- 68.8% (11 of 16) of Big 12 teams have at least four wins this season, which is the highest rate among all FBS conferences.
- The Big 12 leads the FBS this season in conference games decided by three points or fewer at six.
- Big 12 QB Club: Four Conference signal callers rank in the top eight nationally in passing touchdowns with Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson (1st), Kansas’ Jalon Daniels (2nd), TCU’s Josh Hoover (T-4th) and Arizona’s Noah Fifita (T-8th).
- Big 12 QB Club: BU’s Sawyer Robinson remains the FBS leader in passing yards per game (343.0), and TCU’s Josh Hoover ranks sixth. Robertson is also tied for the FBS lead in points responsible for, while KU’s Jalon Daniels ranks fourth.
- BYU, Texas Tech and Utah each have a scoring offense and scoring defense in the top 25 of FBS. The Red Raiders rank in the top five of both scoring offense (2nd) and scoring defense (4th).
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- Texas Tech is the first Big 12 team to start a season 5-0 with an average margin victory of 37+ points per game since the 2015 Baylor Bears who won their first five games by an average of 42 points per game.
- BYU has started 5-0 for a second consecutive season for the second time in program history with both instances (2020-21, 2024-25) taking place during the Kalani Sitake era.
- Cincinnati (T-1st), Utah (T-6th), K-State (T-6th), BYU (T-11th), Kansas (T-16th) and Texas Tech (T-19th) give the Big 12 six programs in the top 30 nationally in fewest sacks allowed, which is the most of any conference.
- Big 12 Conference defenses lead the nation with 77 interceptions, seven more than any other league.
Big 12 Football Award Winners Announced for Week Six
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Offensive Player of the Week:
Noah Fifita, QB, Arizona and Josh Hoover, QB, TCU
Defensive Player of the Week:
Jake Golday, LB, Cincinnati and Namdi Obiazor, LB, TCU
Special Teams Player of the Week:
Stone Harrington, K, Texas Tech and Connor Hawkins, K, Baylor
Freshman of the Week:
Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU
Offensive Line of the Week:
Cincinnati
Defensive Line of the Week:
Texas Tech
IRVING, Texas – Cincinnati, TCU and Texas Tech had multiple weekly honorees in the Big 12 Conference awards for Week Six. The quarterback duo of Arizona’s Noah Fifita and TCU’s Josh Hoover (offensive) received awards alongside Cincinnati’s Jake Golday and TCU’s Namdi Obiazor (defensive). Place kickers Stone Harrington from Texas Tech and Connor Hawkins from Baylor (special teams) took home honors, and BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier was named Freshman of the Week for the third time this season. Cincinnati also had the Offensive Line of the Week, while Texas Tech was recognized with the Defensive Line of the Week.
Fifita found the endzone five times and guided the Wildcats to 41 points in their win over Oklahoma State. The Arizona quarterback threw for 376 yards, completed 28 of his 38 passes, and matched his career high with five touchdown passes. Fifita eclipsed 300 passing yards for the ninth time in his career as he moved into fourth and third in school history in career passing yards and passing touchdowns, respectively.
Accounting for all five of TCU’s touchdowns in a win versus Colorado, Hoover was the catalyst of the Horned Frog offense with 23-of-33 passing for 275 yards and four touchdowns. He added 20 yards on the ground and a score and helped his team erase an early 14-point deficit. The victory also makes the seventh game of four or more touchdown passes in his career, which leads all active FBS quarterbacks.
Golday earned his second Big 12 weekly honor of the year in Cincinnati’s 38-30 win over then-No. 14 Iowa State. He finished the day with 13 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. The Arlington, Tennessee native also had a game-saving fourth-and-1 stop in the red zone to secure UC’s highest-ranked win in Nippert Stadium since 2006. Golday leads the Big 12 with 49 tackles this season, which is tied for 13th nationally.
As the only Big 12 player with double-digit tackles, a forced fumble and an interception in Week Six, Obiazor finished TCU’s win against Colorado with 10 tackles and a sack to go along with his interception and forced fumble. He was part of a defensive unit that held Colorado to 217 yards passing with three interceptions. The win also marked Obiazor’s fifth game of double-digit tackles and second interception of his career.
Harrington made a trio of kicks in Texas Tech’s win in Houston as part of a kicking operation that set a program record with five field goals. His three field goals were from 23, 26 and 26 yards out while booting five kickoffs for touchbacks to limit the Cougars’ return game. Harrington’s kickoffs that were returned had an average starting position inside the 20-yard line.
Winning Conference honors for the second time this season after kicking another game-winning field goal, Hawkins made both of his field goal attempts and all three extra points in Baylor’s 35-34 victory over K-State. He opened the game with a make from 30 yards out before sending in the game winner from 53 yards in the final minute. Hawkins’ 53-yarder ties the longest made field goal by a Baylor player in McLane Stadium history, matching Isaiah Hankins in 2023.
Bachmeier was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the second straight week, and the third time this season, after guiding BYU to a 38-24 win versus West Virginia. He completed 72% of his 25 pass attempts for 351 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 43 yards and a score. His 351 passing yards were the second-most by a freshman QB in school history and included an 85-yard pass to Chase Roberts, which was BYU’s longest completed pass since 1996.
Earning Big 12 Offensive Line of the Week for the third time this season and for the second consecutive week, Cincinnati’s front line was instrumental in its 38-30 win over then-No. 14 Iowa State. The Bearcats did not allow a sack for the fourth time this season while amassing 474 yards of total offense, including 260 rushing yards to become the third Big 12 team to surpass 250 yards on the ground in a game this season.
The Texas Tech defensive line posted a banner performance in the Red Raiders’ 35-11 win at Houston, holding the Cougars to just 267 yards of total offense. Tallying 22 total quarterback pressures in the game, Texas Tech recorded two sacks, two interceptions and a forced fumble versus Houston. The Red Raiders finished the week ranked ninth in FBS in total defense.
