UPDATED: 2014 BIG XII Conference Football Schedule

02/28/14 - Update:  Oklahoma State at Oklahoma has been moved to December 6th.  More information can be found here.

This week's news stories:

Bleacher Report has a story from the Omaha World-Herald that says ESPN is considering Lincoln, Nebraska, as a location for College Gameday on September 20th.  On that day, the Nebraska Cornhuskers will host the Miami (FL) Hurricanes.  Full story here. 

Miami Hurricanes Offensive Lineman Hunter Knighton was hospitalized after passing out during a workout session.  Full story here.

Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, will host the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game until 2019.  The ACC and the Charlotte Sports Foundation announced on Monday that a six-year agreement had been signed to keep the game at that facility.  Full story here.

The NCAA is considering a rule that would slow down the "hurry-up" offensive scheme by "prohibiting teams from snapping the ball until at least ten seconds run off the forty second play clock."  According to ESPN's Brett McMurphy, only 25 of the nation's FBS-level head coaches support this proposed rule change.  Full story here.

As college football makes the transition from the BCS to the College Football Playoff, the Football Writers Association of America and the National Football Foundation recently announced the creation of a new college football poll.  It will be officially known as the "FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16."  Full story here.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 2014 BIG XII Conference football schedule is now available on The Howell Report.  Unlike the other four FBS-level "power conferences," the ten-member Big XII no longer offers a championship game.  The last time the BIG XII had a football championship was back in 2010, the year before Nebraska and Colorado moved to different conferences.  Indeed, the conference realignment that will take place this summer will not affect the BIG XII's current membership.  As for the conference's upcoming schedule, there are plenty of games to look forward to, especially in the non-conference slate.  Some notable non-conference games include Alabama vs. West Virginia, Florida State vs. Oklahoma State, Kansas State vs. Auburn, Iowa vs. Iowa State, Oklahoma vs. Tennessee, Texas Christian vs. Minnesota, and Texas vs. UCLA.


2014 BIG XII CONFERENCE COMPOSITE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

For non-conference games, BIG XII members appear in ALL CAPS 
For conference games, home teams are underlined.

August 30th

Southern Methodist at BAYLOR
North Dakota State at IOWA STATE
Stephen F. Austin at KANSAS STATE
Louisiana Tech at OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA STATE vs. Florida State (neutral location - Arlington, Texas)
Samford at TEXAS CHRISTIAN
North Texas at TEXAS
Central Arkansas at TEXAS TECH
WEST VIRGINIA vs. Alabama (neutral location - Atlanta, Georgia)

September 6th

Northwestern State at BAYLOR
Kansas State at Iowa State
Southeast Missouri State at KANSAS
OKLAHOMA at Tulsa
Missouri State at OKLAHOMA STATE
Brigham Young at TEXAS
TEXAS TECH at Texas-El Paso
Towson at WEST VIRGINIA

September 13th

BAYLOR at Buffalo
IOWA STATE at Iowa
KANSAS at Duke
Tennessee at OKLAHOMA
Texas-San Antonio at OKLAHOMA STATE
Minnesota at TEXAS CHRISTIAN
TEXAS vs. U.C.L.A. (neutral location - Arlington, Texas)
Arkansas at TEXAS TECH
WEST VIRGINIA at Maryland

September 18th

Auburn at KANSAS STATE

September 20th

Central Michigan at KANSAS
Oklahoma at West Virginia

September 25th

Texas Tech at Oklahoma State

September 27th

Baylor at Iowa State
Texas at Kansas
Texas El-Paso at KANSAS STATE
TEXAS CHRISTIAN at Southern Methodist

October 4th

Baylor at Texas
Iowa State at Oklahoma State
Kansas at West Virginia
Texas Tech at Kansas State
Oklahoma at Texas Christian

October 11th

Texas Christian at Baylor
Toledo at IOWA STATE
Oklahoma State at Kansas
Texas vs. Oklahoma (neutral site - Dallas, Texas - Cotton Bowl Stadium) - Red River Rivalry
West Virginia at Texas Tech

October 18th

Baylor at West Virginia
Iowa State at Texas
Kansas at Texas Tech
Kansas State at Oklahoma
Oklahoma State at Texas Christian

October 25th

Texas at Kansas State
West Virginia at Oklahoma State
Texas Tech at Texas Christian

November 1st

Kansas at Baylor
Oklahoma at Iowa State (game could move to October 30th)
Oklahoma State at Kansas State
Texas Christian at West Virginia
Texas at Texas Tech

November 8th

Baylor at Oklahoma
Iowa State at Kansas
Kansas State at Texas Christian
West Virginia at Texas

November 15th

Texas Christian at Kansas
Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Texas at Oklahoma State

November 20th

Kansas State at West Virginia

November 22nd

Oklahoma State at Baylor
Texas Tech at Iowa State
Kansas at Oklahoma

November 27th

Texas Christian at Texas

November 29th

Baylor vs. Texas Tech (neutral location - Arlington, Texas)
West Virginia at Iowa State
Kansas at Kansas State (Governor's Cup Rivalry)

December 6th

Kansas State at Baylor
Iowa State at Texas Christian
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)

Special thanks to fbschedules.com for this information.