The Big 12 announced the members of its academic All-Big 12 football team.

Several notable players were on the first-team list, including Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing, Baylor quarterback Nick Florence and Baylor linebacker Joe Pawelek.

Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the football academic all-league squad consisted of 102 first-team members. First-team members have maintained a 3.20 or better grade point average.

In order to qualify, players must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year. Seniors who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

Here's a list of the first-team selections, who all had GPAs of at least 3.2. An asterisk indicates a 4.0 average.

Baylor: WR Krys Buerck ( Film and Digital Media/Mesquite, Texas), LS Casey Cooper (History/Abbott, Texas), QB Tyler DeLoach (Business/Coppell, Texas), P Derek Epperson (Business/Southlake, Texas), QB Nick Florence (Business/Garland, Texas), OL Jake Jackson (Business/Southland, Texas), DL Jason Lamb (Management/Richardson, Texas), LB Logan Lanier (Business/Nacogdoches, Texas) LB Joe Pawelek (Finance/San Antonio, Texas), WR Lanear Sampson (Business/Mesquite, Texas), FB Sam Sledge (Business Administration-graduate/Midland, Texas).

Colorado: OL Jake Behrens ( Business-Finance and Accounting/Omaha, Neb.), CB Benjamin Burney (Film Studies/Lone Tree, Colo.), TE Patrick Devenny (Business-Marketing/Roseville, Calif.), WR Dustin Ebner (Biology/Arvada, Colo.), DT Will Pericak (Business-Undecided/Boulder, Colo.), S Travis Sandersfeld (Business-Finance/Limon, Colo.), TE Devin Shanahan (Economics/Highlands Ranch, Colo.), S Bret Smith (Civil Engineering/Highlands Ranch, Colo.), T Nate Solder (Biology/Buena Vista, Colo.).

Iowa State: DL Chase Hurtig (Finance/Hull, Iowa), DE Taylor Mansfield (History/Decorah, Iowa), DB Matt Morton (Kinesiology and Health/Henderson, Texas), DB Zac Sandvig (Finance/West Des Moines, Iowa), WR Joel Zitek (Kinesiology and Health/Ulysses, Neb.)

Kansas: TE Tim Biere (Pre-Business/Omaha, Neb.), K Jacob Branstetter (Management and Leadership/Lawton, Okla.), LB Drew Dudley (Civil Engineering/College Station, Texas), G Trevor Marrongelli (Economics/Austin, Texas), S Olaitan Oguntodu (Marketing/Mesquite, Texas), QB Todd Reesing (Finance and Economics/Austin, Texas), LB Justin Springer (Sports Management/Los Fresnos, Texas), OL Brad Thorson (Economics/Mequon, Wis.), DE Jeff Wheeler, Kansas (Civil Engineering/Houston, Texas).

Kansas State: LS Corey Adams (Business Administration/Monument, Colo.), K-P Ryan Doerr, Kansas State (Business Administration/Katy, Texas), DE Jeffrey Fitzgerald (Sociology/Richmond, Va.), TE Gabriel Gantz (Agricultural Technology/Management Perry, Kan.), S Tysyn Hartman (Finance/Wichita, Kan.), LB Alex Hrebec (Business Administration/St. Louis, Mo.), QB Collin Klein (Accounting/Loveland, Colo.), TE Jeron Mastrud (Management/Beaverton, Ore.), LB Kevin Rohleder (Business Administration/Wichita, Kan.), DB Adrian Stryker ( Accounting/Waterville, Kan.)

Missouri: QB Blaine Gabbert (Business/Ballwin, Mo.), S Zaviar Gooden ( Business/Pflugerville, Texas), G Kurtis Gregory (Agriculture/Blackburn, Mo.), K Grant Ressel (Biological Sciences/ Jackson, Mo.), OL Travis Ruth (Animal Sciences/Jefferson City, Mo.), DB Robert Steeples (Business/St. Louis, Mo.), OL Austin Wuebbels (Business/Troy, Ill.)

Nebraska: CB Justin Blatchford (Undeclared/Ponca, Neb.), WR Wes Cammack (Agricultural Engineering/DeWitt, Neb.), S Austin Cassidy* (Psychology/Lincoln, Neb.), G Andy Christensen (Construction Management/Bennington, Neb.), LB Will Compton (Undeclared/Bonne Terre, Mo.), TE Ben Cotton (Undeclared/Ames, Iowa), LB Sean Fisher* (Undeclared/Omaha, Neb.), LB Thomas Grove (Biological Sciences/Arlington, Neb.), TE Ryan Hill (Business Administration/Arvada, Colo.), OL Marcel Jones (Construction Management/Phoenix, Ariz.), LB Colton Koehler (Business Administration/Harvard, Neb.), K Adi Kunalic (Advertising/Fort Worth, Texas), QB Zac Lee (Business Administration/San Francisco, Calif.), TE Jay Martin (Business Administration/Waverly, Neb.), S Matt O’Hanlon (History/Bellevue, Neb.)

Oklahoma: FB Brandon Crow (Special Studies/Comanche, Okla.), DE Auston English (Social Work-Graduate/Canadian, Texas).

Oklahoma State; CB Brodrick Brown (Management/Houston, Texas), OL Mark Chesnut (Marketing/Miami, Okla.), DT Shane Jarka (Marketing/Sugar Land, Texas), S Victor Johnson (Education/Waco, Texas) OL Andrew Lewis (Masters in Health Care Administration/Joplin, Mo.), OL Lane Taylor (Management/Arlington, Texas).

Texas: LB Emmanuel Acho (Liberal Arts undeclared/Dallas, Texas), DE Sam Acho (Honors Business/Dallas, Texas), K Ryan Bailey (Advertising/Austin, Texas), LB Dustin Earnest (Finance/Texarkana, Texas), P John Gold (Finance/Palestine, Texas), C Chris Hall (Corporate Communications/Jewish Studies/Irving, Texas), DS Will Harvey (Finance/Houston, Texas), QB Colt McCoy (Sports Management/Tuscola, Texas), TE Mac McWhorter (Advertising-Graduate/Austin, Texas), G Drew Oldis, Texas (Sports Management/Boerne, Texas), WR Jordan Shipley (Kinesiology - Graduate/Burnet, Texas), TE Greg Smith (Kinesiology/Montgomery, Texas), C-G David Snow (Corporate Communications/Gilmer, Texas), T Adam Ulatoski (Advertising - Graduate/South Lake, Texas), QB Trevor Walker (Civil Engineering/Mount Pleasant, Texas), RB Fozzy Whittaker (Corporate Communications/Pearland, Texas).

Texas A&M: TE Cole Graybill (Agricultural Communication/Stephenville, Texas), RB Ryan O’Bryant (Sports Management/Houston, Texas), DB Jordan Peterson (Sports Management/Lexington, Texas), G Michael Shumard (Educational Human Resource Development/Fort Hood, Texas), WR-QB Ryan Tannehill (Biology/Humble, Texas).

Texas Tech: LB Bront Bird (Business/Odessa, Texas), S Taylor Charbonnet (General Business/The Woodlands, Texas), S Cody Davis ( Business/Stephenville, Texas), DL David Neill (Human Development & Family Studies/Flower Mound, Texas), OL Mickey Okafor (Pre-Dental/Houston, Texas), OL Chris Olson, (General Business/Dallas, Texas), QB Taylor Potts (Pre-Physical Therapy/Abilene, Texas), WR Alex Torres (General Business/El Paso, Texas), WR Austin Zouzalik (General Business/Lubbock, Texas).