The Big 12 Championship Game featured two blue blood programs that form one of the biggest and most storied rivalries in the nation. No. 14 Texas football battled the No. 5 ranked Oklahoma Sooners to challenge for its first Big 12 Title since 2009. Oklahoma was looking to win its fourth straight conference title to continue its reign over the Big 12.
Texas football entered the game with a record of 9-3 (7-2 Big 12) and Oklahoma entered with a record of 11-1 (8-1 Big 12). The only loss in Big 12 play for the Sooners before the Big 12 Championship Game came to the Texas Longhorns in the first edition of the Red River Showdown, back on Oct.