2021 Big 12 Conference football season explained

2021 Big 12 Conference football season
Color:	C41230
Color Text:	white
League:	NCAA Division I FBS football season
Sport:	football
Pixels:	150 px
Duration:	September 4, 2021 January 4, 2022
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	Fox Family (Fox, FS1, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Big 12 Now, LHN)
Draft:	2022 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	2022 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	Breece Hall (Iowa State)
Picked By:	New York Jets, 36th overall
Finals:	Championship Game
Finals Link:	2021 Big 12 Championship Game
Finals Champ:	Baylor
Finals Runner-Up:	Oklahoma State
Finals Mvp:	Blake Shapen, BU
Prevseason Year:	2020
Nextseason Year:	2022

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:

• Big 12 Commissioner – Bob Bowlsby
• Baylor – Dave Aranda (HC), Connor Galvin (OL) & Terrel Bernard (LB)
• Iowa State – Matt Campbell (HC), Breece Hall (RB) & Greg Eisworth II (DB)
• Kansas – Lance Leipold (HC), Kwamie Lassiter II (WR) & Kenny Logan Jr. (S)
• Kansas State – Chris Klieman (HC), Skylar Thompson (QB) & Jahron McPherson (DB)
• Oklahoma – Lincoln Riley (HC), Jeremiah Hall (FB) & Nik Bonitto (LB)
• Oklahoma State – Mike Gundy (HC), Spencer Sanders (QB) & Malcolm Rodriguez (DE)
• TCU – Gary Patterson (HC), Max Duggan (QB) & Ochaun Mathis (DE)
• Texas – Steve Sarkisian (HC), Bijan Robinson (RB) & Keondre Coburn (DT)
• Texas Tech – Matt Wells (HC), Dawson Deaton (OL) & Riko Jeffers (LB)
• West Virginia – Neal Brown (HC), Leddie Brown (RB) & Dante Stills (DL)

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on July 8, 2021.

Big 12

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
	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]

• Offensive Player of the Year: Spencer Rattler, QB, Oklahoma
• Defensive Player of the Year: Mike Rose, LB, Iowa State
• Newcomer of the Year: Eric Gray, RB, Oklahoma

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
	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! 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		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

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 3

Date		Bye Week
September 18	TCU

Week 13

Championship Game

See main article: 2021 Big 12 Championship Game.

Head to head matchups

Head to headSource: https://big12sports.com/calendar.aspx?path=football
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
	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		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

Regular Season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	1–1
Big Ten	1–2
BYU/Notre Dame	1–0
Pac-12	2–0
SEC	0–1
Power 5 Total	5-4
Other FBS Conferences	Record
The American	3–1
C–USA	2–0
Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	3–0
Sun Belt	2–1
Other FBS Total	10-2
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	9–0
Total Non-Conference Record	24-6

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	0–1
Big Ten	0–1
BYU/Notre Dame	1–0
Pac-12	1–0
SEC	3–0
Power 5 Total	5–2
Other FBS Conferences	Record
C–USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0–0
Total Bowl Record	5–2

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		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		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	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		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		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		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

See 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 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 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
	CFP	Not released
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
	CFP	Not released
Texas	AP	21	15	RV	RV	RV	21	25	RV	RV
	C	19	15	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Texas Tech	AP		RV	RV	RV
	C						RV
	CFP	Not released
West Virginia	AP	RV			RV
	C	RV			RV
	CFP	Not released

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		RB	Riko Jeffers	Texas Tech	LB	Gabe Brkic			Reggie Pearson Jr.	Texas Tech	DB
Week 2 (Sept. 13)	Zach Evans	TCU	RB		Baylor Oklahoma State	S LB	LD Brown	Oklahoma State	RB	Felix Anudike-Uzomah	Kansas State
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 RandolphMalcolm Rodriguez	BaylorOklahoma State	LB	Trestan Ebner	Baylor	RB	Xavier Worthy	Texas	WR
Week 5 (Oct. 4)	Bijan Robinson	Texas	RB	Colin Schooler	Texas Tech	LB	Cameron DickerJonathan Garibay	TexasTexas 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 NealCharles Woods	KansasWest Virginia	RBDB
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 TurkAustin McNamara	OklahomaTexas Tech	PP	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

See 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.

First Team

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Spencer Sanders	Jr.	OSU
RB	Breece Hall	Jr.	ISU
	Bijan Robinson	So.	UT
FB	Jeremiah Hall	Sr.	OU
	Jared Rus	Jr.	ISU
WR	Xavier Hutchinson	Sr.	ISU
	Quentin Johnston	So.	TCU
	Xavier Worthy	Fr.	UT
TE	Charlie Kolar (U)	Sr.	ISU
OL	Connor Galvin	Sr.	BU
	Trevor Downing	Jr.	ISU
	Cooper Beebe	So.	KSU
	Josh Sills	Sr.	OSU
	Derek Kerstetter	Sr.	UT
First Team Defense
DL	Will McDonald IV	Jr.	ISU
	Eyioma Uwazurike	Sr.	ISU
	Felix Anudike-Uzomah	So.	KSU
	Brock Martin	Sr.	OSU
	Dante Stills	Sr.	WVU
LB	Terrel Bernard	Sr.	BU
	Mike Rose	Sr.	ISU
	Malcolm Rodriguez	Sr.	OSU
DB	Jalen Pitre	Sr.	BU
	Russ Yeast	Sr.	KSU
	Jarrick Bernard-Converse	Sr.	OSU
	Kolby Harvell-Peel	Sr.	OSU
	Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson	Jr.	TCU
First Team Special Teams
PK	Jonathan Garibay	Sr.	TTU
P	Michael Turk	Sr.	OU
	Cameron Dicker	Sr.	UT
RT	Trestan Ebner	Sr.	BU
	Malik Knowles	Jr.	KSU

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Brock Purdy	Sr.	ISU
RB	Abram Smith	Sr.	BU
	Deuce Vaughn	So.	KSU
FB	Jax Dineen	Jr.	KSU
WR	Tyquan Thornton	Sr.	BU
	Tay Martin	Sr.	OSU
	Erik Ezukanma	Jr.	TTU
TE	Chase Allen	Sr.	ISU
OL	Colin Newell	Sr.	ISU
	Marquis Hayes	Sr.	OU
	Steve Avila	Jr.	TCU
	Dawson Deaton	Sr.	TTU
	Zach Frazier	So.	WVU
Second Team Defense
DL	Siaki Ika	So.	BU
	Kyron Johnson	Sr.	KU
	Isaiah Thomas	Sr.	OU
	Perrion Winfrey	Sr.	OU
	Collin Oliver	Fr.	OSU
	Ochaun Mathis	Jr.	TCU
LB	Brian Asamoah	Jr.	OU
	Nik Bonitto	Jr.	OU
	Colin Schooler	Sr.	TTU
DB	Isheem Young	So.	ISU
	Kenny Logan Jr.	Jr.	KU
	Delarrin Turner-Yell	Sr.	OU
	Christian Holmes	Sr.	OSU
	DaMarcus Fields	Sr.	TTU
Second Team Special Teams
PK	Gabe Brkic	Jr.	OU
P	Austin McNamara	Jr.	TTU
RT	Brennan Presley	So.	OSU
	Derius Davis	Sr.	TCU

(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)

• KANSAS: Earl Bostick Jr. (OL), Kwamie Lassiter II (WR), Kenny Logan Jr. (DPoY), Devin Neal (RB, OFoY), Mike Novitsky (OL, OLoY, ONoY), Rich Miller (DNoY)
• KANSAS STATE: Felix Anudike-Uzomah (DPoY), Cooper Beebe (OLoY), Julius Brents (DB), Cody Fletcher (LB), Daniel Green (LB), Eli Huggins (DL), Noah Johnson (OL), Malik Knowles (WR, STPoY), Nate Matlack (DFoY), Jahron McPherson (DB), Josh Rivas (OL), Reggie Stubblefield (DB), Deuce Vaughn (OPoY), Russ Yeast (DNoY), Ty Zentner (P)
• OKLAHOMA: Gabe Brkic (STPoY), Pat Fields (DB), Key Lawrence (DB, DNoY), Marvin Mims (WR), Chris Murray (OL), Tyrese Robinson (OL, OLoY), Drake Stoops (WR), Danny Stutsman (DFoY), Caleb Williams (QB, OFoY, OPoY), Michael Woods II (ONoY)
• OKLAHOMA STATE: Tanner Brown (PK), Logan Carter (FB), Braden Cassity (TE), Danny Godlevske (OL), Blaine Green (OFoY), Devin Harper (LB), Tom Hutton (P, STPoY), Tyler Lacy (DL), Brock Martin (DLoY), Malcolm Rodriguez (DPoY), Josh Sills (OLoY), Jason Taylor II (DB), Jaylen Warren (RB, OPoY), Hunter Woodard (OL)
• TCU: Taye Barber (WR), Derius Davis (STPoY), Obinna Eze (ONoY), TreVius Hodges-Tomlinson (DPoY), Dylan Horton (DL), Quentin Johnston (OPoY)
• TEXAS: Cade Brewer (TE), Luke Brockermeyer (LB), Keondre Coburn (DL), Anthony Cook (DB), Cameron Dicker (PK, STPoY), B.J. Foster (DB), Byron Murphy II (DFoY), Ovie Oghoufo (DNoY), Moro Ojomo (DL), DeMarvion Overshown (LB), Bijan Robinson (OPoY), Keilan Robinson (ONoY)
• TEXAS TECH: Josh Burger (OL), Dawson Deaton (OLoY), Jonathan Garibay (STPoY), Kaylon Geiger (ONoY), Jaylon Hutchings (DL), Riko Jeffers (LB), Travis Koontz (TE), Reggie Pearson Jr. (DB), T.J. Storment (OL), Dadrion Taylor-Demerson (DB), Rayshad Williams (DB, DNoY), Tyree Wilson (DL)
• WEST VIRGINIA: Alonzo Addae (DB), Leddie Brown (RB), Josh Chandler-Semedo (LB), Zach Frazier (OLoY), Bryce Ford-Wheaton (WR), James Gmiter (OL), Casey Legg (PK, STPoY), Sean Mahone (DB), Akheem Mesidor (DL), Wyatt Milum (OL, OFoY), Dante Stills (DLoY), Tyler Sumpter (P), Winston Wright Jr. (KR/PR, WR)

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.^{[29] [30]}

• 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	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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big 12 Announces 2021 Football Conference Schedule. Big12 Sports.com. February 11, 2021. April 23, 2021.
2. Web site: admin. 2021-06-15. LOTT IMPACT TROPHY ANNOUNCES 2021 WATCH LIST. 2021-12-04. Lott IMPACT® Trophy. en.
3. Web site: 2021 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List Announced . July 13, 2021. July 13, 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 Maxwell Award Watch List – Maxwell Football Club. 19 July 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 Bednarik Award Watch List – Maxwell Football Club. 19 July 2021.
6. Web site: July 20, 2021. Davey O'Brien Award Announces 30-Player Preseason Watch List. July 20, 2021.
7. Web site: 2021 Doak Walker Award Candidates. July 21, 2021. www.smu.eduaccess-date=July 21, 2021.
8. Web site: 2021 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List Released. July 22, 2021. July 22, 2021.
9. Web site: 2021 Watchlist. July 23, 2021.
10. Web site: Rimington Trophy Press Release. July 23, 2021. July 23, 2021.
11. Web site: BUTKUS AWARD 37th SEASON WATCH LISTS ANNOUNCED: Search begins today for Nation's Top Linebacker; Celebration Event Planned Feb. 5, 2022 at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage. 2021-12-04. www.accesswire.com.
12. Web site: 2021 Outland Trophy Award Watchlist Unveiled. July 27, 2021. July 27, 2021.
13. Web site: 2021 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watchlist Unveiled. July 27, 2021. July 27, 2021.
14. Web site: Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2021 Preseason Watch List. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021.
15. Web site: Louisville Sports Commission - Louisville Knows Sports » 57 Players Named to 2021 Paul Hornung Award Watch List. 2021-12-04.
16. Web site: COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S WUERFFEL TROPHY UNVEILS WATCH LIST FOR 2021 – Wuerffel Trophy. 2021-12-04. wuerffeltrophy.org.
17. Web site: Walter Camp Foundation Announces 2021 Player of the Year Preseason Watch List. July 30, 2021. July 30, 2021.
18. Web site: Allstate Sugar Bowl announces Manning Award Watch List. August 5, 2021. August 5, 2021.
19. Web site: Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award announces 2021 Preseason Watch List . August 5, 2021. August 5, 2021.
20. Web site: Ray Guy Award announces 2021 Preseason Watch List . August 13, 2021. August 13, 2021.
21. Web site: 2021 Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award Watch List. August 19, 2021. August 19, 2021.
22. Web site: The 2021 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Announces 2021 Preseason Watch List. August 19, 2021. August 19, 2021.
23. Web site: Media Preseason Football Team Announced. big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 7, 2021. July 7, 2021.
24. Web site: Big 12 Announces Media Preseason Football Team. big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 7, 2021. July 7, 2021.
25. Web site: 2021-01-02. Texas moves on from Herman after 4 seasons. 2021-04-23. ESPN.com. en. Rittenberg, Adam.
26. Web site: 2021-03-09. Miles out at KU amid allegations from LSU days. 2021-04-23. ESPN.com. en. Low, Chris.
27. Web site: 2021-03-11. Kansas Football Names Emmett Jones Interim Head Coach. 2021-04-23. Kansas Jayhawks. en-US.
28. Web site: Lance Leipold Named Kansas Head Football Coach . KUAthletics.com. 30 April 2021 .
29. Web site: 2010-11 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/15/2010) . December 10, 2011 . January 3, 2012 . September 15, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103181529/http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Stats/Statistics+Policies . . dead .
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