2011 Big 12 Conference football season

The 2011 Big 12 Conference football season was the 16th season for the Big 12, as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It had 10 football teams due to the departure of Colorado to the Pac-12 and Nebraska to the Big Ten.^[1][2] It was also the last Big 12 season for Texas A&M and Missouri, as both of them departed for the SEC in July 2012.

2011 Big 12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	football
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	ABC, Fox Sports Net, ESPN, Versus, Fox College Sports
2012 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Robert Griffin III (Baylor)
Picked by	Washington Redskins, 2nd overall
Regular season
Champion	Oklahoma State

2011 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Oklahoma State $		8	–	1					12	–	1
No. 15 Kansas State		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 13 Baylor		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 16 Oklahoma		6	–	3					10	–	3
Missouri		5	–	4					8	–	5
Texas		4	–	5					8	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	5					7	–	6
Iowa State		3	–	6					6	–	7
Texas Tech		2	–	7					5	–	7
Kansas		0	–	9					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Rankings

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 1	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	Final
Baylor	AP		20	19	17	15	25	20	RV	RV		RV	25	21	19	15	13
	C		RV	24	19	16	RV	24	RV	RV		RV	RV	20	18	16	12
	HAR	Not released						21	RV	RV		RV	25	20	18	16
	BCS	Not released										25	22	18	17	12
Iowa State	AP				RV	RV								RV
	C			RV	RV	RV								RV
	HAR	Not released												RV
	BCS	Not released
Kansas	AP
	C
	HAR	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Kansas State	AP					RV	20	17	12	10	17	17	16	16	16	11	15
	C					RV	21	18	16	12	19	22	17	15	15	10	16
	HAR	Not released						17	12	10	15	18	17	15	15	10
	BCS	Not released							11	8	14	14	13	11	11	8
Missouri	AP	21	21	RV	RV	RV									RV	RV	RV
	C	21	19	RV	RV								RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	HAR	Not released							RV				RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released													25
Oklahoma	AP	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	11	7	7	5	12	13	19	16
	C	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	7	7	5	11	11	19	15
	HAR	Not released						3	3	8	7	7	5	10	10	19
	BCS	Not released							1	9	6	6	5	9	9	14
Oklahoma State	AP	9	9	8	7	5	6	6	6	3	3	2	2	5	3	3	3
	C	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	4	4	3	2	6	5	3	3
	HAR	Not released						6	6	3	3	2	2	6	5	3
	BCS	Not released							4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3
Texas	AP	RV	24	23	19	17	11	22	RV	RV	RV	21	RV		RV		RV
	C	24	21	21	18	17	10	21	RV	RV	25	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	HAR	Not released						20	RV	25	24	20	RV	RV	25
	BCS	Not released							24	24	21	16	23	25	22	24
Texas A&M	AP	8	7	9	8	14	24	21	17	16	RV
	C	9	8	9	8	13	25	23	18	16	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV
	HAR	Not released						23	19	17	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released							17	16
Texas Tech	AP						RV	RV		19
	C		RV		RV	RV	RV	RV		22
	HAR	Not released						RV	RV	21	RV
	BCS	Not released								20