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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), (Oklahoma), (Oklahoma State) and (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 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 David Beaty will look to extend the Jayhawks’ Head coach 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 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. 11/11 Notre Dame. It marks UT’s fi rst trip to Notre Dame since 1995. with 4,608 total yards and 354.5 per game.

TEXAS TECH (0-0, 0-0) WEST VIRGINIA (0-0, 0-0) TexasTech.com / @TechAthletics WVUSports.com / @WVUfootball This Week: Sam Houston State This Week: Georgia Southern Next Week: UTEP Next Week: Liberty

Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes topped Big 12 freshmen in There are a combined 206 career starts among the top 25 players listed passing yards per game in 2014 with 221.0 (1,547 passing yards in seven on WVU’s defensive two-deep depth chart, including 11 with 10 or more games). career starts.

The Red Raiders are 6-1 against non-conference foes in the Kliff Kingsbury Josh Lambert was a Lou Groza Award fi nalist in 2014 after becoming just era (2013-14), including a win over Arizona State in the 2013 National the third kicker in FBS history to make 30 fi eld goals in a season. University Holiday Bowl. BIIGG 1122 IN THHEE NAATIONALTIONAL POOLLSLLS BIIGG112S2SPPORTSORTS.CCOMOM / @@BBIIGG112C2COONFERENCENFERENCE / ##BBIIGG112FB2FB

Weekly National Rankings Amway Coaches Poll (Coaches/AP/CFP) (Preseason)

No. School 2014 Rec Pts BU ISU KU K-State OU OSU TCU UT TTU WVU 1 Ohio State(62) 14-1 1598 PS 4/4 --/-- --/-- RV/RV 19/19 RV/RV 2/2 RV/RV --/-- RV/RV 9/6 2 TCU(1) 12-1 1487 9/13 3 Alabama(1) 12-2 1452 9/20 4 BAYLOR 11-2 1365 9/27 5 Oregon 13-2 1260 10/4 6 Michigan State 11-2 1230 10/11 7 Auburn 8-5 1103 10/18 8 Florida State 13-1 1057 10/25 9 Georgia 10-3 1026 11/1 10 USC 9-4 1014 11/8 11 Notre Dame 8-5 883 11/15 12 Clemson 10-3 838 11/22 13 LSU 8-5 727 11/29 14 UCLA 10-3 697 12/6 15 Ole Miss 9-4 668 Final 16 Arizona State 10-3 577 17 Georgia Tech 11-3 573 18 Wisconsin 11-3 470 WEEEKLYEKLY AWWARDSARDS 19 OKLAHOMA 8-5 407 Off ense Defense Special Teams 20 Arkansas 7-6 377 9/7 21 Stanford 8-5 365 9/14 22 Arizona 10-4 299 9/21 23 Missouri 11-3 229 9/28 24 Boise State 12-2 190 10/5 25 Tennessee 7-6 166 10/12 RV: OKLAHOMA STATE, K-STATE, TEXAS, 10/19 WEST VIRGINIA 10/26

11/2 11/9 Associated Press Poll 11/16 (Preseason) 11/23 11/30 No. School 2014 Rec Pts 12/7 1 Ohio State (61) 14-1 1525 VEERSUSRSUS OTTHERHER COONFERENCESNFERENCES 2 TCU 12-1 1428 3 Alabama 12-2 1322 All-Time 2015 4 BAYLOR 11-2 1263 W L Pct. W L Pct. 5 Michigan State 11-2 1256 American 63 15 .808 0 0 .000 6 Auburn 8-5 1192 7 Oregon 13-2 1156 ACC 34 35 .493 0 0 .000 8 USC 9-4 1085 Big Ten 45 42 .517 0 0 .000 9 Georgia 10-3 991 Conference USA 112 13 .896 0 0 .000 10 Florida State 13-1 959 Independents 11 13 .458 0 0 .000 11 Notre Dame 8-5 873 12 Clemson 10-3 862 MAC 50 9 .847 0 0 .000 13 UCLA 10-3 698 Mountain West 70 21 .769 0 0 .000 14 LSU 8-5 675 Pac-12 48 44 .522 0 0 .000 15 Arizona State 10-3 605 SEC 24 39 .381 0 0 .000 16 Georgia Tech 11-3 588 17 Ole Miss 9-4 563 Sun Belt 68 5 .932 0 0 .000 18 Arkansas 7-6 410 Non-FBS 105 7 .938 0 0 .000 19 OKLAHOMA 8-5 394 Total 630 243 .722 0 0 .000 20 Wisconsin 11-3 393 All-time totals are based on current conference affi liation. 21 Stanford 8-5 347 22 Arizona 10-4 311 HOOMEME ATTTENDANCETENDANCE 23 Boise State 12-2 240 24 Missouri 11-3 219 G Total Avg High 25 Tennessee 7-6 114 Baylor (45,000) RV: OKLAHOMA STATE, K STATE, TEXAS, Iowa State (55,000) WEST VIRGINIA Kansas (50,071) K-State (50,000) Oklahoma (82,112) Oklahoma State (60,218) TCU (45,000) Texas (100,119) Texas Tech (60,454) West Virginia (60,000) Totals TEEAMAM SCCHEDULESHEDULES & REESULTSSULTS BIIGG112S2SPPORTSORTS.CCOMOM / @@BBIIGG112C2COONFERENCENFERENCE / ##BBIIGG112FB2FB BAYLOR (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) IOWA STATE (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)

BU OPP ISU OPP Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C S4 SMU (ESPN) 6:00 p.m. 4 4 S5 Northern Iowa (Cyclones.tv) 7:00 p.m. S12 Lamar (FSN) 6:30 p.m. S12 Iowa (FOX) 3:30 p.m. S26 Rice (FSN) 2:00 p.m. S19 at Toledo (ESPNNEWS) 7:00 p.m. O3 vs. Texas Tech [AT&T Stadium] TBA O3 Kansas TBA O10 at Kansas TBA O10 at Texas Tech TBA 017 West Virginia TBA O17 TCU TBA 024 Iowa State TBA O24 at Baylor TBA N5 at Kansas State (FS1) 6:30 p.m. O31 Texas TBA N14 Oklahoma TBA N7 at Oklahoma TBA N21 at Oklahoma State TBA N14 Oklahoma State TBA N27 at TCU (ESPN) 6:30 p.m. N21 at Kansas State TBA D5 Texas TBA N28 at West Virginia TBA

KANSAS (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) K-STATE (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)

KU OPP K-State OPP Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C S5 South Dakota State (FSN) 11:00 a.m. S5 South Dakota (K-StateHD.TV) 6:10 p.m. RV RV S12 Memphis (JayhawkTV) 6:00 p.m. S12 at Texas-San Antonio (FS1) 11:00 a.m. S26 at Rutgers 11:00 a.m. S19 Louisiana Tech (FSN) 2:00 p.m. O3 at Iowa State TBA O3 at Oklahoma State TBA O10 Baylor TBA O10 TCU TBA O17 Texas Tech TBA O17 Oklahoma TBA O24 at Oklahoma State TBA O24 at Texas TBA O31 Oklahoma TBA N5 Baylor (FS1) 6:30 p.m. N7 at Texas TBA N14 at Texas Tech TBA N14 at TCU TBA N21 Iowa State TBA N21 West Virginia TBA N28 at Kansas TBA N28 Kansas State TBA D5 West Virginia TBA

OKLAHOMA (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) OKLAHOMA STATE (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)

OUO OPP OSU OPP Date Opponent Time ()(CT) AttendAttA end APA C AP C Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C S5 Akron (PPV) 6:00 pp.mp.m.. 19 19 S3 at Central Michigan (ESPNU) 6:00 p.m. RV RV S12 at Tennesseee (ES(ESPN)PN)) 5:00 pp.mp.m.. S12 Central Arkansas (FSN) 6:30 p.m. S19 Tulsa (FS1) 1 11:001:000 aa.m..m. S19 Texas-San Antonio (FS1) 2:30 p.m. O3 West Virginiaa TBA A S26 at Texas TBA O10 vs. Texas [Dallas]allas] TBA A O3 Kansas State TBA O17 at Kansas Stateate TBA O10 at West Virginia TBA O24 Texas Tech TBA O24 Kansas TBA O31 at Kansas TBA A 031 at Texas Tech TBA N7 Iowa State TBA A N7 TCU TBA N14 at Baylor TBA N14 at Iowa State TBA N21 TCU TBTBAT N21 Baylor TBA N28 at Oklahoma State TBA N28 Oklahoma TBA TEEAMAM SCCHEDULESHEDULES & REESULTSSULTS BIIGG112S2SPPORTSORTS.CCOMOM / @@BBIIGG112C2COONFERENCENFERENCE / ##BBIIGG112FB2FB TCU (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) TEXAS (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)

TCU OPP UT OPP Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C S3 at Minnesota (ESPN) 8:00 p.m. 2 2 RV S5 at Notre Dame (NBC) 6:30 p.m. RV RV 11 11 S12 Stephen F. Austin (FS1) 2:30 p.m. S12 R Riceice (L(LHN)HN)HN 7: 7:0000 p.mp.m.. S19 SMU (FSN) 7:00 p.m. S19 CaliforniaCalifornia (FOX)(FOX) 6:30 p.m. S26 at Texas Tech TBA S26 OklahomaOklahoma StateStatate TBA O3 Texas TBA O3 at TTCUCU T TBABA O10 at Kansas State TBA O10 vs. OKlahoma [Dall[Dallas]as] TB TBAA O17 at Iowa State TBA O24 Kansas StateState TBA O29 West Virginia (FS1) 6:30 p.m. O31 at Iowa SStatetate TB TBAA N7 at Oklahoma State TBA N7 K Kansasansas TBATBA N14 Kansas TBA N14 at West Virginia TBA N21 at Oklahoma TBA N26 Texas Tech (FS1) 6:30 p.m. N27 Baylor (ESPN) 6:30 p.m. D5 at Baylor TBA

TEXAS TECH (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) WEST VIRGINIA (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)

TTU OPP WVU OPP Date Opponent Time (CT) Attend AP C AP C Date Opponent Time (ET) Attend AP C AP C S5 Sam Houston State (FSN) 2:30 p.m. S5 Georgia Southern (FSN) 7:30 p.m. RV RV S12 UTEP (FSN) 2:00 p.m. S12 Liberty 3:00 p.m. S19 at Arkansas (ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. S26 Maryland TBA S26 TCU TBA O3 at Oklahoma TBA O3 vs. Baylor [Arlington] TBA O10 Oklahoma State TBA O10 Iowa State TBA O17 at Baylor TBA O17 at Kansas TBA O29 at TCU (FS1) 7:30 p.m. O24 at Oklahoma TBA N7 Texas Tech TBA O31 Oklahoma State TBA N14 Texas TBA N7 at West Virginia TBA N21 at Kansas TBA N14 Kansas State TBA N28 Iowa State TBA N26 at Texas (FS1) 6:30 p.m. D5 at Kansas State TBA

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