2018 Big 12 Conference football season

2018 Big 12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 30, 2018
through December 1, 2018
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Fox Family (FOX, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN+, LHN)
2019 NFL Draft
Top draft pickKyler Murray (Oklahoma)
Picked byArizona Cardinals, 1st overall
Regular season
Championship Game
ChampionsOklahoma
  Runners-upTexas
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Oklahoma y$^   8 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 9 Texas y   7 – 2     10 – 4  
Iowa State   6 – 3     8 – 5  
No. 20 West Virginia   6 – 3     8 – 4  
TCU   4 – 5     7 – 6  
Baylor   4 – 5     7 – 6  
Oklahoma State   3 – 6     7 – 6  
Kansas State   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Texas Tech   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Kansas   1 – 8     3 – 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 39, Texas 27
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Big 12 Conference football season represents the 23rd season of Big 12 Conference football, talking place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Big 12 Conference play began on Saturday, September 22, 2018.

The 2018 season will be the seventh for the Big 12 since the 2010–13 Big 12 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 another Power Five conference foe. The regular season will be followed by a conference championship game played between the regular-season champion and regular-season runner-up. The 2018 Big 12 Championship Game was held on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Oklahoma defeated Texas 39–27 to win their 12th Big 12 Championship.[1]

Background

Previous season

Preseason

Recruiting

National rankings
Team ESPN[2] Rivals[3] Scout[4] 24/7[5] Total signees
Baylor #17 #55 #47 #36 15
Iowa State #54 #53 #45 #52 29
Kansas NR #100 #94 #81 19
Kansas State #70 #76 #73 #71 21
Oklahoma #21 #16 #19 #22 22
Oklahoma State #46 #48 #42 #43 21
TCU #23 #20 #13 #18 24
Texas #10 #7 #3 #9 28
Texas Tech #42 #46 #31 #47 25
West Virginia #37 #38 #36 #41 28

Preseason poll

The 2018 Big12 Preseason media poll was announced on July 12, 2018, prior to the Big12 media days. The Big12 media days were held from July 16–17 in Frisco, Texas. Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the third consecutive year in the 2018 Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives.[6]

  1. Oklahoma (46) – 509
  2. West Virginia (2) – 432
  3. TCU (1) – 390
  4. Texas (1) – 370
  5. Oklahoma State – 300
  6. Kansas State (2) – 283
  7. Iowa State – 250
  8. Texas Tech – 149
  9. Baylor – 125
  10. Kansas – 52
  • First place votes in ()

Preseason awards

2018 Preseason All-Big 12[7]

  • Offensive Player of the Year: Will Grier, West Virginia
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Banogu, TCU
  • Newcomer of the Year: Brendan Radley-Hiles, Oklahoma
All-Big 12 Offense[8]
Position Player Class Team
QB Will Grier Sr. West Virginia
RB David Montgomery Jr. Iowa State
RB Rodney Anderson Jr. Oklahoma
FB Justice Hill Jr. Oklahoma State
WR Denzel Mims Jr. Baylor
WR Marquise Brown Jr. Oklahoma
WR David Sills Sr. West Virginia
TE Grant Calcaterra So. Oklahoma
OL Dalton Risner Sr. Kansas State
OL Bobby Evans Jr. Oklahoma
OL Ben Powers Sr. Oklahoma
OL Marcus Keyes Jr. Oklahoma State
OL Yodny Cajuste Sr. West Virginia
PK Austin Seibert Sr. Oklahoma
KR/PR KaVontae Turpin Sr. TCU
All-Big 12 Defense[8]
Position Player Class Team
DL JaQuan Bailey Jr. Iowa State
DL Daniel Wise Sr. Kansas
DL Jordan Brailford Jr. Oklahoma State
DL Ben Banogu Sr. TCU
DL Breckyn Hager Sr. Texas
LB Joe Dineen Jr. Sr. Kansas
LB Dakota Allen Sr. Texas Tech
LB David Long Jr. Jr. West Virginia
DB Brian Peavy Sr. Iowa State
DB Kendall Adams Sr. Kansas State
DB Kris Boyd Sr. Texas
DB Jah'Shawn Johnson Sr. Texas Tech
DB Justus Parker Jr. Texas Tech
P Austin Seibert Sr. Oklahoma

Head coaches

Coaches

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Big-12 record
Baylor Matt Rhule 2 29–34 (.460) 1–11 (.083) 1–8 (.111)
Iowa State Matt Campbell 3 46–29 (.613) 11–14 (.440) 7–11 (.389)
Kansas David Beaty 4 3–33 (.083) 3–33 (.083) 1–26 (.037)
Kansas State Bill Snyder 10 212–111–1 (.656) 212–111–1 (.656) 125–84–1 (.598)
Oklahoma Lincoln Riley 2 16–2 (.889) 16–2 (.889) 9–1 (.900)
Oklahoma State Mike Gundy 14 114–53 (.683) 114–53 (.683) 69–42 (.622)
TCU Gary Patterson 18 160–57 (.737) 160–57 (.737) 100–40 (.714)
Texas Tom Herman 2 29–10 (.744) 7–6 (.538) 5–4 (.556)
Texas Tech Kliff Kingsbury 6 30–33 (.476) 30–33 (.476) 16–29 (.356)
West Virginia Dana Holgorsen 8 53–37 (.589) 53–37 (.589) 32–29 (.525)

Schedule

Regular season

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

Week one

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 30 7:00 p.m. Missouri State Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FS1 W 58–17   50,103
September 1 11:00 a.m. Ole Miss Texas Tech NRG Stadium • Houston, TX (AdvoCare Texas Kickoff) ESPN L 27–47   40,333
September 1 11:00 a.m. Florida Atlantic No. 7 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX W 63–14   86,402
September 1 11:00 a.m. Southern No. 16 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSN W 55–7   42,219
September 1 12:00 p.m. No. 23 Texas Maryland FedExField • Landover, MD FS1 L 29–34   47,641
September 1 3:30 p.m. Tennessee No. 17 West Virginia Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina (Belk Kickoff Game) CBS W 40–14   66,793
September 1 6:00 p.m. Nicholls State Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS JayhawkTV L 23–26 OT  24,305
September 1 6:00 p.m. South Dakota Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPN3 W 27–24   50,063
September 1 7:00 p.m. Abilene Christian Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FSN W 55–27   45,330
September 1 7:00 p.m. South Dakota State Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA Cyclones.tv  Cancelled    
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week two

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 7 7:00 p.m. No. 16 TCU SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX ESPN2 W 42–12   24,216
September 8 11:00 a.m. No. 18 Mississippi State Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPN L 10–31   49,784
September 8 12:00 p.m. UCLA No. 6 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX W 49–21   86,402
September 8 2:00 p.m. Kansas Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN+ W 31–7   18,127
September 8 3:00 p.m. Lamar Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FSN W 77–0   52,126
September 8 4:00 p.m. Iowa State Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy) FOX L 3–13   69,250
September 8 6:00 p.m. Baylor UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX CBSSN W 37–20   42,071
September 8 6:00 p.m. Youngstown State No. 14 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV AT&TSN Pitt W 52–17   58,446
September 8 7:00 p.m. Tulsa Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN W 28–21   90,563
September 8 7:00 p.m. South Alabama Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FSN W 55–13   53,923
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week three

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 15 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Oklahoma Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ABC  OU 37–27    
September 15 11:00 a.m. Rutgers Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FSN W 55–14   28,044
September 15 2:00 p.m. Duke Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1 L 27–40   40,442
September 15 2:30 p.m. No. 17 Boise State No. 24 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN W 44–21   54,974
September 15 3:00 p.m. UTSA Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS FSN W 41–17   50,618
September 15 3:00 p.m. Houston Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FOX W 63–49   53,484
September 15 3:30 p.m. West Virginia NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC FS1  Cancelled[a]    
September 15 7:00 p.m. No. 22 USC Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FOX W 37–14   103,507
September 15 7:00 p.m. No. 4 Ohio State No. 15 TCU AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX ABC L 28–40   64,362
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
  1. ^ This game was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.

Week four

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 22 11:00 a.m. Akron Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FSN W 26–13   54,028
September 22 2:30 p.m. Kansas Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1  BU 26–7   36,725
September 22 2:30 p.m. Kansas State No. 12 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN  WVU 35–6   59,245
September 22 3:30 p.m. No. 17 TCU Texas Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FOX  UT 31–16   100,321
September 22 6:00 p.m. Army No. 5 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FSN PPV W 28–21 OT  87,177
September 22 6:00 p.m. Texas Tech No. 15 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK (Rivalry) FS1  TTU 41–17   53,166
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week five

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 11:00 a.m. Oklahoma State Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FSN  OSU 48–28   18,364
September 29 11:00 a.m. No. 12 West Virginia No. 25 Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX ESPN2  WVU 42–34   55,283
September 29 2:30 p.m. Baylor No. 6 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK ABC  OU 66–33   86,642
September 29 6:00 p.m. Iowa State TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPNU  TCU 17–14   42,664
September 29 2:30 p.m. No. 18 Texas Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS FS1  UT 19–14   49,916
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week six

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 6 11:00 a.m. Kansas No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN2  WVU 38–22   57,419
October 6 11:00 a.m. No. 7 Oklahoma No. 19 Texas Cotton Bowl Stadium • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown) FOX  UT 48–45   92,300
October 6 2:30 p.m. Iowa State No. 25 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN2  ISU 48–42   52,995
October 6 2:30 p.m. Kansas State Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1  BU 37–34   45,000
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week seven

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 11 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Rivalry) ESPN  TTU 17–14   44,387
October 13 11:00 a.m. Oklahoma State Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPNU  KSU 31–12   50,245
October 13 2:30 p.m. Baylor No. 9 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ESPN  UT 23–17   93,882
October 13 6:00 p.m. No. 6 West Virginia Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FS1  ISU 30–14   56,629
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week eight

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 20 11:00 a.m. No. 9 Oklahoma TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ABC  OU 52–27   45,055
October 20 2:30 p.m. Kansas Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FS1  TTU 48–16   54,402
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week nine

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 25 6:00 p.m. Baylor No. 13  West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV FS1  WVU 58–14   53,117
October 27 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ESPN2  ISU 40–31   57,908
October 27 2:00 p.m. TCU Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FS1  KU 27–26   15,096
October 27 2:30 p.m. Kansas State No. 8 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX  OU 51–14   86,436
October 27 7:00 p.m. No. 6  Texas Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ABC  OSU 38–35   56,790
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week ten

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 3 11:00 a.m. Oklahoma State Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1  BU 35–31   43,492
November 3 11:00 a.m. Iowa State Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FSN  ISU 27–3   15,543
November 3 2:30 p.m. No. 12 West Virginia No. 15 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Stadium • Austin, TX FOX  WVU 42–41   100,703
November 3 2:30 p.m. Kansas State TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FS1  TCU 14–13   40,486
November 3 7:00 p.m. No. 7 Oklahoma Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX ABC  OU 51–46   60,454
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week eleven

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 10 11:00 a.m. TCU No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV FS1  WVU 47–10   60,007
November 10 11:00 a.m. Kansas Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown) FSN  KSU 21–17   50,062
November 10 2:30 p.m. Baylor No. 23 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FS1  ISU 28–14   53,860
November 10 2:30 p.m. Oklahoma State No. 6 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam Series) ABC  OU 48–47   87,635
November 10 6:30 p.m. No. 15 Texas Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Chancellor's Spurs) FOX  UT 41–34   60,454
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week twelve

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 17 7:00 p.m. No. 16 Iowa State No. 15 Texas Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN  UT 24-10   102,498
November 17 11:00 a.m. TCU Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1  TCU 16-9   45,140
November 17 6:30 p.m. Kansas No. 6 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX  OU 55-40   86,371
November 17 2:30 p.m. Texas Tech Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPNU  KSU 21-6   47,287
November 17 2:30 p.m. No. 9 West Virginia Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ABC  OSU 45-41   52,842
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week thirteen

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 23 11:00 a.m. No. 14 Texas Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FS1  UT 24–17   15,219
November 23 7:00 p.m. No. 6 Oklahoma No. 13 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN  OU 59–56   60,713
November 24 7:00 p.m. Oklahoma State TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FOX  TCU 31–24   42,394
November 24 6:00 p.m. Kansas State No. 25 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA (Rivalry) FS1  ISU 42–38   54,430
November 24 11:00 a.m. Baylor Texas Tech AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX (Rivalry) FS1  BU 35–24   27,308
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Week Fourteen

Schedule and results:

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 1 11:00 a.m. Drake Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA W ISU 27–24   56,738
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Championship game

Further information: 2018 Big 12 Championship Game

Schedule and results:

Date Time (CT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 1 11:00 a.m. #14 Texas #5 Oklahoma AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX ABC OU 39–27 83,114

Big 12 vs other conferences

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the non-conference games that Big-12 teams will play versus the power conference teams. They comprise teams from the ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC. In addition, although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the Big-12 does consider games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game. (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score
September 1 Ole Miss Texas Tech NRG Stadium • Houston, TX AdvoCare Texas Kickoff L 27–47
September 1 No. 23 Texas Maryland FedEx Field • Landover, MD L 29–34
September 1 Tennessee No. 17 West Virginia Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC Belk Kickoff Game W 40–14
September 8 No. 18 Mississippi State Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 10–31
September 8 Iowa State Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy L 3–13
September 8 UCLA No. 6 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 49–21
September 15 Duke Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX L 27–40
September 15 Rutgers Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS W 55–14
September 15 No. 22 USC Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas W 37–14
September 15 No. 14 West Virginia NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC Hurricane Florence Canceled
September 15 No. 4 Ohio State No. 15 TCU AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX College Gameday L 28–40

Records against other conferences

2018 records against non-conference foes as of: 9/2/2018

Rankings

Legend
    Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
See also: 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Final
Baylor AP
C
CFP Not released
Iowa State AP RV RV
C RV RV
CFP Not released
Kansas AP
C
CFP Not released
Kansas State AP RV RV
C RV RV
CFP Not released
Oklahoma AP 7 6
C 5 5
CFP Not released
Oklahoma State AP RV RV
C 25 23
CFP Not released
TCU AP 16 16
C 16 16
CFP Not released
Texas AP 23
C 21
CFP Not released
Texas Tech AP
C
CFP Not released
West Virginia AP 17 14
C 20 17
CFP Not released

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
  Big 12 win
  Big 12 loss
See also: 2018–19 NCAA football bowl games
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (CST) Big 12 team Opponent Score Attendance
Cheez-It Bowl December 26 Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ ESPN 8:00 p.m. TCU California W 10–7 33,121
Texas Bowl December 27 NRG Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN 8:00 p.m. Baylor Vanderbilt W 45–38 51,104
Camping World Bowl December 28 Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN 4:15 p.m. No. 16 West Virginia No. 20 Syracuse L 18–34 41,125
Alamo Bowl December 28 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPN 8:00 p.m. No. 24 Iowa State No. 13 Washington State L 26–28 60,675
Liberty Bowl December 31 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN ESPN 3:45 p.m. Oklahoma State Missouri W 38–33 51,587
New Year's Six
Sugar Bowl January 1 Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA ESPN 8:45 p.m. No. 15 Texas No. 5 Georgia W 28–21 71,449
College Football Playoff
Orange Bowl (Semifinal) December 29 Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPN 7:00 p.m. No. 4 Oklahoma No. 1 Alabama L 34–45 66,203

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.

* Rankings based on CFP rankings

Selection of teams (7): Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week Offensive Defensive Specialist Newcomer
Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position
Week 1 (Sept. 4) Will Grier West Virginia QB Curtis Bolton Oklahoma LB Isaiah Zuber Kansas State WR Chuba Hubbard
Derius Davis 		Oklahoma State
TCU 		RB
WR
Week 2 (Sept. 10) Kyler Murray Oklahoma QB Joe Dineen Jr. Kansas LB KaVontae Turpin TCU WR Pooka Williams Jr. Kansas RB
Week 3 (Sept. 17) Kyler Murray (2) Oklahoma QB Gary Johnson Texas LB Amen Ogbongbemiga
Austin Seibert 		Oklahoma State
Oklahoma 		LB
PK 		Alan Bowman Texas Tech QB
Week 4 (Sept. 24) Will Grier (2) West Virginia QB Kenneth Murray Oklahoma LB Drew Galitz Baylor P Caden Sterns Texas DB
Week 5 (Oct. 1) Kyler Murray (3) Oklahoma QB Jordan Brailford Oklahoma State DE D'Shawn Jamison Texas WR Keith Washington
Pooka Williams Jr. (2) 		West Virginia
Kansas 		CB
RB
Week 6 (Oct. 8) Sam Ehlinger Texas QB Braxton Lewis Iowa State DB Cameron Dicker Texas K Brock Purdy Iowa State QB
Week 7 (Oct. 15) Alex Barnes Kansas State RB Duke Shelley
JaQuan Bailey 		Kansas State
Iowa State 		DB
DE 		Dominic Panazzolo Texas Tech P Brock Purdy Iowa State QB
Week 8 (Oct. 22) Kyler Murray (4) Oklahoma QB Dakota Allen Texas Tech LB Clayton Hatfield Texas Tech K Kennedy Brooks Oklahoma RB
Week 9 (Oct. 29) Taylor Cornelius Oklahoma State QB Marcel Spears Jr. Iowa State LB Gabriel Rui
Zach Sinor 		Kansas
Oklahoma State 		K
P 		Pooka Williams Jr. (3) Kansas RB
Week 10 (Nov. 5) Will Grier (3) West Virginia QB Clay Johnston Baylor LB Evan Staley West Virginia K Jalen Hurd
Brock Purdy (2) 		Baylor
Iowa State 		WR
QB
Week 11 (Nov. 12) Lil'Jordan Humphrey Texas WR Joe Dineen Jr.
Davante Davis 		Kansas
Texas 		LB
DB 		Cameron Dicker (2) Texas K Kennedy Brooks (2) Oklahoma RB
Week 12 (Nov. 19) Taylor Cornelius (2) Oklahoma State QB Ben Banogu TCU DE Blake Lynch Kansas State K Pooka Williams Jr. (4) Kansas RB
Week 13 (Nov. 26) Kyler Murray (5) Oklahoma QB Juwuan Johnson TCU LB Austin Seibert (2) Oklahoma K/P Kennedy Brooks (3) Oklahoma RB

[9]

Postseason awards

2018 Consensus All-Americans

The following Big 12 players were named to the 2017 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA): Ben Powers, OL, Oklahoma.

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)

Main article: 2018 College Football All-America Team
Consensus All-Americans
Player Position Class Team
Ben Powers OL Senior Oklahoma

2018 All-Big 12

Main article: 2018 All-Big 12 Conference football team
All-Big 12 Offense
Position Player Class Team
QB Kyler Murray Junior Oklahoma
RB Pooka Williams Jr. Freshman Kansas
RB Justice Hill Junior Oklahoma State
FB Andrew Beck Senior Texas
WR Marquise Brown Junior Oklahoma
WR Tylan Wallace Sophomore Oklahoma State
WR David Sills Senior West Virginia
TE Grant Calcaterra Sophomore Oklahoma
TE Trevon Wesco Senior West Virginia
OL Dalton Risner Senior Kansas State
OL Cody Ford Junior Oklahoma
OL Ben Powers Senior Oklahoma
OL Dru Samia Senior Oklahoma
OL Yodny Cajuste Senior West Virginia
PK Austin Seibert Senior Oklahoma
PK Clayton Hatfield Senior Texas Tech
KR/PR Pooka Williams Jr. Freshman Kansas
Reference:[10]
All-Big 12 Defense
Position Player Class Team
DL Daniel Wise Senior Kansas
DL Jordan Brailford Junior Oklahoma State
DL Charles Omenihu Senior Texas
DL Ben Banogu Junior TCU
DL L. J. Collier Senior TCU
LB Joe Dineen Jr. Senior Kansas
LB Dakota Allen Senior Texas Tech
LB David Long Jr. Junior West Virginia
DB Greg Eisworth Sophomore Iowa State
DB Kris Boyd Senior Texas
DB Caden Sterns Freshman Texas
DB Adrian Frye Freshman Texas Tech
DB Kenny Robinson Sophomore West Virginia
P Drew Galitz Senior Baylor
Reference:[10]

All-Academic

First team

Name Pos. School Yr. GPA Major
Zach Reuter WR Kansas State Sr. 4.0 Biochemistry/Pre-Med
Adam Holtorf OL Kansas State Sr. 3.96 Agribusiness

Second team

Name Pos. School Yr. GPA Major
Justice Hill RB Oklahoma State Jr. 3.64 Finance

National 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 45,330† 40,442 36,725 36,888 43,492 – 40,575 89%
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 61,500 58,479† 54,028 56,629 57,908 53,860 56,180 91%
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071 24,305 28,044† 18,364 15,069 15,543 – 20,265 40%
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium 53,000 50,063 49,784 50,618† 49,916 50,245 50,062 50,114 94%
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 86,112 86,402 86,402 87,177 86,642 86,436 87,635† 86,782 100.7%
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 56,790 50,103 53,924 54,974 53,166 52,995 56,790† 53,661 94%
TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium 45,000 42,219 42,664 44,387 45,055† 40,486 – 42,962 95%
Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119 90,563 103,557†‡ 95,124 93,882 100,703 102,498 – 97,721 97.6%
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454 52,126 53,484 55,283 54,402 60,454† 60,454† – 336,203 56,033 92%
West Virginia Mountaineer Field 60,000 58,446 59,245 57,419 53,117 60,007† – 57,646 96%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High
‡ Record Stadium Attendance

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