Big 12 Football

The Big 12 Conference finished the 2010 bowl season with a 3-5 record. This tied the Big Ten as the worst record amongst the BCS conferences.  The Oklahoma Sooners were the only Big 12 representative in the BCS bowl games last season.  They easily defeated a 8-5 UConn team in the Fiesta Bowl.

The Big 12 isn’t 12 teams anymore after Nebraska jumped ship to the Big Ten and Colorado made the leap to the new Pac-12 conference.  This has resulted in one division and no conference championship game.

The media has crowned the Oklahoma Sooners as the overwhelming  favorite for the upcoming season in the preseason poll and many believe they will be the top team in the nation.  They will be tested early as they go to Florida State on September 17.

The preseason poll had Texas A&M and Oklahoma State neck and neck for the second position in the Big 12.  Texas A&M might have the advantage since they host the Cowboys this year.

The most shocking news in the preseason poll was Texas at the fifth position.  Will Texas rebound from their down season last year and get back to the top of the conference?

2010 Big 12 college football bowl results:

Win:
Oklahoma St 36 Arizona 10
Texas Tech 45 Northwestern 38
Oklahoma 48 UConn 20

Loss:
Iowa 27 Missouri 24
Illinois 38 Baylor 14
Syracuse 36 Kansas St 34
Washington 19 Nebraska 7
LSU 41 Texas A&M 24

2011 Big 12 Football Bowl Game Ties:

Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl
San Diego, CA
December 28, 9 p.m. EST—ESPN

Valero Alamo Bowl
San Antonio, TX
December 29, 9 p.m. EST—ESPN

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Bronx, NY
December 30, 3:20 p.m. EST—ESPN

Insight Bowl
Tempe, AZ
December 30, 10 p.m. EST—ESPN

Meineke Care Care Bowl of Texas
Houston, TX
December 31, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN

AT&T Cotton Bowl
Arlington, TX
January 6, 8 p.m. EST—Fox

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, AZ
January 5, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN