Who gets to the Big 12 Championship

The Big Question???

Within a conference like the Big 12 what decides if a team would reach the conference championship and to teams that don’t qualify?

Data & Methods Used:

#Package: cfbfastR (SportsDataverse)

#Data source: CollegeFootballData.com API

#Seasons: 2020–2024

#Conference: Big 12

#Outcome: What teams appeared in the Big 12 Championship game?

There are Winners and Losers

# A tibble: 2 × 7
  champ_game n_teams avg_ypp avg_total_yds avg_pass_yds avg_rush_yds
       <int>   <int>   <dbl>         <dbl>        <dbl>        <dbl>
1          0      36    5.90         4930.        2927.        2003.
2          1       8    6.31         5982.        3405.        2577.
# ℹ 1 more variable: avg_turnovers <dbl>

Yards for each Play

Offense and Turnover plays

Sources

Link from R Universe: https://sportsdataverse.r-universe.dev/cfbfastR

College Football Data Website Link: https://collegefootballdata.com/key

Author: saiem Gilani and Ross Drucker