Three major college football conferences have gone ahead with plans for a fall football season, including the Big 12. The Big 12 announced their football schedule for 2020 with teams playing a nine-game conference season with one nonconference matchup. The nonconference games are expected to be played on September 12th, while the conference schedule will begin on September 26. Each team will have two bye weeks along with a conference-wide bye week on September 19th. The extra bye weeks will give the conference flexibility in case they need to reschedule games due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Oklahoma Sooners begin the season as the favorite to win the conference, while the Texas Longhorns are the second choice in the betting odds. The one darkhorse team that could surprise this season is the Oklahoma State Cowboys, as the 2020 Big 12 football schedule definitely favors the Cowboys.
Big 12 Football Schedule Analysis
The 2020 Big 12 football schedule features a lot of flexibility including the option to move the Big 12 Championship Game back one week. The game is currently set on the schedule for December 12th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, but it could be moved back to December 19th if needed. The schedule will include the annual rivalry game between Oklahoma and Texas and it will still be played at the Cotton Bowl on October 10th.
There is no question that the power in the Big 12 could be in Oklahoma in 2020. The Sooners are the favorite to win the Big 12, but the new Big 12 football schedule definitely favors Oklahoma State. The Cowboys got major benefits from the new schedule and there is no reason they can’t make the Big 12 title game. A lot of people will be looking at Texas as the main challenger to Oklahoma, but the Longhorns have to visit Stillwater in the game that could decide who finishes in second place in the Big 12 this season. The early odds to win the Big 12 have Oklahoma listed as the odds-on favorite, while the Longhorns are a close second choice. The Cowboys are the only other team listed at single-digit odds. Iowa State and TCU are darkhorse candidates, while West Virginia, Baylor and Kansas State are longshots. Texas Tech and Kansas are also longshots but they have no real chance.
2020 Big 12 Football Schedule
Saturday, September 12
Missouri State at Oklahoma
Eastern Kentucky at West Virginia
Arkansas State at Kansas State
Coastal Carolina at Kansas
Houston Baptist at Texas Tech
Tulsa at Oklahoma State
SMU at TCU
UTEP at Texas
Louisiana-Iowa State
Louisiana Tech at Baylor
Saturday, September 19
Open
Saturday, September 26
Kansas at Baylor
Iowa State at TCU
Kansas State at Oklahoma
West Virginia at Oklahoma State
Texas at Texas Tech
Saturday, October 3
Baylor at West Virginia
Oklahoma at Iowa State
Oklahoma State at Kansas
Texas Tech at Kansas State
TCU at Texas
Saturday, October 10
Texas Tech at Iowa State
Kansas State at TCU
Oklahoma vs. Texas (Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas)
Saturday, October 17
Oklahoma State at Baylor
Kansas at West Virginia
Saturday, October 24
Baylor at Texas
Iowa State at Oklahoma State
Kansas at Kansas State
Oklahoma at TCU
West Virginia at Texas Tech
Saturday, October 31
TCU at Baylor
Iowa State at Kansas
Kansas State at West Virginia
Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Texas at Oklahoma State
Saturday, November 7
Baylor at Iowa State
Kansas at Oklahoma
Oklahoma State at Kansas State
Texas Tech at TCU
West Virginia at Texas
Saturday, November 14
Baylor at Texas Tech
TCU at West Virginia
Saturday, November 21
Kansas State at Iowa State
Texas at Kansas
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
Saturday, November 28
Kansas State at Baylor
Iowa State at Texas
TCU at Kansas
Kansas State at Baylor
Oklahoma at West Virginia
Saturday, December 5
Baylor at Oklahoma
West Virginia at Iowa State
Kansas at Texas Tech
Texas at Kansas State
Oklahoma State at TCU
Saturday, December 12
Big 12 Championship Game
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