Week 3
- The Big 12 is 3-1 versus the ACC with three non-conference games remaining against Power Four opponents, all of which are ACC programs.
- The Big 12 Conference is tied for the FBS lead in total defensive and special teams touchdowns with 11.
- The Big 12 is a combined 66-0 against FCS programs since the start of 2019. It is the only FBS conference to be undefeated against FCS schools during that time.
- Big 12 QB Club: Entering Week 3, the Big 12 is home to the Power Four leaders in completions (Avery Johnson, K-State) and passing yards per game (Sawyer Robertson, Baylor) alongside players ranked second in completion percentage (Devon Dampier, Utah), passing touchdowns (Jalon Daniels, Kansas), total touchdowns (Jalon Daniels, Kansas) and quarterback rating (Behren Morton, Texas Tech).
- Big 12 QB Club: Conference quarterbacks were FBS leaders in passing yards, passing touchdowns, quarterback rating and rushing scores by a quarterback in Week Two.
- Arizona and BYU are the only FBS programs not to surrender a touchdown on defense this season and are joined by Houston to give the Big 12 three teams in the top five nationally in scoring defense: BYU (1st – 1.5 ppg), Arizona (T-4th – 4.5 ppg) and Houston (T-4th – 4.5 ppg).
- Colorado and Houston will face off in their Conference opener on Friday, marking their first-ever head-to-head meeting as Big 12 members.
- For a second consecutive season, the Arizona and Kansas State matchup will not count in the Conference standings due to the game being scheduled prior to Arizona joining the Big 12.
- Half of the top 10 winningest active coaches in FBS are from the Big 12; Willie Fritz (third), Rich Rodriguez (fifth), Mike Gundy (seventh), Lance Leipold (seventh) and Kyle Whittingham (ninth).
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Big 12 Football Week Two Honorees Announced
Offensive Players of the Week:
Jaden Nixon, RB, UCF and Sawyer Robertson, QB, Baylor
Defensive Players of the Week:
Skyler Gill-Howard, DL, Texas Tech and Tamatoa McDonough, DL, Iowa State
Special Teams Players of the Week:
Connor Hawkins, K, Baylor and Kyle Konrardy, K, Iowa State
Freshman of the Week: Connor Hawkins, K, Baylor
Offensive Line of the Week: Cincinnati
Defensive Line of the Week: Iowa State
IRVING, Texas – Baylor, UCF, Cincinnati, Iowa State and Texas Tech received Big 12 Football weekly awards following notable wins over non-conference opponents in week two. UCF running back Jaden Nixon and Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson (offensive) were honored alongside Texas Tech’s Skyler Gill-Howard and Iowa State’s Tamatoa McDonough (defensive). Baylor kicker Connor Hawkins (freshman and special teams) shared accolades with Iowa State kicker Kyle Konrardy (special teams). Cincinnati had the Offensive Line of the Week, and Iowa State rounded out the awards with the Defensive Line of the Week.
Robertson led all FBS quarterbacks in week two with 440 passing yards in addition to four touchdown throws in Baylor’s double-overtime win over then-No. 17 SMU. The Bears’ signal caller authored drives of 72 yards and 82 yards in the fourth quarter of the comeback win. Robertson also became the first Big 12 quarterback to throw for 400 or more yards in the first two games of a season since Patrick Mahomes in 2016.
With 156 rushing yards on just four carries with two touchdowns against North Carolina A&T, Nixon made UCF history throughout Saturday’s game. His 87-yard touchdown run was the third longest play from scrimmage in program history after returning the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. Nixon also became just the fourth player in UCF’s FBS history to return a kickoff for a touchdown and tally an offensive touchdown in the same game.
Iowa State’s 16-13 victory over rival Iowa saw McDonough record back-to-back sacks on the final drive to end the game. The senior finished the game with five total tackles, a pair of sacks and a quarterback hurry as part of Iowa State’s defensive line that was also honored this week. The defense stymied Iowa to pick up ISU’s first home win in the rivalry series since 2011.
Gill-Howard tallied a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown from his defensive line position in Texas Tech’s 62-14 blowout of Kent State. He became the first Red Raider defensive lineman to return an interception for a touchdown since Adell Duckett went five yards into the end zone against SMU to start the 2003 season. Gill-Howard also added four tackles, including one for a loss, in the win.
Hawkins was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week after helping propel Baylor to a 48-45 win at then-No. 17 SMU in double overtime. The redshirt freshman made both of his field goal attempts, including the game-winning kick from 27 yards out in just his third career game. Hawkins was also a perfect four-for-four on extra points to finish his day with 12 points.
Winning Special Teams Player of the Week for a second consecutive week, Konrardy made the game-winning field goal from 54 yards in his team’s 16-13 win in the Cy-Hawk rivalry game. He made all four of his kicks that included makes from 27, 44 and 54 yards. Saturday’s win was his third career game of three or more field goals, as he took home Big 12 weekly honors for the third time in his career.
Cincinnati was voted the Offensive Line of the Week as the Bearcats tallied 439 yards of offense in their win over Bowling Green. The unit did not allow a quarterback sack for a second straight week as Brendan Sorsby threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns on Saturday.
Iowa State boasts its second Defensive Line of the Week award of 2025 after its 16-13 rivalry win over Iowa. The Cyclones held Iowa’s offense to 214 yards of total offense, including just 83 yards through the air, while defensive tackle Domonique Orange finished with a career-high six tackles, going up against Iowa’s center Logan Jones, who was an honorable mention All-American and a First-Team All-Big Ten selection last season.
Week 2
- Week Two will see the Big 12 play six games against Power 4 opponents; two contests apiece against the ACC, Big Ten and SEC.
- The Big 12 Conference will welcome FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff to the campus of Iowa State for Saturday’s rivalry game versus Iowa.
- Big 12 teams went 8-0 on Saturday, winning by an average of 38.5 points. It’s the only time in the last 40 years that any FBS conference has gone undefeated, in eight or more games, with an average margin of victory of 35+ points on any single day.
- The Big 12 is a combined 63-0 against FCS programs since the start of 2019. It is the only FBS conference to be undefeated against FCS schools during that time.
- Half of the top 10 winningest active coaches in FBS are from the Big 12; Willie Fritz (third), Rich Rodriguez (fifth), Mike Gundy (seventh), Lance Leipold (seventh) and Kyle Whittingham (ninth).
- Before opening Week Two of the season, the Big 12 will complete its Week One with TCU playing at North Carolina on Monday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN.
- Big 12 QB Club: Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson led all FBS quarterbacks with 419 passing yards in Week One through Saturday’s games while ISU’s Rocco Becht leads the FBS this season with a 261.26 passer rating.
- Big 12 QB Club: The Big 12 continues to lead all FBS conferences in passing yards (4,255), passing touchdowns (42) and touchdown-to-interception ratio (14.0).
- The Big 12 is home to the only two programs who play 11 games against Power 4 opponents this season; Baylor and TCU.
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Big 12 Conference Announces Football Week One Award Winners
Offensive Players of the Week:
Rocco Becht, QB, Iowa State and Devon Dampier, QB, Utah
Defensive Players of the Week:
Bud Clark, DB, TCU and Jake Golday, LB, Cincinnati
Special Teams Players of the Week:
Kanyon Floyd, P, Arizona State and Kyle Konrardy, K, Iowa State
Freshman of the Week: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU
Offensive Line of the Week: Utah
Defensive Line of the Week: Utah
IRVING, Texas – Iowa State and Utah had multiple weekly award winners from the Big 12 Conference for week one. Quarterbacks Rocco Becht and Devon Dampier (offensive) were joined by TCU’s Bud Clark and Cincinnati’s Jake Golday (defensive) as honorees. ISU’s Kyle Konrardy and ASU’s Kanyon Floyd (special teams) also earned weekly accolades while BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier was the Freshman of the Week. The Utes also had the Big 12’s Offensive and Defensive Lines of the Week.
With a school record of 19-of-20 passing in Iowa State’s 55-7 win over South Dakota, Becht was efficient as he threw for 278 yards and a trio of scores without an interception. The junior completed his first 14 passes of the game while tossing multiple touchdowns for the fifth consecutive game. Becht also extended his school-record streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 20, which is the longest active streak in FBS.
Dampier completed 84% of his 25 pass attempts for 206 yards and two touchdowns without an interception as the Utes won 43-10 at UCLA. The junior’s completion percentage ranked fifth nationally for the week and fourth-best in program history. He also rushed for 87 yards and a score against the Bruins while guiding the Utah offense to points in seven of its first eight drives of the game.
With his second career pick-6 and five tackles in TCU’s 48-14 blowout win over North Carolina, Clark moved into ninth place in school history with 12 interceptions. The safety added five tackles in the win as the Horned Frogs’ defense held the Tar Heels to just 222 yards of total offense that included just 50 yards on the ground. North Carolina’s 14 points on Monday were also its fewest scored in a home game in eight seasons.
Golday tallied a team-high 12 tackles to go along with a sack for Cincinnati. The linebacker’s 12 tackles against Nebraska were his most as a Bearcat and put him among the Power Four leaders in Week One. His sack of Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola helped set up UC in field position to score on its ensuing possession to cut the Cornhuskers’ lead to three late in the game.
Konrardy picked up his second career weekly award after going two-for-two on field goals and four-for-four on extra points in ISU’s win over South Dakota. He booted a 63-yard field goal, which was the second-longest make in Big 12 history and tied for ninth-longest in NCAA history. His make from distance was also the longest made field goal in school history by five yards.
Floyd, Arizona State’s punter, helped the Sun Devils win the field position game in its 38-19 win over Northern Arizona. The sophomore averaged 48.5 yards per kick, which led all Conference punters with multiple attempts. His performance also included a career-best 58-yard punt, which tied for the longest kick in the Big 12 for the week. Floyd also had four kickoffs that averaged 64.5 yards with no returns past the 25-yard line and a pair of touchbacks.
As the first freshman to start at quarterback in BYU history, Bachmeier guided the Cougars to a dominant 69-0 win over Portland State. The Murrieta, California native scored a total of five touchdowns, which were the most ever by a BYU freshman. Bachmeier was 7-for-11 passing for 97 yards while running for 32 yards in just two quarters of action as the Cougars scored the second most points in FBS over the weekend.
Utah’s offensive line earned Conference accolades for the week for its 43-point performance at UCLA. The unit paved the way for 268 rushing yards and did not allow a sack while converting 14 of its 17 third down attempts. The Utes also scored on all six of their trips to the red zone.
The Utes also had the Defensive Line of the Week after shutting down UCLA and quarterback Nico Iamaleava. The 10 points surrendered came after limiting the Bruins’ signal caller to just 11 completions on 22 attempts for 136 yards in the air. The Utah defense also held UCLA to just 84 rushing yards on 28 attempts in the win while allowing just two third-down conversions.
Week 1
- The Big 12 Conference will have all 16 of its programs in action in Week One, which features five games against Power 4 opponents. Those matchups include Auburn at Baylor, Nebraska vs. Cincinnati in Kansas City, Georgia Tech at Colorado, TCU at North Carolina and Utah at UCLA.
- Week One will showcase Big 12 teams in action throughout the week with games on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday.
- Saturday’s meeting between Arizona and Hawai’i will be the Big 12’s first game of its TNT Sports partnership. The game broadcast, studio coverage and feature storytelling will be featured on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max as well as Bleacher Report.
- The Conference opened the season with No. 22/21 Iowa State’s 24-21 win over No. 17/20 K-State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. The thrilling Conference game marked just the second time two ranked FBS teams have played on opening day since 2000.
- Kansas also defeated Fresno State 31-7 in Week 0 in front of a sellout crowd in the first game in reimagined David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
- Big 12 QB Club: The Big 12 has nine teams that return quarterbacks who threw for 2,400 yards or more last season, nearly twice the total of any other Power 4 conference. The Conference also bolstered its QB class with talented newcomers.
- The QB trio of ISU’s Rocco Becht, KU’s Jalon Daniels and K-State’s Avery Johnson combined for seven scores through the air and no interceptions, with a nation-leading aggregate passer rating of 165.6 in Week 0.
- 2025 marks the 30th season of Big 12 Football, which held its inaugural season in 1996.
Week 0
- Week 0 will feature a trio of Big 12 teams with No. 22 Iowa State and No. 17 Kansas State facing off on ESPN in Ireland in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic’s first-ever ranked matchup. Kansas will also welcome Fresno State in the first game in re-imagined David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on FOX.
- No. 22 Iowa State’s and No. 17 Kansas State’s game in Ireland is just the second nationally-ranked matchup in FBS on opening day since 2000.
- Big 12 QB Club: The Big 12 has nine teams that return quarterbacks who threw for 2,400 yards or more last season, nearly twice the total of any other Power 4 conference. The Conference also bolstered its QB class with talented newcomers.
- The Big 12 had more signal callers than any other conference in America on the Davey O’Brien and Manning Award Preseason Watch Lists.
- 2025 marks the 30th season of Big 12 Football, which held its inaugural season in 1996.
- The Big 12 will create excitement again this season after the Conference led the nation in 2024 in fourth-quarter lead changes and go-ahead scores in the final minute of conference games.
- The Big 12 Conference will publicly provide player availability reports for all Conference games this season, beginning with the Week 0 game between No. 22 Iowa State and No. 17 Kansas State.
- Tickets are now on sale for the Big 12 Football Championship Game, exclusively on SeatGeek. The game will feature a halftime performance by country music star Jon Pardi on Saturday, December 6 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on ABC.
