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Big 12 Football Bowl Report

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Seventy percent of Big 12 teams will go bowling with two playing in College Football Playoff New Year’s bowls.

The Big 12 has had at least seven bowl teams in 15 of the last 17 seasons.

A total of 53 percent (16-of-30) of the Big 12’s non-conference games were against foes that will participate in bowls, including two in the CFP semifinals. These teams have a cumulative record of 123-60 (.672).

The Big 12 has a new bowl lineup for the 2014 postseason. Agreements will run for a six-year term.

Over the last six seasons, the Big 12 has had six different teams – 60 percent of its membership - claim a conference trophy in football. No other peer conference has had as many different champions since 2009.

In each season since round-robin play began, the Big 12 championship has come down to the final regular season games on "Championship Saturday".

Just three Big 12 teams (Baylor, K-State, West Virginia) started a senior quarterback consistently throughout the season. Additionally, three squads (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech) started a freshman due to injury in their final regular season games.

The Big 12 is the only FBS conference that ended the regular season with two teams with one-or-fewer losses.

The Big 12 is the only one of the peer conferences in which every team plays each other. ACC, Big Ten and SEC programs missed five league members, while Pac-12 squads did not play two of their conference brethren.

The Big 12 is one of two power conferences to play a nine-game conference schedule. Due to the uneven number of conference games, Big 12 teams play five road games every other season.

70 percent of Big 12 teams have been ranked at some point during the 2014 season.

The Big 12 won 72 percent of its non-conference games and outscored non-league opponents by 16 points a game.

Over 73 percent of the Big 12’s non-conference matchups were against FBS teams.

One-third (10) of the Big 12’s 30 non-conference games featured matchups against teams from the power conferences (ACC, Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12). No other peer conference played a higher percentage.