The 2024 Big 12 Conference football season was the 29th season of the Big 12 Conference football, part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
The 2024 season was the first season for the Big 12 to have 16 members, following 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 45âÂÂ19 to clinch the automatic berth into the 2024âÂÂ25 College Football Playoff.
Preseason
Recruiting classes
Big 12 media days
The 2024 Big 12 media days are currently be held at Allegiant Stadium on July 9âÂÂ10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
Tuesday July 9
- Big 12 Commissioner â Brett Yormark
- Arizona State â Kenny Dillingham (HC), Xavion Alford (DB), Leif Fautanu (OL), Cameron Skattebo (RB) & Clayton Smith (DL)
- Cincinnati â Scott Satterfield (HC), Derrick Canteen (DB), Mason Fletcher (P), Corey Kiner (RB) & Luke Kandra (OL)
- Iowa State â Matt Campbell (HC), Beau Freyler (DB), Jayden Higgins (WR), Jaylin Noel (WR) & J.R. Singleton (DL)
- Kansas State â Chris Klieman (HC), Avery Johnson (QB), Hadley Panzer (OL), Austin Moore (LB), Brendan Mott (DE) & Marques Sigle (DB)
- Oklahoma State â Mike Gundy (HC), Alan Bowman (QB), Ollie Gordon II (RB), Nick Martin (LB) & Collin Oliver (LB)
- TCU â Sonny Dykes (HC), Jack Bech (WR), Caleb Fox (DL), Josh Hoover (QB), Mike Nichols (OL) & Namdi Obiazor (LB)
- Texas Tech â Joey McGuire (HC), Tahj Brooks (RB), Behren Morton (QB), Bryce Ramirez (LB), Jacob Rodriguez (LB) & Caleb Rogers (OL)
- Utah â Kyle Whittingham (HC), Brant Kuithe (TE), Karene Reid (LB), Cameron Rising (QB) & Junior Fafuna (DT)
Wednesday July 10
- Big 12 Commissioner â Brett Yormark
- Arizona â Brent Brennan (HC), Noah Fifita (QB), Gunner Maldonado (DB), Jacob Manu (LB) & Tetairoa McMillan (WR)
- Baylor â Dave Aranda (HC), Ketron Jackson (WR), Matt Jones (LB), Richard Reese (RB), Keaton Thomas (LB) & Carl Williams IV (DB)
- BYU â Kalani Sitake (HC), Tyler Batty (DE), Connor Pay (OL), Jakob Robinson (DB), Darius Lassiter (WR) & Chase Roberts (WR)
- UCF â Gus Malzahn (HC), KJ Jefferson (QB), RJ Harvey (RB), Kobe Hudson (WR), Lee Hunter (DT) & Deshawn Pace (LB)
- Colorado â Deion Sanders (HC), Shedeur Sanders (QB), Shilo Sanders (DB), Travis Hunter (ATH) & Mark Vassett (P)
- Houston â Willie Fritz (HC), Tank Jenkins (OL), Latrell McCutchin Sr. (DB), Jamal Morris (LB) & Donovan Smith (QB)
- Kansas â Lance Leipold (HC), Jalon Daniels (QB), Mello Dotson (DB), Devin Neal (RB) & Jereme Robinson (DE)
- West Virginia â 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.
Preseason awards
AllâÂÂAmerican Teams
Individual awards
Preseason All-Big 12 teams
2024 Preseason All-Big 12
Source:
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: â Neal Brown was fired after 6 seasons on December 1, 2024. He finished his career at West Virginia with a 37âÂÂ35 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.
â 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: â¡ game is being played as a non-conference game and will not count towards conference standings
Week Three
Notes: â¡ 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.
<small>Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Central Time Zone. Big-12 teams shown in bold.</small>
- 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
<small>Source: https://big12sports.com/calendar.aspx?path=football</small>
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:â Denotes Neutral Site Game
Big 12 vs other conferences
Regular Season
Post Season
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.
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 SteeleâÂÂs 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:
First Team
Second Team
Notes:
- RS = Return Specialist
- AP/ST = All-Purpose/Special Teams Player (not a kicker or returner)
- â Two-time first team selection;
- â¡ 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 MaâÂÂae (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)
National award winners
2024 College Football Award Winners
Rankings
Home game announced attendance
Bold â at or exceeded capacity<br> â Season high<br> â¡ Record stadium Attendance
NFL draft
The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following list includes all Big 12 players in the draft.
List of selections
Total picks by school
References