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2024 Big 12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS football season
Sport	football
Duration	August 29, 2024 January 2025
Number of teams	16
Total attendance	4,879,995
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, FS2) ESPN (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPNU, SECN, Big 12 Now)
2025 NFL draft
Championship Game
Champions	Arizona State
Runners-up	Iowa State
Finals MVP	Cam Skattebo, RB, Arizona State
Seasons
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The 2024 Big 12 Conference football season will be the 29th season of the Big 12 Conference football taking place during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The 2024 season is the first season for the Big 12 to have 16 members, with the departure of Oklahoma and Texas, the return of Colorado after a 13-season absence, and the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah.

The 2024 Big 12 Championship Game was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on December 7, 2024, Arizona State defeated Iowa State 45–19 to clinch the automatic berth into the 2024–25 College Football Playoff.

Background

Previous season

The Texas Longhorns defeated the Oklahoma State Cowboys 49–21 in the Big 12 championship.

Nine teams participated in bowl games, finishing with a record of 5–4. Texas Tech defeated California 34–14 in the Independence Bowl. UCF lost to Georgia Tech 30–17 in the Gasparilla Bowl. Kansas defeated UNLV 49–36 in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. West Virginia defeated North Carolina 30–10 in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. No. 20 Oklahoma State defeated Texas A&M 31–23 in the Texas Bowl. No. 25 Kansas State defeated No. 18 NC State 28–19 in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. No. 12 Oklahoma lost to No. 14 Arizona 38–24 in the Alamo Bowl. Iowa State lost to Memphis 36–26 in the Liberty Bowl. No. 3 Texas made the 2024 College Football Playoffs; they lost to No. 2 Washington 37–31 in the Sugar Bowl.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Big 12 media days

The 2024 Big 12 media days are currently be held at Allegiant Stadium on July 9–10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Tuesday July 9

• Big 12 Commissioner – Brett Yormark
• Arizona State – Kenny Dillingham (HC), Xavion Alford (DB), Leif Fautanu (OL), Cameron Skattebo (RB) & Clayton Smith (DL)
• Cincinnati – Scott Satterfield (HC), Derrick Canteen (DB), Mason Fletcher (P), Corey Kiner (RB) & Luke Kandra (OL)
• Iowa State – Matt Campbell (HC), Beau Freyler (DB), Jayden Higgins (WR), Jaylin Noel (WR) & J.R. Singleton (DL)
• Kansas State – Chris Klieman (HC), Avery Johnson (QB), Hadley Panzer (OL), Austin Moore (LB), Brendan Mott (DE) & Marques Sigle (DB)
• Oklahoma State – Mike Gundy (HC), Alan Bowman (QB), Ollie Gordon II (RB), Nick Martin (LB) & Collin Oliver (LB)
• TCU – Sonny Dykes (HC), Jack Bech (WR), Caleb Fox (DL), Josh Hoover (QB), Mike Nichols (OL) & Namdi Obiazor (LB)
• Texas Tech – Joey McGuire (HC), Tahj Brooks (RB), Behren Morton (QB), Bryce Ramirez (LB), Jacob Rodriguez (LB) & Caleb Rodgers (OL)
• Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC), Brant Kuithe (TE), Karene Reid (LB), Cameron Rising (QB) & Junior Fafuna (DT)

Wednesday July 10

• Big 12 Commissioner – Brett Yormark
• Arizona – Brent Brennan (HC), Noah Fifita (QB), Gunner Maldonado (DB), Jacob Manu (LB) & Tetairoa McMillan (WR)
• Baylor – Dave Aranda (HC), Ketron Jackson (WR), Matt Jones (LB), Richard Reese (RB), Keaton Thomas (LB) & Carl Williams IV (DB)
• BYU – Kalani Sitake (HC), Tyler Batty (DE), Connor Pay (OL), Jakob Robinson (DB), Darius Lassiter (WR) & Chase Roberts (WR)
• UCF – Gus Malzahn (HC), KJ Jefferson (QB), RJ Harvey (RB), Kobe Hudson (WR), Lee Hunter (DT) & Deshawn Pace (LB)
• Colorado – Deion Sanders (HC), Shedeur Sanders (QB), Shilo Sanders (DB), Travis Hunter (ATH) & Mark Vassett (P)
• Houston – Willie Fritz (HC), Tank Jenkins (OL), Latrell McCutchin Sr. (DB), Jamal Morris (LB) & Donovan Smith (QB)
• Kansas – Lance Leipold (HC), Jalon Daniels (QB), Mello Dotson (DB), Devin Neal (RB) & Jereme Robinson (DE)
• West Virginia – Neal Brown (HC), Aubrey Burks (DB), Garrett Greene (QB), Sean Martin (DL) & Wyatt Milum (OL)

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on July 2, 2024.

• First place votes in ()

Preseason awards

All−American Teams

	AP 1st Team	AP 2nd Team'	AS 1st Team'	AS 2nd Team	AS 3rd Team	AS 4th Team	WCFF 1st Team	WCFF 2nd Team	ESPN	CBS 1st Team	CBS 2nd Team	CFN 1st Team	CFN 2nd Team	PFF 1st Team	PFF 2nd Team	SN 1st Team	SN 2nd Team	USAT 1st Team	USAT 2nd Team	SI 1st Team	SI 2nd Team
Tahj Brooks								Y									Y
Cobee Bryant					Y
Jeremiah Cooper						Y
Dontay Corleone						Y						Y
Tacario Davis					Y								Y		Y	Y
Ollie Gordon II	Y		Y				Y		Y	Y			Y	Y		Y
Preston Hodge															Y
Travis Hunter Jr.	Y			Y			Y		Y	Y		Y			Y	Y
Luke Kandra				Y				Y
Brant Kuithe				Y									Y						Y
Jacob Manu						Y
Nickolas Martin		Y		Y							Y								Y
Tetairoa McMillan	Y		Y				Y		Y	Y		Y		Y		Y		Y		Y
Joe Michalski						Y							Y
Wyatt Milum				Y				Y							Y			Y
Devin Neal						Y
Collin Oliver				Y
Shedeur Sanders													Y
Jonah Savaiinaea						Y							Y
LaJohntay Wester											Y

Individual awards

Preseason All-Big 12 teams

2024 Preseason All-Big 12

Source:

• Offensive Player of the Year: Ollie Gordon II, RB, Oklahoma State, Jr.
• Defensive Player of the Year: Travis Hunter, DB, Colorado, Jr.
• Newcomer of the Year: KJ Jefferson, QB, UCF, Sr.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were two coaching changes before the 2024 season. On December 3, 2023, Houston hired Tulane head coach Willie Fritz as the 16th head coach in Cougars history. Then, on January 14, 2024, Arizona head coach Jedd Fisch was announced as the new head coach at Washington, following Kalen DeBoer's departure to replace the retiring Nick Saban at Alabama. Two days later, Arizona announced Brent Brennan, previously head coach at San Jose State, as the 31st head coach in school history.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2023 season

Notes: † Neal Brown was fired after 6 seasons on December 1, 2024. He finished his career at West Virginia with a 37–35 record and 4 bowl appearances. Chad Scott was named interim coached for the Frisco Bowl against the Memphis Tigers. Scott will be replaced by former West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez.

Schedule

All times Central time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for weeks 1 through 9. Rankings from Week 10 until the end of the Season reflect those of the College Football Playoff Rankings.

Regular season

Week One

Week Two

Notes: ‡ game is being played as a non-conference game and will not count towards conference standings

Week Three

Notes: ‡ game is being played as a non-conference game and will not count towards conference standings

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Notes: The Oklahoma State versus Arizona State game time was changed from 6:00 p.m. local to 2:30 p.m. local time due to inclement weather. The game aired on FOX in the Arizona and Oklahoma markets. The game also aired on FS2 and the Fox Sports app in all other markets. Kansas State versus Houston was scheduled for the same time and TV network, thus will remained on FOX in all markets outside Arizona and Oklahoma, plus was available on the Fox Sports App.

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

Week Fourteen

Championship Game

Postseason

Bowl games

For the 2024 bowl cycle, The Big 12 has yet announce how bowl tie ins will work with conference expansion. The four former Pac-12 Conference teams: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado & Utah will have previous conference tie-ins to the Alamo Bowl, Independence Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, LA Bowl and Sun Bowl.

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

• ^1 Although BYU and Colorado are both currently in the Big 12, Colorado secured a spot in the Alamo Bowl based on the bowl's Pac-12 Conference legacy affiliations.

Selection of teams

• Bowl eligible (9): Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia
• Bowl-ineligible (7): Arizona, Cincinnati, Houston, Kansas, Oklahoma State, UCF, Utah

Head to head matchups

Source:

Updated thru 2024 Season.

Does not include Non-Conference matchups between Arizona vs. Kansas State and Baylor vs. Utah.

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

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

Big 12 vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Big 12 teams competing against teams from The American, CUSA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Big 12 vs FCS matchups

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

Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game

Big 12 vs other conferences

Television Selections

The Big 12 Conference has television contracts with ESPN and FOX, which allow games to be broadcast across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FOX, FS1 and FS2. Streaming broadcasts for games under Big 12 control are streamed on ESPN+. Games under the control of other conferences fall under the contracts of the opposing conference.

Awards and honors

Players of the week

Totals per school

Big 12 individual awards

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

All-Americans

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.

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans
WR/CB/AP	Travis Hunter	Colorado	AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, PFF, USAT, SI	Y
OL	Wyatt Milum	West Virginia	AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, The Athletic, CBS, SI		Y
WR	Tetairoa McMillan	Arizona	AFCA, AP, The Athletic, CBS, PFF, USAT		Y
KR	Keelan Marion	BYU	FWAA, WCFF, CBS
RB/AP	Cam Skattebo	Arizona State	AP, TSN, CBS, SI
OL	Spencer Fano	Utah	PFF

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
OL	Spencer Fano	Utah	AP, WCFF, CBS, USAT		Y
WR	Tetairoa McMillan	Arizona	FWAA, TSN, WCFF, SI
RB	Cam Skattebo	Arizona State	FWAA, AFCA, USAT		Y
DB	Cobee Bryant	Kansas	AFCA, TSN		Y
DB	Ra’Mello Dotson	Kansas	WCFF
OL	Leif Fautanu	Arizona State	WCFF
WR	Travis Hunter	Colorado	AP, CBS, USAT, CFN
OL	Wyatt Milum	West Virginia	AP, USAT
QB	Shedeur Sanders	Colorado	AP
PR	Josh Cameron	Baylor	FWAA, CBS
KR	Keelan Marion	BYU	TSN		Y
WR	Jayden Higgins	Iowa State	The Athletic

List of All American Teams

• 2024 AFCA All-America Team
• 2024 Associated Press All-America Team
• 2024 FWAA All-America Team
• Sporting News 2024 College Football All-America Team
• Walter Camp Football Foundation 2024 All-America Team
• 2024 The Athletic All-America Team
• 2024 Athlon Sports College Football's Postseason All-America Team
• 2024 CBS Sports All-America Team
• 2024 College Football News
• 2024 ESPN All-America Team
• 2024 Fox Sports All-America Team
• 2024 PFF College All-America team
• 2024 Phil Steele’s Postseason All-America Team
• Sports Illustrated 2024 All-America Team
• USA Today 2024 All-America Team

All-conference teams

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.

Source:

Notes:

• RS = Return Specialist
• AP/ST = All-Purpose/Special Teams Player (not a kicker or returner)
• † Two-time first team selection;
• ‡ Three-time first team selection

Honorable mentions

• Arizona: Dalton Johnson (DB), Tyler Loop (STPOY, K), Tetairoa McMillan (OPOY), Jonah Savaiinaea (OL)
• Arizona State: Xavion Alford (DNOY), Ben Coleman (OL), Leif Fautanu (OLOY), C.J. Fite (DLOY), Martell Hughes (DFOY), Caleb McCullough (LB), Myles Rowser (DB), Cam Skattebo (OPOY)
• Baylor: Omar Aigbedion (OL), Josh Cameron (STPOY, WR), Lorando Johnson (DB), Treven Ma’ae (DL), Jackie Marshall (DL), Keaton Thomas (DNOY), Bryson Washington (ONOY, OFOY), Gavin Yates (FB)
• BYU: Tyler Batty (DPOY, DLOY), Marque Collins (DB), Caleb Etienne (OLOY), Isaiah Glasker (LB), Brayden Keim (OL), Jack Kelly (DNOY, LB), Weylin Lapuaho (OL), Blake Mangelson (DL), Tommy Prassas (OFOY), Jake Retzlaff (QB)
• Cincinnati: Jared Bartlett (DPOY, LB), Dontay Corleone (DLOY), Mason Fletcher (P), Jake Golday (LB), Luke Kandra (OLOY), Jiquan Sanks (DFOY), Brendan Sorsby (ONOY)
• Colorado: Preston Hodge (DB), Travis Hunter (OPOY), Alejandro Mata (K), Taje McCoy (DFOY), DJ McKinney (DB), Chidozie Nwankwo (DLOY, DL), Jordan Seaton (OFOY, OL), Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig, Colorado (DB), Mark Vassett (P), LaJohntay Wester (ONOY, WR)
• Houston: Michael Batton (LB)
• Iowa State: Rocco Becht (QB), Benjamin Brahmer (TE), Jeremiah Cooper (DB), Beau Freyler (DB), Jarrod Hufford (OL), Kyle Konrardy (K), Jaylin Noel (WR), Domonique Orange (DL), Darien Porter (DB), Jalen Travis (OL), J.R. Singleton (DL)
• Kansas: JB Brown (LB), Logan Brown (OLOY), Bryce Cabeldue (OL), Mello Dotson (DPOY), Devin Neal (RB), Jereme Robinson (DL)
• Kansas State: Dylan Edwards (ONOY, KR/PR), Easton Kilty (OLOY), Brendan Mott (DPOY), Hadley Panzer (OL), Chiddi Obiazor (DOY), Jacob Parrish (DB), VJ Payne (DB), Tre Spivey (OFOY), Will Swanson (FB)
• Oklahoma State: Korie Black (DB), Ollie Gordon II (RB), Wes Pahl (P), Brennan Presley (WR), Joe Michalski (OL), Jake Springfield (OL)
• TCU: James Brockermeyer (OL), Abe Camara (DB), Devean Deal (DNOY, DL), Bless Harris (OL), Johnny Hodges (LB), Josh Hoover (QB), NaNa Osafo-Mensah (DL), JP Richardson (STPOY, KR/PR), Savion Williams (WR)
• Texas Tech: C.J. Baskerville (DB), Tahj Brooks (OPOY), Gino Garcia (STPOY), Josh Kelly (ONOY), Drae McCray (KR/PR), Jacob Rodriguez (DPOY), Caleb Rogers (OL)
• UCF: Ricky Barber (DLOY, DL), RJ Harvey (OPOY), Kobe Hudson (WR), Nyjalik Kelly (DL), Amari Kight (OL)
• Utah: Junior Tafuna (DL), Keanu Tanuvasa (DL)
• West Virginia: Preston Fox (KR/PR), TJ Jackson II (DNOY), Nick Malone (OL), Sean Martin (DL), Tomas Rimac (OL), Kole Taylor (TE), Josiah Trotter (LB)

All-Academic

First team

Second team