| 2019 Big 12 Conference football season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
| Sport: | Football |
| Pixels: | 150 px |
| Duration: | August 29, 2019 December 7, 2019 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Tv: | Fox Family (Fox, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN+, LHN) |
| Draft: | 2020 NFL Draft |
| Draft Link: | 2020 NFL Draft |
| Top Pick: | CeeDee Lamb (Oklahoma) |
| Picked By: | Dallas Cowboys, 17th overall |
| Finals: | Championship Game |
| Finals Link: | 2019 Big 12 Championship Game |
| Finals Champ: | Oklahoma |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Baylor |
| Finals Mvp: | CeeDee Lamb, WR |
| Prevseason Year: | 2018 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2020 |
The 2019 Big 12 Conference football season represented the 24th season of Big 12 conference football, taking place during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Thursday, August 29, 2019. Conference play began on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The entire schedule was released on October 18, 2018.[1]
The 2019 season eas the eighth for the Big 12 since the early-2010s conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form.
As a ten–team league, the Big 12 played a nine-game round-robin conference schedule and each member played three non-conference games – one of which must be against a Power Five conference foe. The regular season was followed by a conference championship game played between the regular-season champion and the regular-season runner-up. The 2019 Big 12 Championship Game was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
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| Iowa State |
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| Kansas |
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| Oklahoma |
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| TCU |
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| Texas |
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| Texas Tech |
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| West Virginia |
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The Big 12 media days will be held on July 15–16 in Frisco, Texas.
The 2019 Big 12 Preseason media poll was released on July 10, 2019. Prior to the Big 12 media days. Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the fourth consecutive year in the Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives.[6]
| 1 | Oklahoma | 761 (68) | |
| 2 | Texas | 696 (9) | |
| 3 | Iowa State | 589 | |
| 4 | TCU | 474 | |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 460 | |
| 6 | Baylor | 453 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 281 | |
| 8 | West Virginia | 241 | |
| 9 | Kansas State | 191 | |
| 10 | Kansas | 89 |
2019 Preseason All-Big 12[7]
| QB | Sam Ehlinger | Jr. | Texas | |
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| RB | Pooka Williams Jr. | So. | Kansas | |
| RB | Kennedy Brooks | So. | Oklahoma | |
| So. | Oklahoma State | |||
| WR | CeeDee Lamb | Jr. | Oklahoma | |
| WR | Tylan Wallace | Jr. | Oklahoma State | |
| WR | Jalen Reagor | Jr. | TCU | |
| TE | Grant Calcaterra | Jr. | Oklahoma | |
| OL | Jack Anderson | Jr. | Texas Tech | |
| OL | Creed Humphrey | So. | Oklahoma | |
| OL | Lucas Niang | Sr. | TCU | |
| OL | Zach Shackelford | Sr. | Texas | |
| OL | Colton McKivitz | Sr. | West Virginia | |
| PK | Cameron Dicker | So. | Texas | |
| KR/PR | CeeDee Lamb | Jr. | Oklahoma |
| DL | JaQuan Bailey | Sr. | Iowa State | |
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| DL | James Lynch | Jr. | Baylor | |
| DL | Ray Lima | Sr. | Iowa State | |
| DL | Reggie Walker | Sr. | Kansas State | |
| DL | Corey Bethley | Jr. | TCU | |
| LB | Clay Johnston | Sr. | Baylor | |
| LB | Kenneth Murray | Jr. | Oklahoma | |
| LB | Marcel Spears Jr. | Sr. | Iowa State | |
| DB | A. J. Green | Sr. | Oklahoma State | |
| DB | Jeff Gladney | Sr. | TCU | |
| DB | Caden Sterns | So. | Texas | |
| DB | Greg Eisworth | Jr. | Iowa State | |
| DB | Adrian Frye | So. | Texas Tech | |
| P | Kyle Thompson | Jr. | Kansas |
There will be 4 new head coaches in the Big 12 Conference for the 2019 season.
On November 4, KU fired coach David Beatty after four years at the school.[9] Two weeks later on November 19, Les Miles was hired as the new head coach of the Jayhawks.
On November 25, Texas Tech fired coach Kliff Kingsbury after six years with the team.[10] Four days later on November 29, Matt Wells from Utah State was hired as the new head coach of the Red Raiders.
On December 2, Bill Snyder retired from the Kansas State Wildcats after 26 years with the school.[11] Nine days later on December 11, Chris Klieman from North Dakota State was named the new head coach of the Wildcats.
On January 1, Dana Holgorsen left West Virginia to become the new head coach of the Houston Cougars.[12] Three days later on January 4, The team hired Neal Brown from the Troy Trojans as the new head coach of the Mountaineers.
| Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | Big–12 record | |
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| Baylor | Matt Rhule | 3 | 36–40 | 5–16 | 5-13 | |
| Iowa State | Matt Campbell | 4 | 54–33 | 17–17 | 13–14 | |
| Kansas | Les Miles | 1 | 142–55 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Kansas State | Chris Klieman | 1 | 72–13 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Oklahoma | Lincoln Riley | 3 | 24–4 | 24–4 | 16–2 | |
| Oklahoma State | Mike Gundy | 15 | 121–59 | 121–59 | 72–48 | |
| TCU | Gary Patterson | 19 | 167–63 | 167–63 | 107–42 | |
| Texas | Tom Herman | 3 | 39–14 | 14–8 | 12–6 | |
| Texas Tech | Matt Wells | 1 | 44–34 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| West Virginia | Neal Brown | 1 | 35–16 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
The regular season began on August 30 and will end on November 30.
| Index to colors and formatting | |
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| Big 12 teams in bold |
| Date | Conference | Visitor | Home | Site | Time | Score |
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| August 30 | Oklahoma State | 9:30 p.m (FS1) | W, 52–36 | |||
| August 31 | MVFC (FCS) | Kansas | 11:00 a.m. (FSN) | W, 24–17 | ||
| August 31 | MVFC (FCS) | No. 21 Iowa State | 11:00 a.m. (FS1) | W, 29–26 (3OT) | ||
| August 31 | CAA (FCS) | West Virginia | 2:00 p.m. (AT&TSN Pittsburgh) | W, 20–13 | ||
| August 31 | Big Sky (FCS) | Texas Tech | 3:00 p.m. (FSN) | W 45–10 | ||
| August 31 | Southland (FCS) | Kansas State | 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+) | W 49–14 | ||
| August 31 | Southland (FCS) | Baylor | 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+) | W 56–17 | ||
| August 31 | No. 10 Texas | 7:00 p.m. (LHN) | W 45–14 | |||
| August 31 | SWAC (FCS) | TCU | 8:00 p.m. (FSN) | W 39–7 | ||
| September 1 | No. 4 Oklahoma | 6:30 p.m. (ABC) | W 49-31 | |||