According to a Big 12 press release, the Big 12 Conference and the Dallas Cowboys have reached an agreement for the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship to be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, until 2025.
“We are pleased to extend our partnership with the Dallas Cowboys for another two years, and to continue holding our football championship in one of the world’s finest stadiums,” said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark. “The climate-controlled environment along with nearby hotels and the Texas Live! entertainment district provide our guests a best-in-class football experience.”
“We have had an incredible partnership with the Big 12 Conference, so we are excited for the opportunity to host their football championship through 2025,” said Stephen Jones, Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Cowboys. “There has been a lot of change in college sports, but one thing will always remain, and that is, the atmosphere of college football when the conference championship is on the line…we are grateful to play a part in that experience for players and fans alike.”
The Big 12 Championship was played in AT&T stadium in 2009 and 2010 before taking a six-year hiatus. Then, in 2017, when the game was brought back, it was reinstated in “Jerry’s World” and continue to be played there through at least 2025.
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Kansas City is thrilled to once again host the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship. The 2022 event marks the 21st time that Kansas City will host a portion of the Championship—more than any other city. Here's everything you need to know.
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CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Official Championship Bracket
- First Round – Wednesday, March 9
- 6 p.m. – No. 8 Kansas State vs. No. 9 West Virginia (ESPNU)
- Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
- 11:30 a.m. – No. 4 Texas vs. No. 5 TCU (ESPN/2)
- 2 p.m. – No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 9 West Virginia (ESPN/2)
- 6 p.m. – No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 7 Oklahoma (ESPN/2)
- 8:30 p.m. – No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 6 Iowa State (ESPN/2)
- Semifinals – Friday, March 11
- 6 p.m. – No. 5 TCU vs. No. 1 Kansas (ESPN/2)
- 8:30 p.m. – No. 7 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Texas Tech (ESPN/2)
- Championship Game – Saturday, March 12
- 5 p.m. – No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 3 Texas Tech (ESPN)
About the Championship
The 2022 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship will be held at T-Mobile Center, formerly known as Sprint Center, in Downtown Kansas City on Wednesday, March 9, through Saturday, March 12. The 2022 championship will be the 21st held in Kansas City (1997-2002, '05, '08, '10-'21). Other cities to host the event include Dallas (2003-'04, '06) and Oklahoma City (2007, '09).
Texas claimed the title in 2021 after defeating Oklahoma State in the championship game, 91-86.
Big 12 Postseason Champions
2021 – Texas 2020 – N/A 2019 – Iowa State 2018 – Kansas 2017 – Iowa State 2016 – Kansas 2015 – Iowa State 2014 – Iowa State 2013 – Kansas 2012 – Missouri 2011 – Kansas 2010 – Kansas 2009 – Missouri 2008 – Kansas 2007 – Kansas 2006 – Kansas 2005 – Oklahoma State 2004 – Oklahoma State 2003 – Oklahoma 2002 – Oklahoma 2001 – Oklahoma 2000 – Iowa State 1999 – Kansas 1998 – Kansas
1997 – Kansas
On Wednesday, the Big 12 Conference announced it has extended its agreement through the 2025 season to host the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The previous seven Conference title games have been played at the home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys.
“We are pleased to extend our partnership with the Dallas Cowboys for another two years, and to continue holding our football championship in one of the world’s finest stadiums,” said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark. “The climate-controlled environment along with nearby hotels and the Texas Live! entertainment district provide our guests a best-in-class football experience.”
“We have had an incredible partnership with the Big 12 Conference, so we are excited for the opportunity to host their football championship through 2025,” said Stephen Jones, Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Cowboys. “There has been a lot of change in college sports, but one thing will always remain, and that is, the atmosphere of college football when the conference championship is on the line…we are grateful to play a part in that experience for players and fans alike.”
AT&T Stadium opened in 2009 and hosted both the 2009 and 2010 Big 12 Championship games. After a six-year absence, the contest was reinstated in 2017. Excluding 2020 when COVID attendance limitations were in place, the previous six games had an average attendance of 72,199, with five of the games decided by a touchdown-or-less, including each of the last three.
The 2022 Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship is set for Saturday, December 3 at 11 a.m. CT. Tickets are currently on-sale via SeatGeek at //big12.us/3i564VW.
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The Big 12 released its predicted order of finish ahead of the 2022 season as voted on by the media, and Baylor has been tabbed to win the title for the first time in history. The defending Big 12 champs broke Oklahoma's six-year streak of being voted on as the preseason favorite.
The Bears received 365 total points and 17 first-place votes in the poll. Oklahoma was picked to finish second, followed by last year's runner up Oklahoma State in third and Texas at the number four spot. Iowa State was the only other team outside of the top four that received a first-place vote. The poll consists of 41 voters who rank the teams 1-10.
Here is how the voting broke down (first-place votes in parenthesis)
The Big 12 Championship Game will take place on Dec. 3 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and will feature the top two teams according to conference records. Baylor topped Oklahoma State 21-16 in last year's title game. The dramatic matchup ended with the Bears stopping the Cowboys just inches short of the goal line as the clock expired. The result eliminated any chance Oklahoma State had at earning a College Football Playoff berth.
For the Big 12 men's basketball championship, see 2021 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament. The 2021 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on December 4, 2021, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It was the 20th edition of the Big 12 Championship Game, and determined the champion of the Big 12 Conference for the 2021 season. The game began at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ABC.[2][3] The game featured the conference's regular season champions, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and the runners-up, the Baylor Bears. Sponsored by soft drink company Dr Pepper, the game was officially known as the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game.[4]Baylor Bears
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DateDecember 4, 2021Season2021StadiumAT&T StadiumLocationArlington, TexasMVPBlake Shapen (QB, Baylor)FavoriteOklahoma State by 6RefereeBrandon Cruse[1]Attendance65,771United States TV coverageNetworkABC
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ESPN RadioAnnouncersABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), and Molly McGrath (sideline)
ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Barrett Jones (analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)International TV coverageNetworkESPN BrazilAnnouncersMatheus Pinheiro (play-by-play), Weinny Eirado (analyst)
2021 Big 12 Conference football standings
Big 12 Championship Game
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- $ – Conference champion
- y – Championship game participant
The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 27-21 in 2020, winning their sixth consecutive Big 12 Championship Game. This marked Iowa State’s first ever appearance in a Big 12 Championship Game.
The 2021 Big 12 Championship Game featured the two teams with the best conference records; Oklahoma State and Baylor. This was the 41st meeting between the teams; Oklahoma State entered leading the all-time series 22–18.[5] The teams first met in 1914, and have played annually since Baylor joined the new Big 12 in 1996.[6] This was their second postseason meeting, after the teams faced off in the 1983 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, resulting in a ten-point Oklahoma State victory.[6]
This was Baylor's second appearance in the Big 12 Championship, following a loss in their first appearance in 2019.[7] Oklahoma State made their first-ever appearance, though the Cowboys won the Big 12 championship in its previous format in 2011.[8] The game was the first Big 12 title game without Oklahoma since 2009; they had appeared in, and won, the last five consecutive championship games, though the Big 12 did not hold a championship game from 2011 to 2016. Further, this was the first title game without either Oklahoma or Texas since 1998.[9] This was the first Big 12 title game without the Sooners under the Championship Game’s new format.
Oklahoma State
Main article: 2021 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
Led by head coach Mike Gundy in his 17th season, Oklahoma State entered the season with a narrow defeat of FCS-ranked Missouri State.[10] They followed up with another narrow comeback win against Tulsa after scoring three touchdowns in the fourth quarter alone,[11] and then took to the road for their first away game against Boise State, which resulted in a one-point win for the Cowboys.[12] They faced their first conference opponent the following week, No. 25 Kansas State,[13] and the Cowboys pulled the upset to move to 4–0 and jump into the rankings at No. 19.[14] Oklahoma State then faced No. 21 Baylor, whom they defeated by ten points, which led into a bye week.[15] The Cowboys then travelled to No. 25 Texas, overcoming an early deficit to win by eight and vault themselves into the top ten, at No. 8.[16] Another road game saw Oklahoma State drop their first game of the year, as they lost to Iowa State by three points.[17] The Cowboys rebounded with a dominant win over Kansas,[18] and held West Virginia to a field goal the following week in a three-touchdown win.[19] They continued on their win streak with another dominant win, this time over TCU,[20] and followed with a shutout win in their final away game of the season against Texas Tech; this victory clinched them a spot in the championship game.[21] They finished their season with a four-point home win against No. 10 Oklahoma,[22] their first win in the rivalry series since an overtime victory in 2014. The Cowboys, ranked No. 5, also had a potential College Football Playoff spot on the line, where they needed a win in the Big 12 Championship coupled with either an Alabama loss in the SEC Championship or a Cincinnati loss in the AAC Championship to get into the Top 4. [23][24]
Baylor
Main article: 2021 Baylor Bears football team
In their second season under head coach Dave Aranda, the Bears entered 2021 looking to respond from a disappointing 2–7 campaign the year prior.[25] They began the season with a road win against Texas State,[26] and won their home opener in dominant fashion against Texas Southern.[27] They opened conference play in the season's third week, as they took down Kansas on the road by 38 points,[28] and the Bears returned home to finish September with an upset victory against the No. 14 Iowa State Cyclones, whom they defeated by two points.[29] The Bears suffered their season's first loss the following week, when they fell to No. 19 Oklahoma State in Stillwater by ten points.[15] Baylor finished the month strong, however; in three consecutive home games, the Bears defeated West Virginia by 25 points[30] before defeating No. 19 BYU in their third and final non-conference game, which also marked Baylor's homecoming.[31] Now ranked No. 16, the Bears defeated Texas by a touchdown to improve their record to 7–1.[32] The following week, Baylor fell to TCU by two points, marking their second loss on the season,[33] though they were able to respond with a two-possession upset victory over No. 8 Oklahoma.[34] In their final away game, the Bears defeated Kansas State by ten,[35] which put them in the top ten in the rankings for the first time in the season.[36] Their home finale saw the Bears narrowly escape an upset bid from Texas Tech in a three-point win to finish the regular season 10–2.[37] By virtue of Oklahoma State's win over Oklahoma on November 27, Baylor finished the regular season tied with Oklahoma in the Big 12 standings, and, due to their head-to-head victory over Oklahoma, advanced to the title game over the Sooners.[38]
2021 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game
| No. 9 Baylor | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 5 Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
at AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas
- Date: December 4, 2021
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 65,771
- Referee: Brandon Cruse
- TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), and Molly McGrath (sideline)
- Box score
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The ending of the game was particularly notable as a result of a goal-line stand from the Baylor defense. Facing 1st and goal from the Baylor 1 yard line, the Bears defense repeatedly denied the Cowboys, as they had done previously in the game, culminating with a mad dash towards the pylon on 4th and goal, where the Cowboy running back was ruled inches short of a touchdown and potentially a Big 12 title. Baylor’s victory marked their first Big 12 Championship since 2014, their first unshared Big 12 title since 2013, their first win in a Big 12 Championship Game, and their third overall.
| First downs | 15 | 26 |
| First downs rushing | 7 | 8 |
| First downs passing | 7 | 14 |
| First downs penalty | 1 | 4 |
| Third down efficiency | 6 of 14 | 12 of 20 |
| Fourth down efficiency | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 |
| Total plays–net yards | 61–242 | 87–333 |
| Rushing attempts–net yards | 33–62 | 40–70 |
| Yards per rush | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Yards passing | 180 | 263 |
| Pass completions–attempts | 23–28 | 32–47 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 4 |
| Punt returns–total yards | 1–5 | 0–0 |
| Kickoff returns–total yards | 2–40 | 0–0 |
| Punts–total yardage | 5–263 | 4–180 |
| Fumbles–lost | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Penalties–yards | 7–49 | 6–50 |
| Time of possession | 28:37 | 31:23 |
| Blake Shapen | 23–28 | 180 | 3 | 0 |
| Abram Smith | 17 | 63 | 0 | 3.7 |
| Tyquan Thornton | 6 | 71 | 1 | 11.8 |
| Spencer Sanders | 31–46 | 257 | 0 | 4 |
| Spencer Sanders | 13 | 33 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Tay Martin | 9 | 88 | 0 | 9.8 |
- List of Big 12 Conference football champions
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- ^ Kelley, Kevin (February 11, 2021). "2021 Big 12 football schedule announced". FBSchedules. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ "Big 12 Football Championship Network and Time Revealed". Big 12 Conference. September 22, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma State Football Game Notes - Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship" (PDF). Oklahoma State Cowboys Football. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor Bears Football. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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- ^ "Oklahoma State Set for Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game". Oklahoma State University Athletics. November 29, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Associated Press (November 30, 2021). "Big 12 Gets Title Game Without Texas or OU Before They Leave". US News and World Report. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Wheeler, Wyatt D. (September 4, 2021). "Oklahoma State survives Missouri State football's late scare in opening night thriller". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma State holds off rival Tulsa 28-23 in Sanders' return". ESPN. September 11, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Harris, Matt A. (September 19, 2021). "Oklahoma State survives the blue turf at Boise State in 21-20 win". SB Nation. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Morse, Jon (September 25, 2021). "Oklahoma State 31, K-State 20: Lousy Reception". SB Nation. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ "Cowboy Football Lands at No. 19 in First Appearance in AP Poll". Oklahoma State University Athletics. September 26, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Nagel, Cody (October 3, 2021). "Quick Recap: Oklahoma State defeats Baylor 24-14". 247Sports. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma State vs Texas score: Cowboys win as Longhorns blow another double digit lead". The Athletic. October 16, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Salvador, Joseph (October 23, 2021). "Iowa State's Fourth Down Stop Squashes Oklahoma State's Undefeated Season". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Guskey, Jordan (October 30, 2021). "Kansas football vs. No. 15 Oklahoma State: Jayhawks lose 55-3 on road against Cowboys". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Carey, Greg (November 7, 2021). "Mountaineers no match for No. 11 Oklahoma State in 24-3 loss". WV MetroNews. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Associated Press (November 14, 2021). "Jaylen Warren, No. 10 Oklahoma State roll past TCU, 63-17". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Lederman, Eli (November 21, 2021). "'Big accomplishment': OSU shuts down Texas Tech, earns spot in Big 12 title game". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Simon, Nick; Vaidya, Chinmay (November 27, 2021). "No. 7 Oklahoma State survives Bedlam, topples No. 10 Oklahoma 37-33". DraftKings Nation. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Jeyarajah, Shehan (November 28, 2021). "Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State score, takeaways: Cowboys win wild Bedlam game for first time since 2014". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Prince, Patrick (November 21, 2021). "See every Bedlam score since the rivalry began in 1904". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Cooley, Marquis (September 5, 2021). "Baylor pulls out win against Texas State despite mistakes". Baylor Lariat. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Kaut, Kendall (September 11, 2021). "Baylor Blasts Texas Southern 66-7". SB Nation. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ "Baylor rides solid ground game to 45-7 victory over Kansas". ESPN. December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Peterson, Randy (September 25, 2021). "Analysis: No. 14 Iowa State, especially its special teams, must improve immediately after Baylor loss". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Carey, Greg (October 9, 2021). "West Virginia loses 7th straight road game at Baylor, 45-20". WV MetroNews. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Drew, Jay (October 16, 2021). "Baylor showed BYU has a lot to work on before it enters the Big 12". Deseret News. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Hibbard, Robb (November 27, 2021). "Highlights: Baylor 27, Texas Tech 24". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Barry (November 6, 2021). "FROGS WIN! Down Goes #12 Baylor". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Hawkins, Stephen (November 13, 2021). "No. 18 Baylor 27-14 win ends No. 4 Oklahoma 17-game streak". ABC News. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com
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