After much turmoil and at least two delays, one of which saw Texas Tech just go ahead and jump the gun (GUNS UP) entirely, the 2012 Big 12 football schedule has finally arrived, featuring the newly Big East-terminated West Virginia Mountaineers and TCU Horned Frogs. This is WVU's first stint in a heartland conference, while TCU has clawed its way back to rejoin many of its former Southwest Conference rivals.
TCU opens at home against the Kansas Jayhawks on Sept. 15, while West Virginia draws the Baylor Bears on Sept. 29. The two new guys play each other on Nov. 3 in Morgantown.
Elsewhere, Baylor and Tech are playing a neutral-siter in Arlington on Nov. 24, and the Red River Shootout Rivalry Shootout between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners is set for Oct. 13. Replacing Texas A&M as Texas' Thanksgiving week rival is TCU.
The complete 2012 Big 12 football schedule:
| Week | Baylor | Iowa State | Kansas | Kansas State | Oklahoma |
| Sept 15 | TCU | ||||
| Sept 22 | at Oklahoma | Kansas State | |||
| Sept 29 | at West Virginia | Texas Tech | |||
| Oct 6 | at TCU | at Kansas State | Kansas | at Texas Tech | |
| Oct 13 | TCU | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | at Iowa State | vs. Texas * |
| Oct 20 | at Texas | at Oklahoma State | at Oklahoma | at West Virginia | Kansas |
| Oct 27 | at Iowa State | Baylor | Texas | Texas Tech | |
| Nov 3 | Kansas | Oklahoma | at Baylor | Oklahoma State | at Iowa State |
| Nov 10 | at Oklahoma | at Texas | at Texas Tech | at TCU | Baylor |
| Nov 17 | Kansas State | at Kansas | Iowa State | at Baylor | at West Virginia |
| Nov 24 | vs. Texas Tech ^ | West Virginia | Oklahoma State | ||
| Dec 1 | Oklahoma State | at West Virginia | Texas | at TCU | |
| Week | Oklahoma State | TCU | Texas | Texas Tech | West Virginia |
| Sept 15 | at Kansas | ||||
| Sept 22 | |||||
| Sept 29 | Texas | at Oklahoma State | at Iowa State | Baylor | |
| Oct 6 | Iowa State | West Virginia | Oklahoma | at Texas | |
| Oct 13 | at Kansas | at Baylor | vs. Oklahoma * | West Virginia | at Texas Tech |
| Oct 20 | Iowa State | Texas Tech | Baylor | at TCU | Kansas State |
| Oct 27 | TCU | at Oklahoma State | at Kansas | at Kansas State | |
| Nov 3 | at Kansas State | at West Virginia | at Texas Tech | Texas | TCU |
| Nov 10 | West Virginia | Kansas State | Iowa State | Kansas | at Oklahoma State |
| Nov 17 | Texas Tech | at Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | ||
| Nov 24 | at Oklahoma | at Texas | TCU | vs. Baylor ^ | at Iowa State |
| Dec 1 | at Baylor | Oklahoma | at Kansas State | Kansas | |
^ Game Played at Cowboys Stadium; Arlington, Texas
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