1996 Big 12 Conference Year Summary

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Record: 74-66, .529 W-L% (5th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.33 (4th of 11), SOS: 3.94 (3rd of 11)

Division Champions: Nebraska (North) and Texas (South)
Conference Champion: Texas (Won Championship Game 37-27)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 (Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Texas and Texas A&M)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Colorado, Kansas State, Nebraska and Texas)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall			Conference			Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
North	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Nebraska	11	2	.846	8	0	1.000	42.5	13.4	22.22	6.53	1	1	6
Colorado	10	2	.833	7	1	.875	29.3	18.3	17.16	6.41	5	5	8
Kansas State	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	28.3	15.9	13.13	3.71	21	9	17
Missouri	5	6	.455	3	5	.375	25.3	34.2	-1.12	4.79
Kansas	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	27.3	32.5	0.87	4.50	24	20
Iowa State	2	9	.182	1	7	.125	28.5	36.5	-3.36	4.73
South	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Texas	8	5	.615	6	2	.750	34.4	23.5	10.65	5.03	8	6	23
Texas Tech	7	5	.583	5	3	.625	26.9	19.3	9.50	4.17
Texas A&M	6	6	.500	4	4	.500	29.3	21.4	5.65	2.15	13	13
Oklahoma	3	8	.273	3	5	.375	23.2	35.6	-5.10	3.81
Oklahoma State	5	6	.455	2	6	.250	22.1	29.7	-3.50	-0.13
Baylor	4	7	.364	1	7	.125	24.2	29.1	-2.10	1.54

5 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1997-01-01	Cotton Bowl	Brigham Young (5)	19	Kansas State (14)	15	Dallas, TX
1997-01-01	Fiesta Bowl	Penn State (7)	38	Texas (20)	15	Tempe, AZ
1996-12-31	Orange Bowl	Nebraska (6)	41	Virginia Tech (10)	21	Miami, FL
1996-12-30	Holiday Bowl	Colorado (8)	33	Washington (13)	21	San Diego, CA
1996-12-29	Alamo Bowl	Iowa (21)	27	Texas Tech	0	San Antonio, TX

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year	Grant Wistrom	Nebraska
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year	Troy Davis	Iowa State
Big 12 Coach of the Year	Spike Dykes	Texas Tech