2025 Big 12 Conference football season

The 2025 Big 12 Conference football season was the 30th season of the Big 12 Conference football, part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The 2025 Big 12 Championship Game was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on December 6, 2025. The two top teams, Texas Tech and BYU, played for the conference's automatic berth into the 2025–26 College Football Playoff, which Texas Tech won.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Big 12 media days

The 2025 Big 12 media days were held on July 8–9, 2025 at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

• Big 12 Commissioner – Brett Yormark

Preseason awards

All−American Teams

Individual awards

Preseason All-Big 12 teams

2025 Preseason All-Big 12

Source:

• Offensive Player of the Year: Sam Leavitt, QB, Arizona State, RS-So.
• Defensive Player of the Year: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech, Sr.
• Newcomer of the Year: Devon Dampier, QB, Utah, Jr.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were two coaching changes before the 2025 season. On December 1, 2024 Neal Brown was fired as head coach of West Virginia. On December 12, 2024 West Virginia announced the return of former head coach Rich Rodriguez, the 36th head coach in school history. On December 2, 2024 Gus Malzahn announced he was leaving as head coach of UCF and accepting the offensive coordinator position at Florida State. On December 7, 2024 UCF announced the return of former head coach Scott Frost.

On September 23, 2025 Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy was fired after 21 seasons. He finished his career with a 170–90 record, the winningest coach in school history.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2024 season

Notes:

• † Mike Gundy was fired after 3 games. Offensive coordinator Doug Meacham will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On November 11, 2025 Eric Morris was announced as the official replacement following the end of the 2025 season.
• ‡ Following the conclusion of the 2025 regular season, Matt Campbell accepted the head coaching position at Penn State on December 8, 2025. Jimmy Rogers was named as the replacement.
• # On December 12, 2025 Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham announced his final game would be the 2025 Las Vegas Bowl.

Schedule

All times Central time.

† 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

Source:

Week Zero

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Notes: ‡ 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

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

Week Fourteen

Championship Game

Postseason

Bowl games

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>

Selection of teams

• Bowl eligible (10): Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State‡, Kansas State‡, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah

<small>‡ Iowa State & Kansas State opted out of their bowl game but was still bowl eligible.</small>

• Bowl-ineligible (6): Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma State, UCF, West Virginia

Head to head matchups

<small>Source: https://big12sports.com/calendar.aspx?path=football</small>

Updated thru Week 14.

Does not include Non-Conference matchups between Arizona vs. Kansas State

Big 12 vs. other conferences

Big 12 vs. Power 4 matchups

This is a list of the Power Four conferences teams (ACC, Big Ten, Notre Dame 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, Pac-12 or Sun Belt.

Big 12 vs. FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.

Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game

Record 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 and TNT Sports. 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

• 2025 AFCA All-America Team
• 2025 Associated Press All-America Team
• 2025 FWAA All-America Team
• Sporting News 2025 College Football All-America Team
• Walter Camp Football Foundation 2025 All-America Team
• 2025 The Athletic All-America Team
• 2025 Athlon Sports College Football's Postseason All-America Team
• 2025 CBS Sports All-America Team
• 2025 College Football News
• 2025 ESPN All-America Team
• 2025 Fox Sports All-America Team
• 2025 PFF College All-America team
• 2025 Phil Steele’s Postseason All-America Team
• Sports Illustrated 2025 All-America Team
• USA Today 2025 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

Third Team

Notes:

• RS = Return Specialist
• AP/ST = All-Purpose/Special Teams Player (not a kicker or returner)
• † Two-time first team selection;
• ‡ Three-time first team selection

Honorable mentions

• Arizona: Ty Buchanan (OL), Jay'Vion Cole (DNOY), Noah Fifita (OPOY), Dalton Johnson (DPOY), Ismail Mahdi (RB), Deshawn McKnight (DL), Mays Pese (DFOY), Tiaoalii Savea (DL), Tre Spivey (WR), Javin Whatley (WR)
• Arizona State: Derek Eusebio (WR), Max Iheanachor (OLOY), Jesus Gomez (PK), Chamon Metayer (TE/FLEX), Jordyn Tyson (OPOY)
• Baylor: Devyn Bobby (DB), Josh Cameron (Returner), Connor Hawkins (PK), Ryan Lengyel (OL), Jackie Marshall (DL), Coleton Price (OL), Jacob Redding (DB), Sawyer Robertson (OPOY, QB), LeVar Thornton Jr. (DB)
• BYU: Tausili Akana (DNOY), Bear Bachmeier (QB), Hunter Clegg (DFOY), Will Ferrin (STPOY), Andrew Gentry (ONOY), Garrison Grimes (Specialist), Evan Johnson (DB), Jack Kelly (DPOY), Bruce Mitchell (OLOY), Carsen Ryan (TE/FLEX), Bodie Schoonover (DL), Keanu Tanuvasa (DL), John Taumoepeau (DL)
• Cincinnati: Cyrus Allen (ONOY), Jeff Caldwell (WR), Gavin Gerhardt (OLOY), Jalen Hunt (DL), Jaden Nixon (Returner), Antwan Peek Jr. (DB), Brendan Sorsby (OPOY), Tawee Walker (RB)
• Colorado: Tawfiq Byard (DB), Preston Hodge (DB), Damon Greaves (P), London Merritt (DFOY)
• Houston: Wrook Brown (DB), Dean Connors (RB), Tanner Koziol (ONOY), Ethan Sanchez (STPOY, PK), Eddie Walls III (DNOY)
• Iowa State: Jim Bonifas (OL), Trevor Buhr (OL), Brett Eskildsen (WR), Kyle Konrardy (STPOY, Specialist), Tyler Perkins (P), Abu Sama III (RB), Chase Sowell (ONOY, WR)
• Kansas: Kobe Baynes (OL), Enrique Cruz Jr. (OL), Boden Groen (TE/FELX), Leroy Harris III (DL), Emmanuel Henderson Jr. (ONOY), Daniel Hishaw Jr. (RB), Bryce Foster (OL
• Kansas State: Sam Hecht (OLOY), Damian Ilalio (DL), Garrett Oakley (TE/FLEX), Chiddi Obiazor (DL), VJ Payne (DB), Zashon Rich (DB), Cody Stufflebean (DL), Jaron Tibbs (WR)
• Oklahoma State: Bob Schick (OL)
• TCU: Devean Deal (DLOY), Eric McAlister (OPOY)
• Texas Tech: Davion Carter (OL), John Curry (DB), Coy Eakin (WR), Stone Harrington (STPOY), Behren Morton (QB), Jacob Ponton (OL), Reggie Virgil (ONOY, WR), J'Koby Williams (RB), Cole Wisniewski (DB)
• UCF: Jayden Bellamy (DB), Phillip Dunnam (DB), RJ Jackson Jr. (DL), Nyjalik Kelly (DL), Cole Kozlowski (DNOY) Malachi Lawrence (DLOY), Noe Ruelas (STPOY), Duane Thomas Jr. (WR), Dylan Wade (TE/FLEX)
• Utah: Jackson Bennee (DB), Logan Castor (Specialist), Mana Carvalho (Returner), John Henry Daley (DPOY, DLOY), Devon Dampier (OPOY), Ryan Davis (WR), Byrd Ficklin (OFOY), Jaren Kump (OL), Michael Mokofisi (OL), Tanoa Togiai (OL)
• West Virginia: Scotty Fox Jr. (OFOY), Nick Krahe (OL), Fred Perry (DNOY), Edward Vesterinen (DL)

National award winners

2025 College Football Award Winners

Rankings

Home game announced attendance

Bold – at or exceeded capacity<br> † Season high<br> ‡ Record stadium Attendance

References