter West Virginia
Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award Siaki Ika Baylor OL [21]
Jaylen Warren Oklahoma State RB
Junior Angilau Texas OL
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Brock Purdy Iowa State QB [22]
Skylar Thompson Kansas State
Spencer Rattler Oklahoma
Max Duggan TCU
Casey Thompson Texas
Tyler Shough Texas Tech
Jarret Doege West Virginia

Preseason All-Conference teams

2021 Preseason All-Big 12 [23]

All-Big 12 Offense [24]
Position Player Class Team
QB Spencer Rattler So. Oklahoma
RB Breece Hall Jr. Iowa State
RB Bijan Robinson So. Texas
FB Jeremiah Hall Sr. Oklahoma
WR Xavier Hutchinson Sr. Iowa State
WR Marvin Mims So. Oklahoma
WR Erik Ezukanma Jr. Texas Tech
TE Charlie Kolar Sr. Iowa State
OL Trevor Downing Jr. Iowa State
OL Colin Newell Sr. Iowa State
OL Marquis Hayes Sr. Oklahoma
OL Wanya Morris Jr. Oklahoma
OL Josh Sills Sr. Oklahoma State
OL Dawson Deaton Sr. Texas Tech
PK Gabe Brkic Jr. Oklahoma
KR/PR Phillip Brooks Jr. Kansas State
All-Big 12 Defense [24]
Position Player Class Team
DL Will McDonald IV Jr. Iowa State
DL Isaiah Thomas Sr. Oklahoma
DL Perrion Winfrey Sr. Oklahoma
DL Ochaun Mathis Jr. TCU
DL Dante Stills Sr. West Virginia
LB Terrel Bernard Sr. Baylor
LB Mike Rose Sr. Iowa State
LB Nik Bonitto Jr. Oklahoma
DB Kolby Harvell-Peel Sr. Oklahoma State
DB Jalen Pitre Sr. Baylor
DB Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson Jr. TCU
DB Greg Eisworth Sr. Iowa State
DB DShawn Jamison Sr. Texas
P Austin McNamara Jr. Texas Tech

Head coaches

There were two head coaching changes in the conference following the conclusion of the 2019 season. On January 2, 2021, Texas announced that head coach Tom Herman would be departing the team, and that he would be replaced by Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. [25] In addition, on March 8, 2021, Kansas announced they had fired Les Miles. [26] On March 11, Emmett Jones was named interim head coach. [27] On April 30, Kansas announced that Lance Leipold, formerly head coach of the Buffalo Bulls, would take over the position. [28]

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Big–12 record
Baylor Dave Aranda 2 2–7 2–7 2–7
Iowa State Matt Campbell 6 70–42 30–25 26–19
Kansas Lance Leipold 1 146–39 0–0 0–0
Kansas State Chris Klieman 3 84–24 12–11 9–9
Oklahoma Lincoln Riley 5 41–8 41–8 34–5
Oklahoma State Mike Gundy 17 137–67 137–67 83–55
TCU Gary Patterson 21 178–74 178–74 115–52
Texas Steve Sarkisian 1 46–35 0–0 1–2*
Texas Tech Matt Wells 3 52–48 8–14 5–13
West Virginia Neal Brown 3 46–27 9–10 7–10

*Includes games played against Nebraska and Baylor while at Washington

Schedule

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

All times Central time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Regular season schedule

Week 1

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 7:00 p.m. South Dakota Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS ESPN+ W 17–14   26,103
September 4 11:00 a.m. Stanford Kansas State AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX FS1 W 24–7   28,668
September 4 11:00 a.m. No. 2 Oklahoma Tulane Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK [a] ABC W 40–35   42,206
September 4 2:30 p.m. West Virginia Maryland Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD ( rivalry) ESPN L 24–30   43,811
September 4 2:30 p.m. No. 21 ( FCS)  Northern Iowa No. 7  Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ESPN+ W 16–10   61,500
September 4 3:30 p.m. No. 23 Louisiana No. 21  Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX Fox W 38–18   91,113
September 4 6:00 p.m. Texas Tech Houston NRG Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN W 38–21   43,478
September 4 6:00 p.m. No. 24 ( FCS)  Missouri State Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN+ W 23–16   50,807
September 4 6:00 p.m. Baylor Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN+ W 29–20   26,573
September 4 7:00 p.m. Duquesne TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN+ W 45–3   35,377
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week 2

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 6:30 p.m. Kansas No. 17  Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ESPN2 L 22–49   17,697
September 11 11:00 a.m. Tulsa Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ( rivalry) FS1 W 28–23   52,127
September 11 2:30 p.m. California TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPNU W 34–32   38,631
September 11 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Iowa No. 9 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ( rivalry) ABC L 17–27   61,500
September 11 4:00 p.m. LIU West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV ESPN+ W 66–0   50,911
September 11 6:00 p.m. No. 15 Texas Arkansas Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR ( rivalry) ESPN L 21–40   74,531
September 11 6:00 p.m. Texas Southern Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX ESPN+ W 66–7   42,461
September 11 6:00 p.m. No. 8 ( FCS)  Southern Illinois Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPN+ W 31–23   47,628
September 11 6:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX ESPN+ W 28–22   55,271
September 11 6:00 p.m. Western Carolina No. 4  Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK BSOK PPV W 76–0   83,538
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week 3

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 18 11:00 a.m. No. 15  Virginia Tech West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV ( rivalry) FS1 W 27–21   60,222
September 18 11:00 a.m. Nebraska No. 3  Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK ( rivalry) Fox W 23–16   84,659
September 18 1:05 p.m. Nevada Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPN+ W 38–17   48,768
September 18 2:30 p.m. Baylor Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS ESPN+  BAY 45–7   23,218
September 18 6:00 p.m. FIU Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX ESPN+ W 54–21   50,118
September 18 7:00 p.m. Rice Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN W 58–0   91,978
September 18 8:00 p.m. Oklahoma State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 W 21–20   36,702
September 18 9:30 p.m. No. 14 Iowa State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN W 48–3   35,193
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Date Bye Week
September 18 TCU

Week 4

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 25 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ( rivalry) ABC  TEX 70–35   98,349
September 25 11:00 a.m. SMU TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ( rivalry) FS1 L 34–42   46,672
September 25 2:30 p.m. No. 14  Iowa State Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FOX  BAY 31–29   42,539
September 25 3:00 p.m. Kansas Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCN L 33–52   19,128
September 25 6:00 p.m. No. 25  Kansas State Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN+  OKST 31–20   51,444
September 25 6:30 p.m. West Virginia No. 4  Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK ABC  OKLA 16–13   84,353
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week 5

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 2 11:00 a.m. Texas TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ( rivalry) ABC  TEX 32–27   43,337
October 2 2:30 p.m. No. 6  Oklahoma Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS FOX  OKLA 37–31   47,690
October 2 2:30 p.m. Texas Tech West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV ESPN2  TTU 23–20   54,090
October 2 6:00 p.m. No. 21  Baylor No. 19  Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN2  OKST 24–14   52,144
October 2 6:00 p.m. Kansas Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FS1  ISU 59–7   60,446
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week 6

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 9 11:00 a.m. West Virginia Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1  BAY 45–20   43,569
October 9 11:00 a.m. No. 6  Oklahoma No. 21  Texas Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX ( rivalry) ABC  OKLA 55–48   92,100
October 9 6:00 p.m. TCU Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry) ESPN  TCU 52–31   55,821
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Date Bye Week
October 9 Iowa State Kansas Kansas State No. 12 Oklahoma State

Week 7

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 16 2:30 p.m. No. 19  BYU Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX ESPN W 38–24   48,016
October 16 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FS1  TT 41–14   25,106
October 16 6:30 p.m. Iowa State Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Memotial Stadium • Manhattan, KS ( rivalry) ESPN2  ISU 33–20   48,363
October 16 6:30 p.m. TCU No. 4 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK ABC  OKLA 52–31   84,391
October 16 11:00 a.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State No. 25 Texas Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FOX  OKST 32–24   99,916
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Date Bye Week
October 16 West Virginia

Week 8

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 23† 2:30 p.m. No. 8 Oklahoma State Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FOX  ISU 24-21   61,500
October 23 11:00 a.m. Kansas State Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FS1  KSU 25-24   52,874
October 23 11:00 a.m. No. 3 Oklahoma Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS ESPN  OKLA 35-23   26,321
October 23† 6:30 p.m. West Virginia TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPNU  WVU 29-17   37,288
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Date Bye Week
October 23 No. 20 Baylor Texas

Week 9

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 30 1:00 p.m. No. 22 Iowa State West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV ESPN+  WVU 38–31   45,613
October 30 2:30 p.m. TCU Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPNU  KSU 31–12   44,339
October 30 2:30 p.m. Texas Tech No. 4 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK ABC  OKLA 52–21   82,732
October 30 11:00 a.m. Texas No. 16 Baylor McLane Stadium • Baylor, TX ABC  BAY 31–24   45,834
October 30 6:00 p.m. Kansas No. 15 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FS1  OKST 55–3   55,026
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week 10

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 6 11:00 a.m. Kansas State Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS ( rivalry) FS1  KSU 35–10   30,611
November 6 2:30 p.m. No. 11 Oklahoma State West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV ESPN  OKST 24–3   50,109
November 6 2:30 p.m. No. 14 Baylor TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ( rivalry) FOX  TCU 30–28   40,338
November 6 6:30 p.m. Texas Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FS1  ISU 30–7   61,500
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Date Bye Week
November 6 No. 4 Oklahoma Texas Tech

Week 11

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 13 2:30 p.m. Iowa State Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TC ESPN2  TT 41-38   47,158
November 13 11:00 a.m. West Virginia Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS FS1  KSU 34-17   43,932
November 13 6:30 p.m. Kansas Texas Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ESPNU  KU 57-56 OT  95,202
November 13 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Oklahoma No. 18 Baylor McLane Stadium • Baylor, TX FOX  BU 27-14   45,834
November 13 7:00 p.m. TCU No. 10 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FOX  OKST 63-17   54,549
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week 12

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 20 11:00 a.m. Texas West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV ESPN2  WVU 31–21   48,755
November 20 11:00 a.m. Iowa State No. 12 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX  OKLA 28–21   82,685
November 20 3:00 p.m. Kansas TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN+  TCU 31–28   35,061
November 20 4:30 p.m. No. 11 Baylor Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS FS1  BU 20–10   43,857
November 20 7:00 p.m. No. 9 Oklahoma State Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FOX  OKST 23–0   53,169
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week 13

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 26 3:30 p.m. TCU Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FS1  ISU 48–14   57,775
November 26 11:00 a.m. Kansas State Texas Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FOX  TEX 22–17   75,072
November 27 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech No. 9 Baylor McLane Stadium • Baylor, TX ( rivalry) FS1  BU 27–24   43,901
November 27 6:00 p.m. West Virginia Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FS1  WVU 34–28   23,117
November 27 6:30 p.m. No. 10 Oklahoma No. 7 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ( rivalry) ABC  OKST 37–33   54,990
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Championship Game

Main article: 2021 Big 12 Championship Game
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 4 11:00 a.m. No. 9 Baylor No. 5 Oklahoma State AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas ABC  BU 21-16   65,771
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
  1. ^ Originally scheduled to be played as an away game, the game against Tulane was moved to Norman on August 30, 2021, due to safety concerns related to Hurricane Ida. Tulane will remain the designated home team despite Oklahoma hosting the game. [29]

Head to head matchups

Head to head

Source: [1]

Team Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
Baylor — W, 31-29 W, 45-7 W, 20-10 W 27-14 L, 14-24 L, 28–30 W, 31–24 W, 27-24 W, 45-20
Iowa State L, 29-31 — W, 59-7 W, 33-20 L, 21-28 W, 24-21 W, 48-14 W, 30–7 L, 38-41 L, 31-38
Kansas L, 45–7 L, 7-59 — L, 10–35 L, 23-35 L, 3-55 L, 28-31 W, 57-56 L,14-41 L, 28-34
Kansas State L, 10-20 L, 20-33 W, 35-10 — L, 31-37 L, 20–31 W, 31–12 L, 17-22 W, 25-24 W, 34-17
Oklahoma L, 14-28 W, 28-21 W, 35-23 W, 37-31 — L, 31-37 W, 52-31 W, 55-48 W, 52–21 W, 16-13
Oklahoma State W, 24-14 L, 21-24 W, 55-3 W, 31-20 W, 37-31 — W, 63-17 W, 32-24 W, 23-0 W, 24–3
TCU W, 30-28 L, 14-48 W, 31-28 L, 12-31 L, 31-52 L, 17-63 — L, 27-32 W, 52-31 L, 17-29
Texas L, 24-31 L, 7-30 L, 56-57 W, 22-17 L, 48-55 L, 24–32 W, 32-27 — W, 70-35 L, 23-31
Texas Tech L, 24-27 W, 41-38 W, 41–34 L, 24–25 L, 21–52 L, 0-23 L, 31–52 L, 35-70 — W, 23–30
West Virginia L, 20-45 W, 38-30 W, 34-28 L, 17-34 L, 13-16 L, 3-24 W, 29–17 W, 31-23 L, 20-23 —

Updated with the results of all regular season conference games.

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
  Big 12 win
  Big 12 loss
See also: 2021–22 NCAA football bowl games

For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The Big-12 will have annually eight appearances in the following bowls: Sugar Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a Big-12 team if champion is in the playoffs), First Responder Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Cheez-It Bowl and Texas Bowl. The Big-12 teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The Big-12 champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.

Bowl game Date Site Time ( CST) Television Big-12 team Opponent Score Attendance
Liberty Bowl December 28, 2021 Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN 5:45 p.m. ESPN Texas Tech Mississippi State W, 34–7 48,615
Guaranteed Rate Bowl December 28, 2021 Chase Field • Phoenix, Arizona 9:15 p.m. ESPN West Virginia Minnesota L, 18–6 21,220
Cheez-It Bowl December 29, 2021 Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL 4:45 p.m. ESPN Iowa State Clemson L, 20–13 39,051
Alamo Bowl December 29, 2021 Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas 8:15 p.m. ESPN Oklahoma Oregon W, 47–32 59,121
Texas Bowl January 4, 2022 NRG Stadium • Houston, TX 7:45 p.m. ESPN Kansas State LSU W, 42–20 52,207
New Year's Six bowl games
Sugar Bowl January 1, 2022 Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana 7:45 p.m. ESPN Baylor Ole Miss W, 21–7 66,479
Fiesta Bowl January 1, 2022 State Farm Stadium • Glendale, Arizona 12:00 p.m. ESPN Oklahoma State Notre Dame W, 37–35 49,550

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Central Time Zone. Big-12 teams shown in bold.

Big 12 vs other conferences

Records against other conferences

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the Power Five conferences teams ( ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, Notre Dame, BYU and SEC).


Date Big 12 Team Opponent Conference Location Result
September 4 Kansas State Stanford Pac-12 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas W, 24–7
September 4 West Virginia Maryland (rivalry) Big Ten Maryland Stadium, College Park, Maryland L, 24–30
September 11 No. 9 Iowa State No. 10 Iowa (rivalry) Big Ten Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa L, 17–27
September 11 No. 15 Texas Arkansas (rivalry) SEC Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. L, 21–40
September 11 TCU California Pac-12 Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas W, 34–32
September 18 Oklahoma Nebraska (rivalry) Big Ten Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma W, 23–16
September 18 West Virginia Virginia Tech (rivalry) ACC Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV W, 27–21
September 25 Kansas Duke ACC Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, N.C. L, 33–52
October 16 Baylor BYU Independents McLane Stadium, Waco, Texas W, 38-24

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.


Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 4 Sun Belt Baylor Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX W, 29–20
September 4 The American No. 2 Oklahoma Tulane Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK [a] W, 40–35
September 4 Sun Belt No. 23 Louisiana No. 21 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W, 38–18
September 4 The American Texas Tech Houston NRG Stadium • Houston, TX W, 38–21
September 10 Sun Belt Kansas Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L, 22–49
September 11 The American Tulsa (rivalry) Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK W, 28–23
September 18 Mountain West Iowa State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV W, 48–3
September 18 Mountain West Nevada Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W, 38–17
September 18 Mountain West Oklahoma State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID W, 21–20
September 18 C-USA Rice (rivalry) Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W, 58–0
September 18 C-USA FIU Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX W, 54–21
September 25 The American SMU (rivalry) TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L, 34–42

Big 12 vs FBS independents matchups

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


Big 12 vs FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.


Date Visitor Home Site Score
September 4 Missouri State Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK W, 23–16
September 4 South Dakota Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS W, 17–14
September 4 Duquesne TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W, 45–3
September 4 Northern Iowa No. 7 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA W, 16–10
September 11 Western Carolina No. 4 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W, 76–0
September 11 Long Island West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV W, 66–0
September 11 Texas Southern Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX W, 66–7
September 11 Southern Illinois Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS W, 31–23
September 11 Stephen F. Austin Texas Tech Jones A&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX W, 28–22

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
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10		 Wk
11		 Wk
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13		 Wk
14		 Final
Baylor AP 21 RV RV 20 16 14 18 11 9 9 6 5
C RV 24 RV RV 20 18 13 18 13 10 9 6 6
CFP Not released 12 13 11 8 9 7
Iowa State AP 7 9 14 14 RV RV 22 RV RV
C 8 10 14 14 RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV
CFP Not released
Kansas AP
C
CFP Not released
Kansas State AP RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
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Oklahoma AP 2 (6) 4 3 4 6 6 4 3 4 4 4 12 10 13 14 10
C 3 (2) 4 3 3 4 5 3 2 4 4 4 11 9 11 13 10
CFP Not released 8 8 13 10 14 16
Oklahoma State AP RV RV RV RV 19 12 12 8 15 11 10 9 7 5 9 7
C 22 23 22 22 18 12 12 9 15 11 10 9 7 5 9 7
CFP Not released 11 10 9 7 5 9
TCU AP RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
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Texas AP 21 15 RV RV RV 21 25 RV RV
C 19 15 RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV
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Texas Tech AP RV RV RV
C RV
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West Virginia AP RV RV
C RV RV
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Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week Offensive Defensive Special Teams Newcomer
Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position
Week 1 (Sept. 6) Bijan Robinson Texas RB Riko Jeffers Texas Tech LB Gabe Brkic Oklahoma PK Reggie Pearson Jr. Texas Tech DB
Week 2 (Sept. 13) Zach Evans TCU RB JT Woods
Malcolm Rodriguez 		Baylor
Oklahoma State 		S
LB 		LD Brown Oklahoma State RB Felix Anudike-Uzomah Kansas State DE
Week 3 (Sept. 20) Jaylen Warren Oklahoma State RB Jared Bartlett West Virginia LB Jason Taylor II Oklahoma State FS Jaylen Warren Oklahoma State RB
Week 4 (Sept. 27) Casey Thompson Texas QB Garmon Randolph

Malcolm Rodriguez

Baylor

Oklahoma State

LB Trestan Ebner Baylor RB Xavier Worthy Texas WR
Week 5 (Oct. 4) Bijan Robinson Texas RB Colin Schooler Texas Tech LB Cameron Dicker

Jonathan Garibay

Texas

Texas Tech

PK Jaylen Warren Oklahoma State RB
Week 6 (Oct. 11) Kennedy Brooks Oklahoma RB Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson TCU CB Gabe Brkic Oklahoma PK Caleb Williams Oklahoma QB
Week 7 (Oct. 18) Caleb Williams Oklahoma QB Jason Taylor II Oklahoma St S Andrew Mevis Iowa State PK Jaylen Warren Oklahoma State RB
Week 8 (Oct. 25) Brock Purdy Iowa State QB Will McDonald IV Iowa State DE Casey Legg West Virginia PK Devin Neal

Charles Woods

Kansas

West Virginia

RB

DB

Week 9 (Nov. 1) Caleb Williams Oklahoma QB Felix Anudike-Uzomah Kansas State DE Tanner Brown Oklahoma State PK Mario Williams Oklahoma WR
Week 10 (Nov. 8) Chandler Morris TCU QB Will McDonald IV Iowa State DE Andre Mevis Iowa State PK Jaylen Warren Oklahoma State RB
Week 11 (Nov. 15) Devin Neal Kansas RB Terrel Bernard Baylor LB Jonathan Garibay Texas Tech PK Donovan Smith Texas Tech QB
Week 12 (Nov. 22) Jarret Doege West Virginia QB Jalen Redmond Oklahoma DL Michael Turk

Austin McNamara

Oklahoma

Texas Tech

P

P

Key Lawrence Oklahoma DB
Week 13 (Nov. 29) Breece Hall Iowa State RB Malcolm Rodriguez Oklahoma State LB Brennan Presley Oklahoma St WR Collin Oliver Oklahoma State DL

Big 12 Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big 12 Conference football coaches at the end of the season.

Award Player School
Offensive Player of the Year Breece Hall, RB, Jr. Iowa State
Defensive Player of the Year Jalen Pitre, DB, Sr. Baylor
Special Teams Player of the Year Trestan Ebner, RB/KR, Sr. Baylor
Offensive Freshman of the Year Xavier Worthy, WR, Fr. Texas
Offensive lineman of the Year Connor Galvin, OL, Sr. Baylor
Defensive Freshman of the Year Collin Oliver, DE, Fr. Oklahoma State
Defensive lineman of the Year Will McDonald IV, DL, Jr.
Felix Anudike-Uzomah, DL, So. 		Iowa State
Kansas State
Offensive Newcomer of the Year Jaylen Warren, RB, Sr. Oklahoma State
Defensive Newcomer of the Year Siaki Ika, DL, So. Baylor
Coach of the Year Mike Gundy Oklahoma State

All-conference teams

Main article: 2021 All-Big 12 Conference football team

The following players earned All-Big 12 honors. Any teams showing (_) following their name are indicating the number of All-Big 12 Conference Honors awarded to that university for 1st team and 2nd team respectively.

(U) - Unanimous Selection

Honorable mentions

  • BAYLOR: Gerry Bohanon (QB), Dillon Doyle (LB), TJ Franklin (DL), Jacob Gall (OL, ONoY), Siaki Ika (DLoY), Cole Maxwell (DL), Christian Morgan

(DB), Xavier Newman-Johnson (OL), Ben Sims (TE), Abram Smith (OPoY), R.J. Sneed (WR), JT Woods (DB)

  • IOWA STATE: Trevor Downing (OLoY), Greg Eisworth II (DB), Beau Freyler (DFoY), Jake Hummel (LB), Anthony Johnson (DB), Will McDonald IV (DPoY),

Andrew Mevis (PK, STPoY), Zach Petersen (DL), Darrell Simmons (OL)

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 2021 College Football All-America Team.

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American. [30] [31]

Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
First Team All-Americans
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
Third Team All-Americans

* AFCA All-America Team (AFCA)
* Walter Camp All-America Team
* AP All-America teams
* Sporting News All-America Team
* Football Writers Association of America All-America Team (FWAA)
* Sports Illustrated All-America Team
* Report All-America Team (BR)
* College Football News All-America Team (CFN)
* ESPN All-America Team
* CBS Sports All-America Team
* Athlon Sports All-America Team (Athlon)
* The Athletic All-America Team
* USA Today All-America Team

All-Academic

First team

Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
DL
DL
DL
LB
LB
LB
DB
DB
DB
DB
PK
P
ST

Second team

Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
DL
DL
DL
LB
LB
LB
DB
DB
DB
DB
PK
P
ST

Honorable mentions

  • BAYLOR:
  • IOWA STATE:
  • KANSAS:
  • KANSAS STATE:
  • OKLAHOMA:
  • OKLAHOMA STATE:
  • TCU:
  • TEXAS:
  • TEXAS TECH:
  • WEST VIRGINIA:

National award winners

2021 College Football Award Winners-->

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 42,461 42,539 43,569 48,016† 45,834 46,782 43,901 313,102 44,729 99.09%
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 61,500 61,500‡ 61,500‡ 60,446 61,500‡ 61,500‡ 57,775 364,221 60,704 98.70%
Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071 26,103 27,218 25,106 26,321 30,611† 23,117 158,476 26,413 52.75%
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium 50,000 47,628 48,768† 47,690 48,363 44,339 43,932 43,857 324,577 46,368 92.74%
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 86,112 42,206 [b] 83,538 84,659† 84,353 84,391 82,732 82,685 544,564 77,795 90.34%
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 55,509 50,807 52,127 51,444 52,144 55,026† 54,549 54,990 370,787 52,970 95.43%
TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium 45,000 35,377 38,631 46,672† 43,337 37,288 40,338 35,061 276,704 39,529 87.84%
Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium 95,594 91,113 91,978 98,349 99,916† 95,202 75,072 551,630 91,938 96.18%
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454 55,271 50,118 55,821† 52,874 47,158 53,169 314,411 52,402 86.68%
West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium 60,000 50,911 60,222† 54,090 45,613 50,109 48,775 309,720 51,620 86.03%

Bold – exceeded capacity
† Season high
‡ Record stadium Attendance

  1. ^ Originally scheduled to be played as an away game, the game against Tulane was moved to Norman on August 30, 2021, due to safety concerns related to Hurricane Ida. Tulane will remain the designated home team despite Oklahoma hosting the game. [29]
  2. ^ This game was originally scheduled to be played at Yulman Stadium as a home game for Tulane, but was relocated to Norman due to Hurricane Ida

NFL Draft

The following list includes all Big 12 Players who were drafted in the 2022 NFL Draft

Player Position School Draft
Round 		Round
Pick 		Overall
Pick 		Team
Breece Hall RB Iowa State 2 4 36 New York Jets
Jalen Pitre S Baylor 2 5 37 Houston Texans
Tyquan Thornton WR Baylor 2 18 50 New England Patriots
Nik Bonitto LB Oklahoma 2 32 64 Denver Broncos
Brian Asamoah LB Oklahoma 3 2 66 Minnesota Vikings
JT Woods S Baylor 3 15 79 Los Angeles Chargers
Terrel Bernard LB Baylor 3 25 89 Buffalo Bills
Perrion Winfrey DT Oklahoma 4 3 108 Cleveland Browns
Eyioma Uwazurike DT Iowa State 4 11 116 Denver Broncos
Erik Ezukanma WR Texas Tech 4 20 125 Miami Dolphins
Charlie Kolar TE Iowa State 4 23 128 Baltimore Ravens
Delarrin Turner-Yell S Oklahoma 5 9 152 Denver Broncos
Kyron Johnson LB Kansas 6 2 181 Philadelphia Eagles
Malcolm Rodriguez LB Oklahoma State 6 9 188 Detroit Lions
Devin Harper LB Oklahoma State 6 14 193 Dallas Cowboys
Michael Woods II WR Oklahoma 6 23 202 Cleveland Browns
Trestan Ebner RB Baylor 6 24 203 Chicago Bears
Isaiah Thomas DE Oklahoma 7 2 223 Cleveland Browns
Christian Holmes CB Oklahoma State 7 19 240 Washington Commanders
Kalon Barnes CB Baylor 7 21 242 Carolina Panthers
Dawson Deaton C Texas Tech 7 25 246 Cleveland Browns
Skylar Thompson QB Kansas State 7 26 247 Miami Dolphins
Russ Yeast S Kansas State 7 32 253 Los Angeles Rams
Marquis Hayes OG Oklahoma 7 36 257 Arizona Cardinals
Brock Purdy QB Iowa State 7 41 262 San Francisco 49ers

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