2010 Big 12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sportfootball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ABC, Fox Sports Net, ESPN, Versus, Fox College Sports
2011 NFL Draft
Top draft pickVon Miller (Texas A&M)
Picked byDenver Broncos, 2nd overall
Regular season
North championsNebraska Cornhuskers
South championsOklahoma Sooners
Big 12 Championship Game
ChampionsOklahoma Sooners
2010 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 20 Nebraska xy  6 –2   10 –4  
No. 18 Missouri x  6 –2   10 –3  
Kansas State  3 –5   7 –6  
Iowa State  3 –5   5 –7  
Colorado  2 –6   5 –7  
Kansas  1 –7   3 –9  
South Division
No. 6 Oklahoma xy$  6 –2   12 –2  
No. 13 Oklahoma State x  6 –2   11 –2  
No. 19 Texas A&M x  6 –2   9 –4  
Baylor  4 –4   7 –6  
Texas Tech  3 –5   8 –5  
Texas  2 –6   5 –7  
Championship: Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Big 12 Conference football season is the 15th season for the Big 12, as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was also the final season in the conference for Colorado and Nebraska as Colorado moved to the Pac-12 and Nebraska transferred to the Big Ten the following season.

Preseason

Coaching changes

School Outgoing coach Reason Replacement
Kansas Mark Mangino Fired Turner Gill
Texas Tech Mike Leach Fired Tommy Tuberville
Colorado Dan Hawkins Fired mid-season Brian Cabral (interim)

Media Poll

[1]

North
1Nebraska156 (26)
2Missouri125
3Kansas State79
4Kansas70
5Colorado61
6Iowa State55
South
1Oklahoma146 (17)
1Texas140 (10)
3Texas A&M97
4Texas Tech68
5Oklahoma State53
6Baylor42

Ranked by total points, first place votes shown in parentheses.

Rankings

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
 PreWk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12		Wk
13		Wk
14		Wk
15		Final
Baylor AP RV RV RV 25 22 RV
C RV RV 24 22 RV RV
HAR Not released RV RV 25 22 RV RV
BCS Not released 25 21
Colorado AP
C
HAR Not released
BCS Not released
Iowa State AP
C
HAR Not released
BCS Not released
Kansas AP
C
HAR Not released
BCS Not released
Kansas State AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
HAR Not released RV RV RV RV RV
BCS Not released 22 24
Missouri AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 18 7 14 20 15 15 15 14
C RV RV 25 24 23 22 19 16 8 14 20 16 16 14 14
HAR Not released 19 16 8 15 20 16 16 14 13
BCS Not released 11 6 12 17 15 14 12 12
Nebraska AP 8 6 8 6 6 7 5 14 14 9 9 9 16 13 17
C 9 7 8 7 6 6 4 13 12 10 8 9 15 13 16
HAR Not released 5 14 14 11 9 9 15 13 17
BCS Not released 16 14 7 8 8 15 13 18
Oklahoma AP 7 10 7 8 8 6 6 3 11 11 19 16 14 10 9
C 8 10 9 9 8 7 6 3 11 9 16 14 13 9 8
HAR Not released 6 4 11 9 16 14 13 9 9
BCS Not released 1 9 8 16 14 13 9 7
Oklahoma State AP RV RV RV RV RV 22 20 17 20 19 12 12 10 16 16
C RV RV RV 25 24 21 18 15 20 18 11 10 9 15 13
HAR Not released 18 15 20 18 13 12 9 16 15
BCS Not released 14 17 17 10 10 9 14 14
Texas AP 5 5 6 7 21 RV RV 22
C 4 4 4 4 16 RV RV 22 RV
HAR Not released RV 22 RV
BCS Not released 19
Texas A&M AP RV RV RV RV 23 18 16 19 18 19
C RV RV RV RV 25 19 18 18 17 21
HAR Not released RV 24 20 18 19 18
BCS Not released 25 19 17 18 17
Texas Tech AP RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV
HAR Not released
BCS Not released

All-Big 12 Teams & Awards

First Team

Second Team

Individual awards

Conference statistical leaders

Records against other conferences

ConferenceWinsLossesPct
WAC 5 0 1.000
Sun Belt 4 0 1.000
MAC 3 0 1.000
ACC 2 0 1.000
Big East 1 0 1.000
All FCS 6 1 .857
C-USA 5 1 .833
MWC 5 2 .714
Pac-10 3 2 .600
Big 10 1 1 .500
SEC 1 1 .500
Independents 0 0
Overall 36 8 .818

Bowl games

Selection Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchup/Results Attendance Payout (US$)
#1 Fiesta Bowl January 1, 2011 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona ESPN #9 Oklahoma vs. #25 Connecticut $17 million
#2 Cotton Bowl Classic January 7, 2011 Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas FOX #18 Texas A&M vs. #11 LSU $3 million
#3 Alamo Bowl December 29, 2010 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas ESPN #16 Oklahoma State vs. Arizona $2.25 million
#4 Insight Bowl December 28, 2010 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona NFL Network #14 Missouri vs. Iowa $1.2 million
#5 Holiday Bowl December 30, 2010 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California ESPN #17 Nebraska vs. Washington $2.13 million
#6 Texas Bowl December 29, 2010 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas ESPN Baylor vs. Illinois $612,500
#7 Pinstripe Bowl December 30, 2010 Yankee Stadium New York City, New York ESPN Kansas State vs. Syracuse $2 million
#8 TicketCity Bowl January 1, 2011 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas ESPNU Texas Tech vs. Northwestern $1.2 million

Attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Home Game 1 Home Game 2 Home Game 3 Home Game 4 Home Game 5 Home Game 6 Stadium Total Stadium Average % of Capacity
Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium 50,000[2] 42,821[3] 40,853[4] 35,405[5] 40,057[6] 45,089[7] 204,225 40,845 81.7%
Colorado Folsom Field 53,613[8] 47,840[9] 52,855[10] 48,953[11] 47,665[12] 42,722[13] 240,035 48,007 89.5%
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 55,000[14] 43,116[15] 48,874[16] 43,162[17] 43,195[18] 46,485[19] 51,159[20] 275,991 45,999 83.6%
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071[21] 48,417[22] 46,907[23] 46,719[24] 47,561[25] 44,239[26] 40,851[27] 274,694 45,782 91.4%
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 50,000[28] 51,059[29] 48,672[30] 50,586[31] 51,015[32] 50,831[33] 46,734[34] 298,897 49,816 99.6%
Missouri Faurot Field 71,004[35] 55,582[36] 56,050[37] 60,329[38] 62,965[39] 71,004[40] 63,310[41] 369,240 61,540 86.7%
Nebraska Memorial Stadium 81,067[42] 85,555[43] 85,732[44] 85,573[45] 85,648[46] 85,907[47] 85,587[48] 514,002 85,667 105.7%
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 82,112[49] 85,151[50] 85,630[51] 84,332[52] 84,024[53] 84,173[54] 85,116[55] 508,426 84,738 103.2%
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 60,218[56] 48,692[57] 48,820[58] 51,778[59] 48,284[60] 55,935[61] 50,741[62] 304,250 50,708 84.2%
Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119[63] 101,339[64] 101,437[65] 100,142[66] 100,452[67] 100,659[68] 504,029 100,806 100.7%
Texas A&M Kyle Field 82,600[69] 81,287[70] 77,579[71] 79,069[72] 83,453[73] 84,479[74] 81,392[75] 487,259 81,210 98.3%
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454[76] 57,528[77] 60,454[78] 60,454[79] 55,667[80] 234,103 58,526 96.8%

Notes

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