Category: Big 12 Football

Breaking down Big 12 passers by their total QBR through Week 2

Who is the best of the best in the Big 12 through Week 2?

The Pac-12 might have the greatest selection of quarterbacks in the country, but the Big 12 certainly isn’t lacking in that department.

The two biggest names currently reside with the top names in the conference, Quinn Ewers at Texas and Dillon Gabriel at Oklahoma. These two are on a collision course on Oct. 8 in Dallas, Texas.

Last week the Kansas Jayhawks saw the return of their starting quarterback Jalon Daniels, who returned to his 2022 form against Illinois. Newcomers Emory Jones and John Rhys Plumlee are also doing their part to make the Big 12 a top quarterback conference in 2023.

As Week 3 approaches, we break down the Big 12 quarterbacks ranked by their total QBR metric from ESPN.

Week 1 Preview: Big 12 Games to Watch

Which Big 12 matchups in Week 1 should you tune in for?

It is finally time to kick off the college football season in the Big 12. This will be the final year that includes the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns. However, they will add Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah in 2024.

Before we get to next season, our focus will remain on the 2023 season for the Big 12. In Week 1, there are plenty of matchups to keep an eye on. The Longhorns will host the Rice Owls, while the Sooners will take on Arkansas State.

Neither of those matchups was able to crack our list of the top games, but we begin our list of top matchups with West Virginia.

Preseason top 25 players in the Big 12

CSW ranked the top 25 players in the Big 12 for the upcoming season.

As of late, there has been a lot of focus on the Big 12 and commissioner Brett Yormark but not for the upcoming season. After adding Colorado to the conference for 2024, they are rumored to add another three schools before it is all said and done.

That will likely all play out in the coming days, but our focus is on the 2023 college football season. We have 14 teams vying to take home the conference trophy in the final year which will feature the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns.

The BYU Cougars, Cincinnati Bearcats, Houston Cougars, and UCF Knights join the other eight teams in hopes of spoiling the fairytale ending for the departing members. More on the season in the weeks to come.

The focus here is on the players who will determine the outcome of this season. College Sports Wire ranked the top 25 players in the Big 12 for 2023 which features everything from quarterbacks to defensive backs and everything in between.

College Wire’s 2023 preseason All-Big 12 team

Who makes our preseason All-Big 12 team?

The 2023 Big 12 football season is almost upon us. It will be quite different than in years past given that there are 14 teams competing for the championship this year. The number will drop to 13 in 2024 with the addition of Colorado and the losses of Oklahoma and Texas.

But for now, we shall focus on the upcoming season that welcomes BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF to the conference.

For the first time in the CFP era, the Big 12 was represented in the national championship game. It didn’t go their way but a new year brings the hope that they can compete for the title. TCU, much like many other teams are hoping that lost production won’t be their undoing in 2023.

As we countdown to the start of the season, College Sports Wire unveils our preseason All-Big 12 team selections.

Big 12 football preseason media poll takeaways: Is Texas back? Poor omens for Neal Brown and more

Is Texas back? A bad omen for Neal Brown’s hot seat and more takeaways from the 2023 Big 12 football preseason media poll.

On Thursday, the Big 12 media released its annual preseason poll as the conference prepares for its’ media days next week on Jul. 12 and 13. The poll comes just one day after the conference’s preseason All-Big 12 selections and preseason award winners were announced, which was dominated by Kansas and Texas.

Last season, the Big 12 had plenty of surprises up its sleeves.

The Baylor Bears have voted the favorite to win the conference after winning 17 first-place votes, narrowly edging out Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

But it ended up being the preseason No. 5 and No. 7 team in last year’s poll that met in the Big 12 Championship game as the Kansas State Wildcats defeated the TCU Horned Frogs 31-28 to win their first conference title since 2012. The Horned Frogs would make the College Football Playoffs despite the loss and finished the season as the national championship runner-up, losing to Georgia in the national championship game.

Neither team, however, is the favorite to win the conference this season, according to the media.

Other surprises last year included Oklahoma finishing the season below .500 for the first time since 1998 and the Kansas Jayhawks winning six games for the first time since 2008.

This year may have just as many surprises in what will be a transitionary year for the conference.

The conference on July 1 welcomed four new members in BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF. But it will also be saying goodbye to Oklahoma and Texas following the conclusion of the 2023-2024 collegiate athletic calendar.

College Sports Wire offers five takeaways from the poll, from the possibility of Texas back being to the poll being potentially a bad omen for West Virginia head coach Neal Brown and everything in between.