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Contact: Joni Lehmann 469.524.1022 / [email protected] August 27, 2015 22015015 FOOTBALLFOOTBALL COONFERENCENFERENCE STTANDINGSANDINGS Final 2014 Standings BIG 12 GAMES OVERALL W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral vs. Top 25 Streak Baylor 8-1 .889 408 263 11-2 .846 627 332 6-0 4-1 1-1 3-1 Lost 1 TCU 8-1 .889 428 223 12-1 .923 604 247 7-0 4-1 1-0 5-1 Won 8 Kansas State 7-2 .778 303 197 9-4 .692 465 301 6-1 3-2 0-1 1-4 Lost 2 Oklahoma 5-4 .556 333 264 8-5 .615 473 337 3-3 4-1 1-1 0-4 Lost 2 Texas 5-4 .556 209 211 6-7 .462 278 310 3-3 3-1 0-3 1-5 Lost 2 West Virginia 5-4 .556 281 244 7-6 .538 435 359 3-3 4-1 0-2 1-4 Lost 1 Oklahoma State 4-5 .444 215 311 7-6 .538 359 406 4-2 2-3 1-1 1-5 Won 2 Texas Tech 2-7 .222 266 385 4-8 .333 366 495 2-4 2-3 0-1 0-5 Lost 1 Kansas 1-8 .111 153 320 3-9 .250 214 399 3-3 0-6 0-0 0-5 Lost 3 Iowa State 0-9 .000 207 385 2-10 .167 278 466 1-6 1-4 0-0 0-5 Lost 6 THHISIS WEEEKEK IN THHEE BIIGG 1122 COONFERENCENFERENCE NEEWSWS & NOOTESTES Thursday, September 3 The Big 12 opens the 2015 season with two of the top four nationally-ranked teams Oklahoma State at Central Michigan (ESPNU) 6:00 p.m. in preseason polls. Seventy percent of Conference squads are ranked or received Series: First Meeting votes. Last Meeting: N/A 14 of the Big 12’s 30 non-conference games will be against teams that played in 2014 No. 2/2 TCU at Minnesota (ESPN) 8:00 p.m. bowl games, with eight of those teams picking up bowl wins. A total of 16 games Series: Tied, 1-1-0 are against teams that played in postseason and 21 vs. opponents that fi nished Last Meeting: TCU won 30-7 in Fort Worth on Sept. 7, 2014 .500 or better. Friday, September 4 The Big 12 will no longer recognize football co-champions. In the event of a No. 4/4 Baylor at SMU (ESPN) 6:00 p.m. two-way tie, the head-to-head result among the tied teams will be used to declare Series: BU leads 37-36-7 the champion. A tiebreak procedure has also been implemented to identify the Last Meeting: BU won 45-0 in Waco on Aug. 31, 2014 Conference champion if there is a fi rst-place tie involving more than two teams. Saturday, September 5 The Big 12 Concussion Diagnosis and Management Policy gives medical South Dakota State at Kansas (FSN) 11:00 a.m. practitioners unchallengeable authority on return to play and return to learn Series: KU leads 2-0-0 decisions. Additionally, the Conference limits in-season full-contact opportunities Last Meeting: KU won 31-17 in Lawrence on Sept. 1, 2012 to no more than two per week per student-athlete, including game-day. Sam Houston State at Texas Tech (FSN) 2:30 p.m. Parity is evident in the Big 12. Over the last six seasons, the league has had six Series: TTU leads 1-0-0 diff erent teams – over half of its membership – win or share the conference title Last Meeting: TTU won 80-21 in Lubbock on Sept. 17, 2005 (Baylor, K-State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and TCU). No other peer conference has had as many diff erent conference champions since 2009. South Dakota at K-State (K-StateHD.tv) 6:00 p.m. Series: K-State leads 3-0-0 How diffi cult is the Big 12’s scheduling model in which each team plays every other Last Meeting: K-State won 42-3 in Manhattan on Sept. 18, 1982 conference opponent? The Big 12 has not had an undefeated Conference champion since beginning round-robin play in 2011. Akron at No. 19/19 Oklahoma (FSN PPV) 6:00 p.m. Series: First Meeting Four Big 12 coaches are the all-time winningest coaches at their institution -- Bill Last Meeting: N/A Snyder (K-State), Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State) and Gary Patterson (TCU). Texas at No. 11/11 Notre Dame (NBC) 6:30 p.m. Series: ND leads 8-2-0 Seventy percent of Big 12 teams went bowling in 2014 with two playing in College Last Meeting: ND won 27-24 in Austin on Sept. 21, 1996 Football Playoff New Year’s bowls. The Conference has had at least seven bowl teams in 15 of the last 17 seasons. Georgia Southern at West Virginia (FSN) 6:30 p.m. Series: First Meeting The Big 12 has seven guaranteed bowl spots in 2015 - Sugar (vs. SEC), Alamo Last Meeting: N/A (vs. Pac-12), Russell Athletic (vs. ACC), Texas (vs. SEC), Liberty (vs. SEC), Cactus (vs. Pac-12) and Heart of Dallas (vs. C-USA). Northern Iowa at Iowa State (Cyclones.tv) 7:00 p.m. Series: ISU leads 20-5-3 In the event the Big 12 champion is selected for a CFP semifi nal, the second-place Last Meeting: Northern Iowa won 28-20 on Aug. 31, 2013 fi nisher would be the Sugar Bowl representative. If there is a tie for second place, the Big 12 tiebreaker procedure would be used to break the tie to determine the Rankings listed as Coaches/AP. Sugar Bowl representative (if the champion is selected to a CFP semifi nal). BIG12SPORTS.COM @Big12Conference #Big12 Facebook.com/Big12 YouTube.com/Big12Conference TEEAMAM NEEWSWS & NOOTESTES BIIGG112S2SPPORTSORTS.CCOMOM / @@BBIIGG112C2COONFERENCENFERENCE / ##BBIIGG112FB2FB BAYLOR (0-0, 0-0) IOWA STATE (0-0, 0-0) BaylorBears.com / @BUFootball Cyclones.com / @CycloneFB This Week: at SMU [Friday] This Week: Northern Iowa Next Week: Lamar Next Week: Iowa Baylor returns eight starters from its 2014 unit that led the nation in total Defensive backs Nigel Tribune and Sam E. Richardson return this season off ense (581.5 ypg). The two-time defending Big 12 champions return 17 after Tribune tied for second in the conference in passes defended (1.45) starters combined on off ense and defense. and Richardson fi nished third in interceptions (.33) in 2014. The Bears earned their highest preseason national rankings in program Quarterback Sam B. Richardson was named to the 2015 Manning Award history, coming in at No. 4 in both the coaches’ and AP polls. watch list after setting the school record for completions in a season with 254 in 2014. KANSAS (0-0, 0-0) KANSAS STATE (0-0, 0-0) kuathletics.com / @KU_Football k-statesports.com / @KStateSports This Week: South Dakota State This Week: South Dakota Next Week: Memphis Next Week: at Texas-San Antonio First-year head coach David Beaty will look to extend the Jayhawks’ Head coach Bill Snyder enters his 24th season at K-State having amassed streak of four-consecutive opening week wins. KU is 2-0 in previous 51 wins over the six years since he returned to the sidelines in 2009 (8.5 games against South Dakota State. wins a year). Opponents on this year’s schedule went 93-62 last season and nine of The last time that K-State started a season with a quarterback and a run- the Jayhawks’ 12 foes had winning records in 2014. ning back who had no career starts was 1995. The Wildcats went 10-2 and won the Holiday Bowl that season. OKLAHOMA (0-0, 0-0) OKLAHOMA STATE (0-0, 0-0) SoonerSports.com / @OU_Football okstate.com / @CowboyFB This Week: Akron This Week: at Central Michigan [Thursday] Next Week: at Tennessee Next Week: Central Arkansas Oklahoma was tabbed at No. 19/19 in the coaches and AP polls, marking Head coach Mike Gundy enters his 11th season at the helm at Oklahoma the 16th-consecutive year that the Sooners have been in the top 20 in State on a nine-year streak of reaching a bowl game, the longest such the annual preseason rankings. streak in school history. Sophomore running back Samaje Perine will look to build on his Big 12 Freshman The Cowboys are 67-41-5 all-time in season-openers, including an 8-2 of the Year campaign in 2014, when he led the league in rushing yards (1,713) mark under Mike Gundy. OSU has won six of its last seven, nine of its last and set the NCAA single-game rushing record with 427 yards against Kansas. 11 and 26 of its last 34 season openers. TCU (0-0, 0-0) TEXAS (0-0, 0-0) GoFrogs.com / @TCUFootball texassports.com / @Longhorn_FB This Week: at Minnesota [Thursday] This Week: at Notre Dame Next Week: Stephen F. Austin Next Week: Rice No. 2/2 TCU enters the season with its highest preseason rankings in Texas head coach Charlie Strong enters his second season on the 40 school history. The defending Big 12 and Chick-fi l-A Peach Bowl champions Acres looking to replace six starters from a defense that ranked second return 15 starters in 2015, including 10 on off ense. in the Big 12 in total defense (348.5 ypg) in 2014. Senior quarterback Trevone Boykin was named Preseason Big 12 Off ensive The Longhorns open the season by traveling to South Bend, Indiana to take Player of the Year after leading the conference in total off ense in 2014 on No.