In the final opportunity for the Big 12 to pick up a win this season, Baylor lost to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. That brought the conference’s overall record to 1-5, with Texas’ win over Utah being the only win.
There was a solid mix of close games, but a couple of blowouts that were not competitive from the beginning. Here are the final results from the Big 12 during bowl season:
Texas Bowl
Oklahoma State loses to Texas A&M, 24-21
Camping World Bowl
Iowa State loses to Notre Dame, 33-9
Peach Bowl
Oklahoma loses to LSU, 63-28
Alamo Bowl
Texas defeats Utah, 38-10
Liberty Bowl
Kansas State loses to Navy, 20-17
Sugar Bowl
Baylor loses to Georgia, 26-14
2019 was a massive let down from last season, where the Big 12 went 4-3, including a New Year’s Six Bowl win via Texas in the Sugar Bowl over Georgia. This is the conferences fewest amount of bowl wins in the College Football Playoff era.
With Oklahoma’s loss to LSU, the Big 12 now falls to 0-4 in the playoff, all of the losses coming at the expense of the Sooners. As for the New Year’s Six Bowl games, the conference has a poor 3-7 record in those games.
To make matters worse, the SEC won all three matchups against Big 12 teams. Including former member Texas A&M, who beat Oklahoma State in the Texas Bowl. Kansas State was the only team to play a Group of 5 opponent but lost to a very good Navy squad.
Texas is the only Big 12 team currently on a bowl winning streak, winning three straight. While most Texas fans are not cheering for a bunch of success from the conference, a better showing from the Big 12 was expected.
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