1997 Big 12 Conference Year Summary

Record: 75-65, .536 W-L% (5th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 2.15 (5th of 11), SOS: 1.48 (5th of 11)

Division Champions: Nebraska (North) and Texas A&M (South)
Conference Champion: Nebraska (Won Championship Game 54-15)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Colorado, Kansas State, Nebraska and Texas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M)

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	13	0	1.000	8	0	1.000	46.7	16.5	22.30	2.53	6	1	2
Kansas State	11	1	.917	7	1	.875	34.8	14.8	15.43	-0.07	23	8	8
Missouri	7	5	.583	5	3	.625	32.7	30.6	4.97	1.88		19	23
Colorado	5	6	.455	3	5	.375	27.3	26.8	5.34	5.97	8	8
Kansas	5	6	.455	3	5	.375	16.1	25.4	-5.55	0.26				record adjusted to 6-5-0 by NCAA
Iowa State	1	10	.091	1	7	.125	19.5	44.8	-12.28	4.53				record adjusted to 2-9-0 by NCAA
South	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Texas A&M	9	4	.692	6	2	.750	34.2	18.2	7.22	-1.40		14	20
Oklahoma State	8	4	.667	5	3	.625	29.3	19.4	4.86	-2.81		12	24
Texas Tech	6	5	.545	5	3	.625	22.3	19.7	3.05	0.96
Texas	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	25.7	33.3	-4.72	0.10	12	11
Oklahoma	4	8	.333	2	6	.250	19.3	31.6	-5.08	2.34
Baylor	2	9	.182	1	7	.125	18.2	34.1	-9.73	3.45

5 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1998-01-02	Orange Bowl	Nebraska (2)	42	Tennessee (3)	17	Miami, FL
1998-01-01	Cotton Bowl	UCLA (5)	29	Texas A&M (20)	23	Dallas, TX
1997-12-31	Fiesta Bowl	Kansas State (10)	35	Syracuse (14)	18	Tempe, AZ
1997-12-30	Alamo Bowl	Purdue (17)	33	Oklahoma State (24)	20	San Antonio, TX
1997-12-29	Holiday Bowl	Colorado State (18)	35	Missouri (19)	24	San Diego, CA

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year	Grant Wistrom	Nebraska
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year	Ricky Williams	Texas
Big 12 Coach of the Year	Bob Simmons	Oklahoma State