2017 Big 12 Conference football season explained

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 Saturday, September 2, 2017, when all 10 of the league's teams played their first non-conference opponents. Big 12 Conference play began on Saturday, 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.^[1] The Big 12 is 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.^[2] 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^[3] ! Rivals^[4] ! Scout^[5] ! 24/7^[6] ! 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 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.^[7]

1. Oklahoma – 303 (19)
2. Oklahoma State – 294 (12)
3. Kansas State – 231 (1)
4. Texas – 213
5. TCU – 202
6. West Virginia – 183
7. Baylor – 129
8. Texas Tech – 85
9. Iowa State – 83
10. Kansas – 37

• First place votes in

Preseason awards

2017 Preseason All-Big 12^[8]

• 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		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.		10 Oklahoma State			W 59–24	56,790
September 2	11:00 a.m.		23 Texas		FS1	L 41–51	88,396
September 2	2:30 p.m.		7 Oklahoma			W 59–7	86,076
September 2	3:00 p.m.		Texas Tech			W 56–10	54,988
September 2	6:00 p.m.		Kansas		JTV	W 38–16	32,134
September 2	6:00 p.m.		20 Kansas State		K-StateHD.tv	W 55–19	51,043
September 2	6:00 p.m.		Baylor			L 45–48	45,784
September 2	7:00 p.m.		TCU		FSN	W 63–0	42,709
September 2	7:00 p.m.		Iowa State		Cyclones.TV	W 42–24	61,500
September 3	6:30 p.m.	22 West Virginia				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				W 44–7	26,487
September 9	11:00 a.m.		Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA		L 41–44 (OT)	61,500
September 9	11:00 a.m.		19 Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 55–7	50,087
September 9	11:00 a.m.		West Virginia		FS2	W 56–20	56,797
September 9	2:30 p.m.	23 TCU				W 28–7	73,668
September 9	2:30 p.m.		Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 56–0	88,117
September 9	3:00 p.m.		Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FSN	L 27–45	28,531
September 9	6:30 p.m.	5 Oklahoma			ABC	W 31–16	109,088
September 9	7:00 p.m.		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			ESPN	W 59–21	38,952
September 16	11:00 a.m.	Iowa State				W 41–14	22,811
September 16	11:00 a.m.		West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV		W 59–16	51,482
September 16	11:30 a.m.	Baylor				L 20–34	26,714
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Kansas				L 30–42	22,056
September 16	2:30 p.m.		20 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Rivalry)		W 56–36	44,489
September 16	5:00 p.m.		2 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FSN	W 56–14	86,290
September 17	6:30 p.m.	18 Kansas State			ESPNU	L 7–14	40,350
September 17	7:00 p.m.		Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 52–45	58,547
September 17	7:30 p.m.	Texas			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			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		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		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:

Date	Time (CT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 24	11:00 a.m.	Baylor	12 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Revivalry)	FS1	TCU 45–22	43,015
November 24	7:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX	TTU 27–23	100,629
November 25	2:30 p.m.	Iowa State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS (Farmageddon)	ESPN2	KSU 20–19	49,554
November 25	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	19 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	FS1	OSU 58–17	56,790
November 25	2:45 p.m.	West Virginia	4 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ESPN	OU 59–31	86,117

Championship game

Week 14 (Big 12 Championship Game)

Schedule and results:

Big 12 vs other conferences

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC along with independents Notre Dame and BYU) the Big 12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
September 2		23 Texas			L, 41–51
September 3	22 West Virginia				L, 24–31
September 9		Iowa State			L 41–44 (OT)
September 9	5 Oklahoma				W 31–16
September 9	23 TCU				W 28–7
September 16	9 Oklahoma State				W 59–21
September 16	Baylor				L 34–20
September 16	18 Kansas State				L 14–7
September 16		Texas Tech			W 52–45
September 16	Texas				L 27–24 (2OT)
December 26		West Virginia			L 30–14
December 26	Kansas State				W 35–17
December 27		Texas			W 33–16
December 28		13 TCU			W 39–37
December 28	19 Oklahoma State				W 30–21
January 1		2 Oklahoma			L 54–48 (2OT)

Records against other conferences

Regular Season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	1–2
Big Ten	1–2
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
Pac-12	1–1
SEC	1–1
Power 5 Total	4–6
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	6–0
C-USA	2–1
Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	1–1
Mountain West	1–0
Sun Belt	1–0
Other FBS Total	11–2
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	6–1
Total Non-Conference Record	21–9

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	1–0
Pac-12	2–1
SEC	1–1
Power 5 Total	4–2
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	1–1
Other FBS Total	1–1
Total Bowl Record	5–3

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		NR	Not ranked and did not receive any votes in poll

See also: 2017 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	25	14	24	RV	RV	RV
C							RV	RV	RV	16	23	RV	RV	NR
CFP	Not released	15	21
Kansas	AP
C
CFP	Not released
Kansas State	AP	20	19	18	RV	RV	RV	NR
C	19	19	18	RV	RV	RV	NR
CFP	Not released
Oklahoma	AP	7	5	2 (2)	3	3	3	12	9	10	8	5	3	3	2
C	8	6	3	3	3	3	12	9	9	9	7	5	5	2
CFP	Not released	5	5	4	4	3
Oklahoma State	AP	10	11	9	6	15	15	14	9	11	11	12	10	18	18
C	11	11	8	7	14	14	14	11	12	10	15	13	21	18
CFP	Not released	11	15	13
TCU	AP	RV	23	20	16	9	8	6	4	4	10	8	11	10	10
C	RV	RV	20	15	11	10	7	4	4	12	9	14	13	12
CFP	Not released	8	6	12
Texas	AP	23	NR
C	23	RV	NR
CFP	Not released
Texas Tech	AP		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	NR
C					RV	RV	RV	NR
CFP	Not released
West Virginia	AP	22	RV	RV	RV	23	23	RV	23	22	RV	23	24	NR
C	20	RV	RV	RV	23	23	RV	23	22	RV	RV	25	RV
CFP	Not released

Postseason

Bowl games

See also: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games.

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (CST)	Big 12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Birmingham Bowl	December 23	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	Texas Tech	USF	L 38–34	28,623
Heart of Dallas Bowl	December 26	Cotton Bowl Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	12:30 p.m.	West Virginia	Utah	L 30–14	20,507
Cactus Bowl	December 26	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	Kansas State	UCLA	W 35–17	32,859
Texas Bowl	December 27	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	Texas	Missouri	W 33–16	67,820
Camping World Bowl	December 28	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	4:15 p.m.	19 Oklahoma State	22 Virginia Tech	W 30–21	39,610
Alamo Bowl	December 28	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	15 TCU	13 Stanford	W39–37	57,653
Liberty Bowl	December 30	Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN	ABC	11:30 a.m.	Iowa State	20 Memphis	W 21–20	57,266
College Football Playoff
Rose Bowl (Semifinal)	January 1	Rose Bowl Stadium • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	4:00 p.m.	2 Oklahoma	3 Georgia	L 54–48 (2OT)	92,844

• Rankings based on CFP rankings, Big 12 team is bolded

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Big 12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special teams				Newcomers
		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 2)		Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma		Joe Dineen Jr.	LB	Kansas		D.J. Reed	DB	Kansas State		Will Grier	QB	West Virginia
Week 2 (Sept. 9)		Baker Mayfield (2)	QB	Oklahoma		Kendall Adams	S	Kansas State		Matt Ammdenola	PK	Oklahoma State		Will Grier (2)	QB	West Virginia
Week 3 (Sept. 15)			QB	Oklahoma State		Deshon Elliot	S	Texas		Ja'Deion High	WR	Texas Tech		Marquise Brown	WR	Oklahoma
Week 4 (Sept. 22)		Darius Anderson	WR	TCU		Dakota Allen	LB	Texas Tech		Connor Martin	PK	Baylor		Trey Sermon	RB	Oklahoma
Week 5 (Sept. 30)		Mason Rudolph (2)	QB	Oklahoma State		Deshon Elliot (2)	S	Texas		Matt McCrane	PK	Kansas State		DeMarcus Fields	DB	Texas Tech
Week 6 (Oct. 7)		Kyle Kempt	QB	Iowa State		Joel Lanning	LB	Iowa State		Adam Nunez	P	TCU		Desmond Nisby	RB	Texas Tech
Week 7 (Oct. 14)		Will Grier	QB	West Virginia		Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	DE/LB	Oklahoma		Trever Ryen	P	Iowa State		Will Grier (3)	QB	West Virginia
Week 8 (Oct. 21)		Baker Mayfield (3)	QB	Oklahoma		Marcel Spears Jr.	LB	Iowa State		Kavonte Turpin	PR	TCU		Will Grier (4)	QB	West Virginia
Week 9 (Oct. 28)		Steven Sims Jr. Rodney Anderson	WR RB	Kansas Oklahoma		Marcel Spears (2)	LB	Iowa State		D.J. Reed (2)	DB	Kansas State			WR	Oklahoma
Week 10 (Nov. 4)		Baker Mayfield (4)	QB	Oklahoma		Duke Shelley	DB	Kansas State		Austin Seibert	PK	Oklahoma		Marquise Brown (2)	WR	Oklahoma
Week 11 (Nov. 11)		Rodney Anderson (2)	RB	Oklahoma		Antwaun Davis	DB	Texas		Keke Coutee	WR/KR	Texas Tech		Will Grier (5)	QB	West Virginia
Week 12 (Nov. 18)		Byron Pringle	WR	Kansas State		Gary Johnson Brian Peavy	LB DB	Texas Iowa State		Garret Owens	PK	Iowa State		Skylar Thompson	QB	Kansas State
Week 13 (Nov. 24)		Keke Coutee	WR	Texas Tech		Mat Bosen	DE	TCU		Austin Seibert (2)	PK	Oklahoma		Skylar Thompson (2)	QB	Kansas State

Postseason awards

2017 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):

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

See main article: 2017 College Football All-America Team.

Consensus All-Americans! Player! Position! Class! Team

2017 All-Big 12

See main article: 2017 All-Big 12 Conference football team.

• • • Offensive Player of the Year: Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma Defensive Player of the Year: Ogbo Okoronkwo, Oklahoma
      Malik Jefferson, Texas Offensive Freshman of the Year: Charlie Brewer, Baylor
      Jalen Reagor, TCU
• Defensive Freshman of the Year: Ross Blacklock, TCU
  Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma
• Offensive Lineman of the Year: Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
• Defensive Lineman of the Year: Poona Ford, Texas
• Offensive Newcomer of the Year: Will Grier, WVU
• Defensive Newcomer of the Year: Ben Banogu, TCU
• Special Teams Player of the Year: Michael Dickson, Texas
• Coach of the Year: Matt Campbell, Iowa State

All-Big 12 Offense! Position! Player! Class! Team

QB	Baker Mayfield	Junior	Oklahoma
RB	David Montgomery	Sophomore	Iowa State
RB	Justice Hill	Sophomore	Oklahoma State
FB	Dimitri Flowers	Senior	Oklahoma
WR	Allen Lazard	Senior	Iowa State
WR	James Washington	Senior	Oklahoma State
WR	David Sills	Junior	West Virginia
TE	Mark Andrews	Junior	Oklahoma
OL	Dalton Risner	Junior	Kansas State
OL	Orlando Brown Jr.	Junior	Oklahoma
OL	Erick Wren	Senior	Oklahoma
OL	Zach Crabtree	Senior	Oklahoma State
OL	Brad Lundblade	Senior	Oklahoma State
PK	Matthew McCrane	Senior	Kansas State
KR/PR	D.J. Reed	Junior	Kansas State
KR/PR	KaVontae Turpin	Junior	TCU
Reference:[9]

All-Big 12 Defense! Position! Player! Class! Team

DL	Daniel Wise	Junior	Kansas
DL	Will Geary	Senior	Kansas State
DL	DeQuinton Osborne	Senior	Oklahoma State
DL	Ben Banogu	Junior	TCU
DL	Mat Boesen	Senior	TCU
DL	Poona Ford	Junior	Texas
LB	Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	Senior	Oklahoma
LB	Travin Howard	Senior	TCU
LB	Malik Jefferson	Junior	Texas
DB	Kamari Cotton-Moya	Senior	Iowa State
DB	D.J. Reed	Junior	Kansas State
DB	Tre Flowers	Senior	Oklahoma State
DB	Nick Orr	Senior	TCU
DB	DeShon Elliott	Junior	Texas
DB	Ranthony Texada	Senior	TCU
P	Michael Dickson	Junior	Texas
Reference:

All-Academic

First team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major

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	45,784†	41,923	43,573	45,389	45,656	40,653	–	262,978	43,830	97.1%
Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	61,500	61,500†	61,500†	51,234	55,593	56,259	61,500†	–	347,586	57,931	94.2%
Kansas	Memorial Stadium	50,071	32,134	28,531	23,901	21,050	36,223†	21,797	22,854	186,490	26,641	53.2%
Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium	53,000	51,043	50,087	52,293†	52,055	52,122	51,223	49,554	358,337	51,191	96.6%
Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	86,112	86,076	86,290	86,019	86,309	88,308†	86,117	–	519,119	86,520	100.5%
Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	56,790	56,790†	56,790†	56,790†	56,790†	56,790†	56,790†	–	340,740	56,790	100.0%
TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	45,000	42,709	44,489	43,257	42,969	48,042†	43,015	–	264,481	44,080	98.0%
Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	100,119	88,396	88,117	90,462	92,506	96,557	100,629†	–	556,667	92,778	92.7%
Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	60,454	54,988	58,547	60,921†	57,045	47,631	51,278	–	330,410	55,068	91.1%
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field	60,000	56,797	51,482	60,928†	57,507	55,831	53,133	–	335,678	55,946	93.2%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Football Non-Conference Scheduling Requirement Announced. Big 12 Conference. December 8, 2015. December 29, 2015.
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4. Web site: Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2017 Team Recruiting Rankings . Sports.yahoo.com . 2015-12-04.
5. Web site: 2017 Scout.com College Football Team Recruiting Rankings. 4 December 2015. Scout. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313054824/http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2017. 2015-03-13.
6. Web site: 2017 Football Recruiting Team Rankings . 247sports.com . 2015-12-04.
7. Web site: Media Picks Sooners in Preseason Football Poll. big12sports.com. July 13, 2017. July 21, 2017.
8. News: Big 12 Media Preseason Football Team Announced. 12 July 2017. 12 July 2017.
9. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-12-05 . 2018-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181222182510/http://www.big12sports.com/pdf9/5463097.pdf . dead .