2016 Big 12 Conference football season

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2016 Big 12 Conference football season
Big 12 Conference.svg
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport Football
Duration September 2016
through January 2017
Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) ABC, FOX, ESPN, FS1, FSN, LHN
Football seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Big 12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Baylor   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Iowa State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Kansas   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Kansas State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Oklahoma   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Oklahoma State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
TCU   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Texas   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Texas Tech   0 – 0         0 – 0  
West Virginia   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Big 12 Conference football season will represent the 21st season of Big 12 Conference football, taking place during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin with non-conference play on Friday, September 2, 2016, with Kansas State traveling to face Stanford. Big 12 Conference play will begin on Saturday, September 17, 2016, with Iowa State traveling to play TCU.[1]

The 2016 season will be the fifth for the Big 12 since the 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form. The conference has ten members: Baylor, Iowa State Cyclones football, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia.[2] 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 10-team league, the Big 12 will play a 9-game, round-robin conference schedule and each member will play 3 non-conference games–one of which must be against another Power Five conference foe.[3] The conference championship will be awarded to the team with the highest conference winning percentage at the conclusion of league play. In the event of a tie atop the standings, the conference tiebreaker shall determine the champion.[4]

The Big 12 Champion will earn a berth to the 2017 Sugar Bowl, to play the SEC Champion at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana,on January 2, 2017.[5] If the Big 12 Champion or SEC Champion are selected for the College Football Playoff, then a replacement team from the league will be designated to represent its conference in the Sugar Bowl according to the league's rules.[6]

Preseason

Recruiting classes

National Rankings
Team ESPN[7] Rivals[8] Scout[9] 24/7[10] Total Signees
Baylor #17 #17 #17 #19 22
Iowa State #54 #54 #53 #47 30
Kansas NR #95 #81 #94 20
Kansas State #70 #79 #74 #72 22
Oklahoma #21 #19 #20 #20 20
Oklahoma State #46 #46 #44 #43 21
TCU #23 #21 #23 #16 23
Texas #10 #13 #11 #8 24
Texas Tech #42 #45 #45 #30 24
West Virginia #37 #39 #39 #34 27

Preseason Poll

Preseason Awards

Regular Season

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Rankings

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Postseason

Big 12 teams completing a 6–6 to 12–0 record will be invited to participate in postseason bowl games. For 2016, the selection order[11] is as follows:

^Selection to the College Football Playoff Semifinals or a New Year's Six at-large bowl are discretionary and determined solely by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.

References

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