2011 Big 12 Conference football season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2011 Big 12 Conference football season
| color = #ce1141
| color text = #ffffff
| league = NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
| sport = football
| logo =
| pixels = 150px
| caption =
| duration =
| no_of_teams = 10
| TV = ABC, Fox Sports Net, ESPN, Versus, Fox College Sports
| draft = 2012 NFL Draft
| draft_link = 2012 NFL Draft
| top_pick = Robert Griffin III (Baylor)
| picked_by = Washington Redskins, 2nd overall
| season = Regular season
| season_champs = Oklahoma State
| season_champ_name= Champion
| league_champs =
| league_champ_name= Runners-up
| second_place =
| MVP =
| MVP_link =
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| top_scorer_link =
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| conf1_champ =
| conf1-runner-up =
| conf2 =
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| conf2_champ =
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| playoffs_MVP =
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| finals =
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| finals_champ =
| finals_runner-up =
| finals_MVP =
| finals_MVP_link =
| seasonslist =
| seasonslistnames = Football
| prevseason_year = 2010
| nextseason_year = 2012
}}
{{2011 Big 12 football standings}}
The 2011 Big 12 Conference football season was the 16th season for the Big 12, as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It had 10 football teams due to the departure of Colorado to the Pac-12 and Nebraska to the Big Ten.{{Cite news|title=CU Regents vote unanimously to join Pac-10 |work=The Denver Post |date=June 11, 2010 |url=http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_15276637 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20100611/SPORTS/306119924/1141#nebraska-to-the-big-ten |title=Nebraska to the Big Ten |accessdate=2011-09-04 |publisher=Omaha World-Herald |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20100614171831/http://omaha.com/article/20100611/SPORTS/306119924/1141 |archivedate=2010-06-14 }} It was also the last Big 12 season for Texas A&M and Missouri, as both of them departed for the SEC in July 2012.
Rankings
{{See also|2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings}}
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