2010 Big 12 Conference football season

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.

2010 Big 12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	football
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ABC, Fox Sports Net, ESPN, Versus, Fox College Sports
2011 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Von Miller (Texas A&M)
Picked by	Denver Broncos, 2nd overall
Regular season
North champions	Nebraska Cornhuskers
South champions	Oklahoma Sooners
Big 12 Championship Game
Champions	Oklahoma Sooners

2010 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

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

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North
1	Nebraska	156 (26)
2	Missouri	125
3	Kansas State	79
4	Kansas	70
5	Colorado	61
6	Iowa State	55

South
1	Oklahoma	146 (17)
1	Texas	140 (10)
3	Texas A&M	97
4	Texas Tech	68
5	Oklahoma State	53
6	Baylor	42

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

Rankings

See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 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

Conference	Wins	Losses	Pct
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