2000 Big 12 Conference football season

The 2000 Big 12 Conference football season represented the 5th season of Big 12 conference football, taking place during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season began with non-conference play on Saturday, August 26, 2000. Conference play began on Saturday, September 30, 2000.

2000 Big 12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I–A
Sportfootball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ABC, FSN
2001 NFL Draft
Top draft pickLeonard Davis (Texas)
Picked byArizona Cardinals, 2nd overall
Regular season
North championsKansas State Wildcats
South championsOklahoma Sooners
Big 12 Championship Game
ChampionsOklahoma Sooners
2000 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 9 Kansas State xy  6 2   11 3  
No. 8 Nebraska x  6 2   10 2  
No. 25 Iowa State  5 3   9 3  
Colorado  3 5   3 8  
Kansas  2 6   4 7  
Missouri  2 6   3 8  
South Division
No. 1 Oklahoma x$#  8 0   13 0  
No. 12 Texas  7 1   9 3  
Texas A&M  5 3   7 5  
Texas Tech  3 5   7 6  
Oklahoma State  1 7   3 8  
Baylor  0 8   2 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

At the conclusion of the regular season, Kansas State won the North Division championship with a 11–3 (6–2) record. Oklahoma finished atop the South Division standings, with a perfect regular season 11–0 (8–0).

In the 2000 Big 12 Championship Game, the Oklahoma Sooners, narrowly beat the Kansas State Wildcats by a score of 27–24 in Kansas City, Missouri. With the win, the Sooners advance to the BCS National Championship Game. Kansas State was placed in the Cotton Bowl Classic. A total of 7 Big 12 teams went to bowl games in 2000.

Oklahoma won the BCS National Championship Game at the 2001 Orange Bowl, defeating Florida State, 13–2, in Miami Gardens.

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