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This article is about the college conference. For the high school conference in Central Illinois, see Big Twelve Conference (Illinois). For the high school conference in Northeastern Illinois, see Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference.
Big 12 Conference
AssociationNCAA
CommissionerBob Bowlsby (since 2012)
Sports fielded
  • 23
    • men's: 10
    • women's: 13
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFBS
Region
Official websitewww.big12sports.com
Locations
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The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports, except hockey; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. Its ten members, located in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia, include eight public and two private Christian schools. The Big 12 Conference is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[2] incorporated in Delaware.[3]

The Big 12 was formerly composed of 12 schools, hence its name: it was formed in 1996 when four schools from the collapsing Southwest Conference (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor) joined with the pre-existing Big Eight Conference. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were grouped with the four newcomers in the "Big 12 South", while the remaining 6 teams of the Big 8 (Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa State) formed the "Big 12 North".

The conference's current 10-campus makeup resulted from the 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment, in which Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference, Colorado joined the Pac-12, and Missouri and Texas A&M joined the Southeastern Conference. TCU and West Virginia joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing schools, bringing the conference to its current strength.

The Big 12 Conference, like others involved in the realignment, has kept its name primarily for marketing purposes; the conference has high name recognition and remains one of the Power Five conferences which are considered the primary contenders to produce a College Football Playoff champion team in any given year. Attempts to rename the Big 12 to reflect its current strength would lead to confusion with the current Big Ten Conference (which currently has 14 teams). The Big 12 is also considered one of the Premier Seven Conferences in basketball.

The Big 12 Conference commissioner is Bob Bowlsby.

Member schools

Current members

Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Colors Mascot
Baylor University Waco, Texas 1845 1996 Private 16,787 Bears/Lady Bears     Bruiser
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1858 1996 Public 36,001 Cyclones     Cy the Cardinal
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 1865 1996 Public 28,091 Jayhawks     Big Jay
Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 1863 1996 Public 22,635 Wildcats     Willie The Wildcat
University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 1890 1996 Public 30,824 Sooners     Boomer and Sooner
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 1890 1996 Public 25,390 Cowboys/Cowgirls     Pistol Pete
University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 1883 1996 Public 51,313[4] Longhorns     Bevo
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas 1873 2012 Private 10,323 Horned Frogs     The Horned Frog
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 1923 1996 Public 36,551[5] Red Raiders     Raider Red
The Masked Rider
West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 1867 2012 Public 29,175[6] Mountaineers     The Mountaineer

Affiliate members

Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Sport(s)
United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado 1954 2015 Military academy 4,000 Falcons Wrestling
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1831 2014 Public 36,155 Crimson Tide Women's rowing
University of Denver Denver, Colorado 1864 2015 Private 11,809 Pioneers Women's gymnastics
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado 1889 2015 Public 12,084 Bears Wrestling
North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota 1890 2015 Public 14,747 Bison Wrestling
Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 1930 2014 Public 24,125 Lady Monarchs Women's rowing
South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota 1881 2015 Public 12,554 Jackrabbits Wrestling
University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 1794 2014 Public 27,523 Volunteers Women's rowing
Utah Valley University Orem, Utah 1941 2015 Public 31,556 Wolverines Wrestling
University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 1886 2015 Public 13,992 Cowboys Wrestling
  • On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 added the six former members of the Western Wrestling Conference: Air Force, Northern Colorado, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley, and Wyoming as affiliate members for wrestling and Denver as an affiliate member for women's gymnastics.[7]

Former members

Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Enrollment Nickname Colors Current
Conference
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado 1876 1996 2011 Public 30,128 Buffaloes       Pac-12
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 1839 1996 2012 Public 34,255[8] Tigers     SEC
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 1869 1996 2011 Public 24,100[9] Cornhuskers     Big Ten
Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 1876 1996 2012 Public 53,337 Aggies     SEC

Membership timeline

University of DenverMountain Rim Gymnastics ConferenceUniversity of WyomingWestern Wrestling ConferenceUtah Valley UniversityWestern Wrestling ConferenceSouth Dakota State UniversityWestern Wrestling ConferenceNorth Dakota State UniversityWestern Wrestling ConferenceUniversity of Northern ColoradoWestern Wrestling ConferenceUnited States Air Force AcademyWestern Wrestling ConferenceOld Dominion UniversityConference USAUniversity of TennesseeConference USAUniversity of AlabamaConference USAWest Virginia UniversityBig East Conference (1979–2013)Texas Christian UniversityMountain West ConferenceConference USAWestern Athletic ConferenceTexas Tech UniversityUniversity of Texas at AustinOklahoma State University–StillwaterUniversity of OklahomaKansas State UniversityUniversity of KansasIowa State UniversityBaylor UniversitySoutheastern ConferenceTexas A&M UniversitySoutheastern ConferenceUniversity of MissouriBig Ten ConferenceUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnPacific 12 ConferenceUniversity of Colorado Boulder

Full members Assoc. member (Other sports) Other Conference

Sports

The Big 12 Conference sponsors championship competition in ten men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[10]

Teams in Big 12 Conference competition
Sport Men's Women's
Baseball 9 –
Basketball 10 10
Cross Country 9 10
Equestrian – 4
Football 10 –
Golf 10 9
Gymnastics – 4
Rowing – 8
Soccer – 10
Softball – 7
Swimming & Diving 3 5
Tennis 6 10
Track and Field (Indoor) 9 10
Track and Field (Outdoor) 9 10
Volleyball – 9
Wrestling 10 –

Men's sponsored sports by school

School Baseball Basketball Cross
Country		 Football Golf Swimming
& Diving		 Tennis Track
& Field
Indoor		 Track
& Field
Outdoor		 Wrestling Total
Big 12
Sports
Baylor Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 8
Iowa State Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 7
Kansas Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 7
Kansas State Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 7
Oklahoma Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 9
Oklahoma State Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 9
TCU Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 9
Texas Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 9
Texas Tech Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 8
West Virginia Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY 6
Totals 9 10 9 10 10 3 6 9 9 4*
Affiliate Members
Air Force Green tickY 1
North Dakota State Green tickY 1
Northern Colorado Green tickY 1
South Dakota State Green tickY 1
Utah Valley Green tickY 1
Wyoming Green tickY 1

Men's (and Coed – see Rifle) varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 schools:

School Gymnastics Rifle* Soccer
Oklahoma Mountain Pacific Sports Federation No No
TCU No Patriot Rifle Conference No
West Virginia No Great America Rifle Conference Mid-American Conference
  • Rifle is often categorized as a men's sport because the NCAA bylaws that establish scholarship limits for each sport list rifle as a men's sport.[11] Nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with men's, women's, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams. Through 2016, West Virginia with 18 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four pre-NCAA national titles.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School Basketball Cross
Country		 Equestrian Golf Gymnastics Rowing Soccer Softball Swimming
& Diving		 Tennis Track
& Field
Indoor		 Track
& Field
Outdoor		 Volleyball Total
Big 12
Sports
Baylor Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
Iowa State Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 11
Kansas Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 11
Kansas State Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
Oklahoma Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 11
Oklahoma State Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 9
TCU Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
Texas Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 11
Texas Tech Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 9
West Virginia Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
Totals 10 10 3 9 3* 5* 10 7 5 10 10 10 9
Affiliate Members
Alabama Green tickY 1
Old Dominion Green tickY 1
Denver Green tickY 1
Tennessee Green tickY 1

History

Main article: History of the Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a major college athletic conference in the United States, having formed in February 1994 when four prominent colleges from Texas that were members of the Southwest Conference were invited to join the eight members of the Big Eight Conference to form a new 12 member conference. The Big 12 began athletic play in the fall of 1996, with the Texas Tech vs. Kansas State football game being the first-ever sports event staged by the conference. From its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions. Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference while two schools joined in 2013.

Distinctive elements

Original Big 12 Conference logo from 1996 to 2004
Big 12 Conference logo from 2004 to 2014

No football championship game until 2017

The Big 12 is unique among the current "Power Five" conferences in that it only has 10 members, despite the name, causing some confusion. From 1987 to 2015, 12 or more members were required for a conference championship game, although the first such game was not established until the SEC did so in 1992.[12] (Since the 2014 season, the Pac-12 has 12 members, while the ACC, Big Ten, and SEC have 14 football members each.)

Former Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds and former football coach Mack Brown, along with Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, preferred not to have a championship game.[13] Critics argued it was a competitive advantage over other contract conferences. Conferences with a championship game have their division champions typically play one of their toughest games of the year in the last week of the regular season. Unlike the other "Power 5" conferences in which a team only plays a portion of the other teams in the conference each season, each Big 12 team plays the other nine teams during its conference schedule. This theoretically allows for the declaration of a de facto champion without the need for an additional rematch between the top two teams in the conference.

On June 3, 2016, the conference announced it would reinstate the football championship game in the 2017 season.[14] This followed the passage of a new NCAA rule allowing all FBS conferences to hold football championship games regardless of their membership numbers.[15]

Population base

The Big 12 has the smallest population base by far of the Power Five conferences. Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia and Iowa have a combined population of 37.8 million.

As of 2013, out of the 115.6 million TV households nationwide there are only 13,427,130 TV households in those states (11.6%),[16][17] although Morgantown, West Virginia where WVU is based is in the Pittsburgh television market, which increases the Big 12's television base well into Pennsylvania. The Big 12's share of the nation's TVs is a fraction of that reached by the rest of the Power Five. This likely works against the conference in TV negotiations, but the conference negotiated tier 1 and 2 TV contracts with total payouts similar to those of the other Power Five conferences.[18]

Grant of Rights

Member schools granted their first and second tier sports media rights to the conference for the length of their current TV deals. The Grant of Rights (GOR) deal with the leagues' TV contracts ensures that "if a Big 12 school leaves for another league in the next 13 years, that school's media rights, including revenue, would remain with the Big 12 and not its new conference."[19]

GOR is seen by league members as a "foundation of stability" and allowed the Big 12 to be "positioned with one of the best media rights arrangements in collegiate sports, providing the conference and its members unprecedented revenue growth, and sports programming over two networks." All members agreed to the GOR and later agreed to extend the initial 6-year deal to 13 years to correspond to the length of their TV contracts.[20]

Prior to this agreement, the Big Ten and Pac-12 also had similar GOR agreements.[21] The Big 12 subsequently assisted the ACC in drafting its GOR agreement.[22] Four of the five major conferences now have such agreements, with the SEC the only exception.

Tier 3 events

The Big 12 is the only major conference that allows members to monetize TV rights for tier 3 events in football and men's basketball.[citation needed] This allows individual Big 12 member institutions to create tier 3 deals that include TV rights for one home football game and four home men's basketball games per season. Tier 3 rights exist for other sports as well, but these are not unique to the Big 12. The unique arrangement potentially allows Big 12 members to remain some of college sports' highest revenue earners. Other conferences' cable deals are subject to value reductions based on how people acquire cable programming, Big 12 schools tier 3 deals are exempt.[23] Texas alone will earn more than $150 Million of that total from their Longhorn Network.[24]

Revenue

Conference revenue comes mostly from television contracts, bowl games, the NCAA, merchandise, licensing and conference-hosted sporting events. The Conference distributes revenue annually to member institutions.[30] From 1996 to 2011, 57 percent of revenue was allotted equally; while 43 percent was based upon the number of football and men's basketball television appearances and other factors.[31][32] In 2011 the distribution was 76 percent equal and 24 percent based on television appearances. Changing the arrangement requires a unanimous vote; as a Big 12 member, Nebraska and Texas A&M had withheld support for more equitable revenue distribution.[31]

With this model, larger schools can receive more revenue because they appear more often on television. In 2006, for example, Texas received $10.2 million, 44% more than Baylor University's $7.1 million.[33]

Big 12 revenue was generally less than other BCS conferences; this was due in part to television contracts signed with Fox Sports Net (four years for $48 million) and ABC/ESPN (eight years for $480 million).[34]

In 2011, the Big 12 announced a new 13-year media rights deal with Fox that would ensure that every Big 12 home football game is televised, as well as greatly increasing coverage of women's basketball, conference championships and other sports.[35] The deal, valued at an estimated $1.1 billion, runs until 2025.[36] In 2012, the conference announced a new ESPN/FOX agreement, replacing the current ABC/ESPN deal, to immediately increase national media broadcasts of football and increase conference revenue;[37] the new deal was estimated to be worth $2.6 billion through the 2025 expiration.[38] The two deals pushed the conference per-school payout to approximately $20 million per year, while separating third-tier media rights into separate deals for each school; such contracts secured an additional $6 million to $20 million per school annually.[39] The per-school payout under the deal is expected to reach $44 million, according to Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.[40]

Revenue ranking

Revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, food and novelties. Total expenses includes coaching/staff, scholarships, buildings/ground, maintenance, utilities and rental fees and all other costs including recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues and insurance costs. Data is from United States Department of Education.[41]

2014–15 Conference Rank Institution 2014–15 Total Revenue from Athletics[42] 2014–15 Total Expenses on Athletics[42] 2014–15 Average Spending per student-athlete[43]
1 University of Texas at Austin $179,555,311 $152,853,239 $218,050
2 University of Oklahoma $135,660,070 $124,732,244 $170,866
3 Baylor University $106,078,643 $106,078,643 $153,737
4 University of Kansas $103,326,170 $103,326,170 $177,536
5 West Virginia University $87,265,473 $87,265,473 $147,159
6 Oklahoma State University $85,645,208 $80,196,450 $123,189
7 Texas Christian University $80,608,562 $80,608,562 $145,766
8 Kansas State University $76,245,188 $66,449,920 $110,016
9 Texas Tech University $69,858,256 $64,245,380 $123,207
10 Iowa State University $65,733,110 $65,658,901 $129,396

Football

Main article: Big 12 Conference football

The first football game in conference play was Texas Tech vs. Kansas State in 1996, won by Kansas State, 21–14.[44]

From 1996 to 2010, Big 12 Conference teams played eight conference games a season. Each team faced all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division. Inter-divisional play was a "three-on, three-off" system, where teams would play three teams from the other division on a home-and-home basis for two seasons, and then play the other three foes from the opposite side for a two-year home-and-home.[citation needed]

This format came under considerable criticism, especially from Nebraska and Oklahoma, who were denied a yearly match between two of college football's most storied programs.[citation needed] The Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry was one of the most intense in college football history.[citation needed] (Until 2006, the teams had never met in the Big 12 Championship.) Due to the departure of Nebraska and Colorado in 2011, the Big 12 eliminated the divisions (and championship game) and instituted a nine-game round-robin format.[citation needed] With the advent of the College Football Playoff committee looking at teams' strength of schedule for picking the four playoff teams, on December 8, 2015 the Big 12 announced an annual requirement for all Big 12 teams to schedule a non-conference game against a team from the four other Power Five conferences (plus Notre Dame).[45] Per Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby: "Schedule strength is a key component in CFP Selection Committee deliberations. This move will strengthen the resumes for all Big 12 teams. Coupled with the nine-game full round robin Conference schedule our teams play, it will not only benefit the teams at the top of our standings each season, but will impact the overall strength of the Conference."[45]

Championship game

Main article: Big 12 Championship Game

The Big 12 Championship Game was held each year. The game was approved by all members except Nebraska.[46] The championship game pitted the division champions against each other after the regular season was completed. The first match was held during the 1996 season at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis.

Following the 2008 game, a decision was made to move the game to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 2009 and 2010 games were played there, with the Sooners defeating the Cornhuskers 23–20 in the 2010 championship game.[47]

In 2010, the game moved to Arlington for 2011, 2012, and 2013.[48] This became moot following the 2010 season because the league lacked sufficient members.[49]

In April 2015, legislation that was developed by the ACC and the Big 12 to deregulate conference championship games was announced by NCAA officials as being expected to pass in time for the start of the 2016 season. The legislation passed on January 14, 2016 allowing a conference with fewer then twelve teams to stage a championship game under either of the following circumstances:

  • The game involves the top two teams following a full round-robin conference schedule.
  • The game involves two divisional winners, each having played a full round-robin within its division.

2014 Bowl games

Pick
Name[50]
 Location Opposing conference
– College Football Playoff – –
1 Sugar Bowl† New Orleans, Louisiana SEC
2 Valero Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas Pac-12
3 Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Florida ACC
4 AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl Houston, Texas SEC
5 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee SEC
6 Cactus Bowl Tempe, Arizona Pac-12
7 Heart of Dallas Bowl‡ Dallas, Texas Conference USA
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl‡ Fort Worth, Texas American
†:The Big 12 champion will go to the Sugar Bowl unless selected for the College football playoff. In the event that the conference champion is selected for the playoff, the conference runner up will go to the Sugar Bowl.

‡:Conference representative will play in the bowls on a rotating basis.

Rivalries

Rivalries (primarily in football) mostly predate the conference. The Kansas-Missouri rivalry was the longest running, the longest west of the Mississippi and the second longest in college football. It was played 119 times before Missouri left the Big 12. As of October 2012, the University of Kansas' athletic department had not accepted Missouri's invitations to play inter-conference rivalry games, putting the rivalry on hold. Sports clubs sponsored by the two universities continued to play each other.[51]

The rivalry between TCU and Baylor, known as the Revivalry is also one of the longest running in college football, with the two schools having played each other — largely as Southwest Conference members — 110 times since 1899. As of the 2015 game, the teams are even at 52–52–7.

The Oklahoma-Texas rivalry, the Red River Showdown is one year younger and has been played 108 times. This was a major rivalry decades before they were both in the conference, starting the year after the Revivalry in 1900. Currently Texas leads this rivalry 60–44–5.

Some of the longstanding football rivalries between Big 12 schools include:

Rivalry Name Trophy Games
played†		 Began
Baylor–TCU The Revivalry 110 1899
Baylor–Texas 104 1901
Baylor–Texas Tech Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout 74 1929
Iowa State–Kansas State Farmageddon 98 1917
Kansas–Kansas State Sunflower Showdown Governor's Cup 112 1902
Oklahoma–Oklahoma State Bedlam Series Bedlam Bell 109 1904
Oklahoma–Texas Red River Showdown Golden Hat 110 1900
TCU–Texas Battle of the Horns 86 1897
TCU–Texas Tech The West Texas Championship 58 1926
Texas–Texas Tech Chancellor's Spurs 64 1928

Rivalries with former members

Rivalry Name Trophy Games
played†		 Began Last Meeting
Baylor–Texas A&M Battle of the Brazos 108 1899 2011
Colorado–Nebraska 69 1898 2010
Iowa State–Missouri Telephone Trophy[52] 104 1896 2011
Kansas–Missouri Border War Indian War Drum[52] 120 1891 2011
Kansas–Nebraska 117 1892 2010
Missouri–Nebraska Victory Bell 104 1892 2010
Missouri–Oklahoma Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe 96 1902 2011
Nebraska–Oklahoma 86 1912 2010
Texas A&M–Texas Tech 70 1927 2011
Texas–Texas A&M Lone Star Showdown Lone Star Showdown Trophy 118 1894 2011

Men's basketball

See also: Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament and Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

From 1996 to 2011, standings in conference play were not split among divisions, although the schedule was structured as if they were. Teams played a home-and-home against teams within their "division"s and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. This denied Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, formerly in the Big Eight, two rivalry games per season, but did allow most of the other traditional rivalries to be played home-and-home. After Nebraska and Colorado left, Big 12 play transitioned to an 18-game, double round robin schedule, allowing Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to once again play their rivals twice each season, in addition to adding second annual games to lucrative, nationally prominent series such as Texas-Kansas.[53]

Conference champions

Kansas has the most Big 12 titles, winning or sharing the regular-season title 14 times in the league's 18 seasons. The 2002 Jayhawks became the first, and so far only, team to complete an undefeated Big 12 regular season, going 16–0. As of the 2016 season, Kansas had won or shared 12 straight regular-season league titles and 14 of the past 15.

Season Regular season champion (record) Postseason champion
1996–97 Kansas (15–1) Kansas
1997–98 Kansas (15–1) Kansas
1998–99 Texas (13–3) Kansas
1999-00 Iowa State (14–2) Iowa State
2000–01 Iowa State (13–3) Oklahoma
2001–02 Kansas (16–0) Oklahoma
2002–03 Kansas (14–2) Oklahoma
2003–04 Oklahoma State (14–2) Oklahoma State
2004–05 Oklahoma
Kansas (12–4) 		Oklahoma State
2005–06 Texas
Kansas (13–3) 		Kansas
2006–07 Kansas (14–2) Kansas
2007–08 Texas
Kansas (13–3) 		Kansas
2008–09 Kansas (14–2) Missouri
2009–10 Kansas (15–1) Kansas
2010–11 Kansas (14–2) Kansas
2011–12 Kansas (16–2) Missouri
2012–13 Kansas
Kansas State (14–4) 		Kansas
2013–14 Kansas (14–4) Iowa State
2014–15 Kansas (13–5) Iowa State
2015–16 Kansas (15–3) Kansas

In 2004–05, Oklahoma won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 71–63 victory over the Jayhawks.
In 2005–06, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 80–55 victory over the Jayhawks.
In 2007–08, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 72–69 victory over the Jayhawks.
In 2012–13, Kansas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas State based on its 59–55 victory in Manhattan and 83–62 win in Lawrence.

NCAA tournament performance

School Appearances Final Fours Championships
Baylor 10 2 0
Iowa State 18 1 0
Kansas 45 14 3
Kansas State 28 4 0
Oklahoma 30 5 0
Oklahoma State 27 6 2
TCU 7 0 0
Texas 33 3 0
Texas Tech 15 0 0
West Virginia 27 2 0

Cumulative member records

Big 12 era games

School Conf Ws Conf Ls Conf W % Total Ws Total Ls Total W %
Baylor 118 257 .378 194 306 .388
Colorado 95 145 .396 — — —
Iowa State 146 166 .468 364 249 .594
Kansas 258 54 .827 557 123 .819
Kansas State 143 169 .458 346 255 .576
Missouri 139 119 .539 — — —
Nebraska 97 143 .404 — — —
Oklahoma 188 124 .603 417 205 .670
Oklahoma State 174 138 .558 410 216 .655
TCU 6 48 .111 38 58 .396
Texas 202 110 .647 434 209 .675
Texas A&M 98 160 .380 — — —
Texas Tech 110 202 .353 300 298 .502
West Virginia 26 28 .481 55 45 .550

Conference records do not include conference tournament games, only regular season conference games

All time

School Year Started All Time Ws All Time Ls All Time Win %
Baylor 1907 1,265 1,325 .488
Iowa State 1908 1,316 1,281 .505
Kansas 1898 2,152 830 .722
Kansas State 1902 1,564 1,107 .586
Oklahoma 1908 1,607 1,027 .610
Oklahoma State 1908 1,594 1,110 .589
TCU 1908 1,148 1,345 .460
Texas 1906 1,718 1,022 .627
Texas Tech 1925 1,323 1,065 .554
West Virginia 1903 1,676 1,050 .615

Baseball

Main article: Big 12 Baseball Tournament

The top 8 teams compete in the conference tournament at the conclusion of each season. Iowa State has not sponsored baseball since dropping its intercollegiate program after the 2001 season.[citation needed]

By school

School Appearances W-L Pct Tourney Titles Title Years
Baylor 18 25–26 .490 0
Iowa State 1 1–2 .333 0
Kansas 7 9–7 .563 1 2006
Kansas State 7 9–11 .450 0
Missouri 13 22–19 .536 1 2012
Nebraska 10 28–10 .737 4 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Oklahoma 16 27–24 .529 2 1997, 2013
Oklahoma State 15 11–29 .275 1 2004
TCU 2 1–2 .333 1 2014
Texas 13 26–22 .542 5 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015
Texas A&M 13 24–18 .571 3 2007, 2010, 2011
Texas Tech 12 14–21 .400 1 1998
West Virginia 1 2–1 .667 0

Facilities

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity
Baylor McLane Stadium 45,140 Ferrell Center 10,284 Baylor Ballpark 5,000
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 61,500[55] Hilton Coliseum 14,356 Non-baseball school*
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071[56] Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Hoglund Ballpark 2,500
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 50,000[57] Bramlage Coliseum 12,528 Tointon Family Stadium 2,000
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 83,489[58] Lloyd Noble Center 11,562 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 3,180
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 60,218[59] Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium 3,821
Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119[60] Frank Erwin Center 16,540 UFCU Disch-Falk Field 6,649
TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium 45,000 Schollmaier Arena 8,500[61] Lupton Stadium 4,500
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,862[62][63][64][65] United Supermarkets Arena 15,098 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 4,528
West Virginia Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium 60,000[66] WVU Coliseum 14,000[67] Monongalia County Ballpark 3,500[68]

*Iowa State discontinued its participation in baseball as an NCAA-recognized activity following the 2001 season.[69] It participates in club baseball as a member of the National Club Baseball Association. Games are played at Cap Timm Field, capacity 3,000.[70]

National championships

The following is a list of all NCAA, equestrian, and college football championships won by teams that were representing the Big 12 Conference in NCAA-recognized sports at the time of their championship.[71] Template:Multicol Football (3):
1997 – Nebraska
2000 – Oklahoma
2005 – Texas

Equestrian (3):
2002 − Texas A&M (Overall)
2012 – Baylor (Hunter Seat)
2012 – Texas A&M (Overall)

Baseball (2):
2002 – Texas
2005 – Texas

Men's Basketball (1):
2008 – Kansas

Women's Basketball (3):
2005 – Baylor
2011 – Texas A&M
2012 – Baylor

Women's Bowling (5):
1999 – Nebraska
2001 – Nebraska
2004 – Nebraska
2005 – Nebraska
2009 – Nebraska

Template:Multicol-break Men's Cross Country (6):
2001 – Colorado
2004 – Colorado
2006 – Colorado
2009 – Oklahoma State
2010 – Oklahoma State
2012 – Oklahoma State

Women's Cross Country (2):
2000 – Colorado
2004 – Colorado

Men's Golf (4):
2000 – Oklahoma State
2006 – Oklahoma State
2009 – Texas A&M
2012 – Texas

Rifle (4):
2013 – West Virginia
2014 – West Virginia
2015 – West Virginia
2016 – West Virginia

Women's Gymnastics (2):
2014 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma Template:Multicol-break Men's Gymnastics (7):
2002 – Oklahoma
2003 – Oklahoma
2005 – Oklahoma
2006 – Oklahoma
2008 – Oklahoma
2015 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma
Women's Indoor Track (3):
1998 – Texas
1999 – Texas
2006 – Texas

Men's Outdoor Track (3):
2009 – Texas A&M
2010 – Texas A&M
2011 – Texas A&M

Women's Outdoor Track (7):
1998 – Texas
1999 – Texas
2005 – Texas
2009 – Texas A&M
2010 – Texas A&M
2011 – Texas A&M
2013 – Kansas

Men's/Women's Skiing (4):
1998 – Colorado
1999 – Colorado
2006 – Colorado
2011 – Colorado

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Softball (3):
2000 – Oklahoma
2013 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma

Men's Swimming (7):
1996 – Texas
2000 – Texas
2001 – Texas
2002 – Texas
2010 – Texas
2015 – Texas
2016 – Texas

Men's Tennis (1):
2004 – Baylor

Women's Volleyball (3):
2000 – Nebraska
2006 – Nebraska
2012 – Texas

Wrestling (4):
2003 – Oklahoma State
2004 – Oklahoma State
2005 – Oklahoma State
2006 – Oklahoma State
Template:Multicol-end

National team titles by institution

The national championships listed below are as of March 2016. Football, Helms, pre-NCAA competition and overall equestrian titles are included in the total, but excluded from the column listing NCAA and AIAW titles.

Big 12 National Championships
School Total titles Titles as a member
of the Big 12		 NCAA and AIAW titles[71] Notes
Oklahoma State 51 13 51
Texas 53 18 53 UT has 4 recognized football titles and 4 AIAW titles
Oklahoma 30 11 23 OU has 7 recognized NCAA football titles
West Virginia 22 4 19 WVU has 3 pre-NCAA rifle titles
Iowa State 18 0 18 ISU has 5 AIAW titles
Kansas 13 2 11 KU has 2 Helms basketball titles
TCU 5 0 4 TCU has 2 recognized football titles
Baylor 4 4 3
Texas Tech 1 0 1
Kansas State 0 0 0
See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships and List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships

Conference champions

Main article: List of Big 12 Conference champions

The Conference sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.[72]

In football, divisional titles were awarded based on regular-season conference results, with the teams with the best conference records from the North and South playing in the Big 12 Championship Game from 1996 to 2010. Baseball, basketball, softball, tennis and women's soccer titles are awarded in both regular-season and tournament play. Cross country, golf, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling titles are awarded during an annual meet of participating teams. The volleyball title is awarded based on regular-season play.[citation needed]

Conference titles by school

As of March 8, 2016. List includes both regular-season, tournament titles, and co-championships. List does not include conference championships won prior to the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.[73]

Current members

  • Texas – 141 (148 including 7 football division championships)[73]
  • Baylor – 67 [73]
  • Oklahoma – 65 (73 including 8 football division championships)[73]
  • Oklahoma State – 62 (63 including 1 football division championship)[73]
  • Kansas – 32 (33 including 1 football division championship)[73]
  • Iowa State – 17 (18 including 1 football division championship)[73]
  • Texas Tech – 17 (17 including 1 football division championship)[73]
  • Kansas State – 14 (18 including 4 football division championships)[73]
  • West Virginia – 6[73]
  • TCU – 4[73]

Former members

  • Nebraska – 71 (80 including 9 football division championships)[73]
  • Texas A&M – 61 (64 including 3 football division championships)[73]
  • Colorado – 27 (31 including 4 football division championships)[73]
  • Missouri – 10 (12 including 3 football division championships)[73]

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