The 2010 Big 12 Conference football season was 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.
Preseason
Coaching changes SchoolOutgoing coachReasonReplacement Kansas Mark Mangino Fired Turner Gill Texas Tech Mike Leach Fired Tommy Tuberville Colorado Dan Hawkins Fired mid-season Brian Cabral (interim)
Media Poll
North1 Nebraska 156 (26)2 Missouri 1253 Kansas State 794 Kansas 705 Colorado 616 Iowa State 55
South1 Oklahoma 146 (17)1 Texas 140 (10)3 Texas A&M 974 Texas Tech 685 Oklahoma State 536 Baylor 42
Ranked by total points, first place votes shown in parentheses.
Rankings
+ Legend Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous weekRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 FinalBaylor APRVRVRV2522RVCRVRV2422RVRVHARNot releasedRVRV2522RVRVBCSNot released2521Colorado APCHARNot releasedBCSNot releasedIowa State APCHARNot releasedBCSNot releasedKansas APCHARNot releasedBCSNot releasedKansas State APRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVCRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVHARNot releasedRVRVRVRVRVBCSNot released2224Missouri APRVRVRVRVRV2421187142015151514CRVRV2524232219168142016161414HARNot released19168152016161413BCSNot released116121715141212Nebraska AP86866751414999161317C978766413121089151316HARNot released514141199151317BCSNot released1614788151318Oklahoma AP7107886631111191614109C81099876311916141398HARNot released6411916141399BCSNot released19816141397Oklahoma State APRVRVRVRVRV22201720191212101616CRVRVRV25242118152018111091513HARNot released18152018131291615BCSNot released141717101091414Texas AP556721RVRV22C444416RVRV22RVHARNot releasedRV22RVBCSNot released19Texas A&M APRVRVRVRV231816191819CRVRVRVRV251918181721HARNot releasedRV2420181918BCSNot released2519171817Texas Tech APRVRVRVCRVRVRVRVRVHARNot releasedBCSNot 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 SelectionBowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchup/ResultsAttendancePayout (US$)#1Fiesta BowlJanuary 1, 2011University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, ArizonaESPN#9 Oklahoma vs. #25 Connecticut$17 million#2Cotton Bowl ClassicJanuary 7, 2011Cowboys StadiumArlington, TexasFOX#18 Texas A&M vs. #11 LSU$3 million#3Alamo BowlDecember 29, 2010AlamodomeSan Antonio, TexasESPN#16 Oklahoma State vs. Arizona$2.25 million#4Insight BowlDecember 28, 2010Sun Devil StadiumTempe, ArizonaNFL Network#14 Missouri vs. Iowa$1.2 million#5Holiday BowlDecember 30, 2010Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CaliforniaESPN#17 Nebraska vs. Washington$2.13 million#6Texas BowlDecember 29, 2010Reliant StadiumHouston, TexasESPNBaylor vs. Illinois$612,500#7Pinstripe BowlDecember 30, 2010Yankee StadiumNew York City, New YorkESPNKansas State vs. Syracuse$2 million#8TicketCity BowlJanuary 1, 2011Cotton BowlDallas, TexasESPNUTexas Tech vs. Northwestern$1.2 million
Attendance
TeamStadiumCapacityHome Game 1Home Game 2Home Game 3Home Game 4Home Game 5Home Game 6Stadium TotalStadium Average% of CapacityBaylorFloyd Casey Stadium50,00042,82140,85335,40540,05745,089204,22540,84581.7%ColoradoFolsom Field53,61347,84052,85548,95347,66542,722240,03548,00789.5%Iowa StateJack Trice Stadium55,00043,11648,87443,16243,19546,48551,159275,99145,99983.6%KansasMemorial Stadium50,07148,41746,90746,71947,56144,23940,851274,69445,78291.4%Kansas StateBill Snyder Family Football Stadium50,00051,05948,67250,58651,01550,83146,734298,89749,81699.6%MissouriFaurot Field71,00455,58256,05060,32962,96571,00463,310369,24061,54086.7%NebraskaMemorial Stadium81,06785,55585,73285,57385,64885,90785,587514,00285,667105.7%OklahomaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium82,11285,15185,63084,33284,02484,17385,116508,42684,738103.2%Oklahoma StateBoone Pickens Stadium60,21848,69248,82051,77848,28455,93550,741304,25050,70884.2%TexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium100,119101,339101,437100,142100,452100,659504,029100,806100.7%Texas A&MKyle Field82,60081,28777,57979,06983,45384,47981,392487,25981,21098.3%Texas TechJones AT&T Stadium60,45457,52860,45460,45455,667234,10358,52696.8%
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