2012 Big Sky Conference football season

The 2012 Big Sky Conference football season was the 49th season for the Big Sky. The conference began its season on Thursday, August 30, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2012 season of NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition.

This was the first Big Sky season for four new conference members—full members North Dakota and Southern Utah, and football-only members Cal Poly and UC Davis. All four had previously played in the Great West Conference.

Eastern Washington, Montana State, and Cal Poly represented the Big Sky in the 2012 playoffs. Eastern Washington was eliminated in the semifinals, and Montana State was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Rankings

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+ Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week   No change in ranking from previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Schedule

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Homecoming games September 22 Northern Colorado @ Montana State October 6 Montana @ Northern Colorado October 20 Sacramento State @ Eastern Washington

Attendance TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8TotalAverage% of CapacityCal PolyAlex G. Spanos Stadium11,0756,02211,0759,38210,0256,32642,8308,56677.3%Eastern WashingtonRoos Field8,60010,5298,6468,7148,6446,01142,5448,50998.9%Idaho StateHolt Arena12,0006,2287,8825,2125,1445,12529,5915,91849.3%MontanaWashington–Grizzly Stadium25,21725,12624,99125,25425,68424,15226,210151,41725,236100%Montana StateBobcat Stadium17,77720,76717,14718,63720,47717,13715,177109,34218,223102.5%North DakotaAlerus Center12,2838,8479,2109,5319,7429,2967,14453,7708,96272.9%Northern ArizonaWalkup Skydome10,0006,5949,1077,9914,1256,11933,9366,78767.9%Northern ColoradoNottingham Field8,5005,1364,7514,1553,7803,41821,2404,24849.9%Portland StateJELD-WEN Field18,6276,8456,3535,7545,0775,75824,7104,94227%Sacramento StateHornet Stadium21,1957,40810,77412,1068,1137,14345,5449,10942.9%Southern UtahEccles Coliseum8,5007,8358,4173,7663,8113,34427,1735,43563.9%UC DavisAggie Stadium10,8495,9037,5699,8777,8269,89941,0748,21575.7%Weber StateStewart Stadium17,5009,6179,4345,9397,2514,83737,0787,41642.4%

Head coaches

Tim Walsh, Cal Poly Beau Baldwin, Eastern Washington Mike Kramer, Idaho State Mick Delaney, Montana Rob Ash, Montana State Chris Mussman, North Dakota Jerome Souers, Northern Arizona

Earnest Collins Jr., Northern Colorado Nigel Burton, Portland State Marshall Sperbeck, Sacramento State Ed Lamb, Southern Utah Bob Biggs, UC Davis Jody Sears, Weber State

NFL draft The following list includes all Big Sky players who were drafted in the 2013 NFL draft.

Round # Pick # NFL team Player Position College 7 221 San Diego Chargers Brad Sorensen QB Southern Utah

References