Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. The conference consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. 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, in the states of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia, include eight public and two private, Christian schools. Additionally, the Big 12 has 11 affiliate members—eight for the sport of wrestling, one of which is also a member in women's equestrianism; one for women's gymnastics; and two for women's rowing. The Big 12 Conference is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[2] incorporated in Delaware.[3]

"Big 12" redirects here. 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. For the Brazilian football group, see Big Twelve (Brazilian football).

Big 12 Conference
Established	February 25, 1994 (1994-02-25)[1]
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FBS
Members	10 + 11 affiliate members
Sports fielded	23 men's: 10 women's: 13
Region	South Atlantic West North Central West South Central
Headquarters	Irving, Texas
Commissioner	Bob Bowlsby (since 2012)
Website	www.big12sports.com
Locations

The Big 12 Conference was founded on February 25, 1994. The eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with Southwest Conference schools Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Texas Tech to form the new Big 12 Conference, which commenced competition on August 31, 1996.[4][5]

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 Conference commissioner is Bob Bowlsby.

Member schools

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors
Baylor University	Waco, Texas	1845	1996	Private	18,033	Bears/Lady Bears
Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	1858		Public	35,000	Cyclones
University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	1865			28,423	Jayhawks
Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	1863			22,221	Wildcats
University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	1890			28,564	Sooners
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, Oklahoma	1890			25,295[6]	Cowboys/Cowgirls
Texas Christian University (TCU)	Fort Worth, Texas	1873	2012	Private	10,918	Horned Frogs
University of Texas at Austin (Texas)	Austin, Texas	1883	1996	Public	51,832[7]	Longhorns
Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas	1923			38,209[8]	Red Raiders
West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	2012		29,959[9]	Mountaineers
Reference:[10][11][12][13][14][14][15]

Affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Sport
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
California State University, Fresno	Fresno, California	1911	2017	Public	24,405	Bulldogs	Wrestling
			2019				Equestrian
University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	1889	2015		12,084	Bears	Wrestling
University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, Iowa	1876	2017		13,914	Panthers
North Dakota State University	Fargo, North Dakota	1890	2015		14,747	Bison
South Dakota State University	Brookings, South Dakota	1881	2015		12,554	Jackrabbits
University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	1794	2014		27,523	Volunteers	Women's rowing
Utah Valley University	Orem, Utah	1941	2015		31,556	Wolverines	Wrestling
University of Wyoming	Laramie, Wyoming	1886	2015		13,992	Cowboys

• On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 announced it would add 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, plus Denver as an affiliate member for women's gymnastics, all effective with the 2015–16 school year.[16] On July 5, 2017, the Big 12 added Fresno State and Northern Iowa as wrestling affiliates.[17] On May 2, 2019, the Big 12 added Fresno State as an equestrian affiliate.[18]

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		2012		34,255[19]	Tigers		SEC
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	1869		2011		24,100[20]	Cornhuskers		Big Ten
Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	1876		2012		53,337	Aggies		SEC

Former affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Big 12 Sport(s)	Current Conference[lower-alpha 1]
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	2014	2018	Public	24,125	Monarchs		Women's rowing	The American[21]

1. Affiliation in former Big 12 sport(s); does not necessarily match primary affiliation.

Membership timeline

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.[22]

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	–	7
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	12	–

Men's sponsored sports by school

Below are the men’s sports sponsored by each member institution. The only sports with full participation by the entire conference are basketball, football, and golf. Swimming and diving has the least amount of participation with only three schools fielding a team. The conference fields 12 teams for wrestling, the most of any sport, with only 4 teams being full-time members, as well as 8 affiliate members.

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Wrestling	Total Big 12 Sports
Baylor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	8
Iowa State	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Kansas	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	7
Kansas State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	7
Oklahoma	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Oklahoma State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
TCU	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	9
Texas	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	9
Texas Tech	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	8
West Virginia	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	6
Totals	9	10	9	10	10	3	6	9	9	4*	79
Affiliate Members
Air Force										Y	1
Fresno State										Y	1
North Dakota State										Y	1
Northern Colorado										Y	1
Northern Iowa										Y	1
South Dakota State										Y	1
Utah Valley										Y	1
Wyoming										Y	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.[23] 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 2017, West Virginia with 19 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

Below are women’s sports sponsored by the member institutions. Six sports have full participation from the entire conference, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, indoor track, and outdoor track. Equestrian and gymnastics have the lowest participation with 3 full-time members and 1 affiliate participating.

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	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Iowa State	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Kansas	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Kansas State	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Oklahoma	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Oklahoma State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	9
TCU	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Texas	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Texas Tech	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
West Virginia	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	10	10	3	9	3*	5*	10	7	5	10	10	10	9
Affiliate Members
Alabama						Y								1
Denver					Y									1
Fresno State			Y											1
Tennessee						Y								1

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

School	Acrobatics & Tumbling[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	Beach Volleyball	Rifle[lower-alpha 3]
Baylor	NCATA	No	No
TCU	No	Coastal Collegiate Sports Association[25]	Patriot Rifle Conference
West Virginia	No	No	Great America Rifle Conference

1. Not an NCAA sanctioned sport.
2. Recommended for inclusion in the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program in 2020–21.
3. 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.[24] 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 2018, West Virginia with 19 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.

History

Main article: History of the Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference was 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 does not claim the Big Eight's history as its own, even though it was essentially the Big Eight plus the four Texas schools.

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 in most sports. The Oklahoma and Texas schools formed the South Division, while the other six teams of the former Big Eight formed the North Division.

Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference, while two schools joined in 2012.

Distinctive elements

Original Big 12 Conference logo from 1996 to 2004

Big 12 Conference logo from 2004 to 2014

Football championship game takes hiatus, returns in 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 an "exempt" conference championship game—that is, one that did not count against NCAA limits for regular-season games (currently 12 in FBS)—although the first such game was not established until the SEC did so in 1992.[26] (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.[27] 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.[28] This followed the passage of a new NCAA rule allowing all FBS conferences to hold "exempt" football championship games regardless of their membership numbers.[29]

Population base

The Big 12 schools are located in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia and Iowa. These states have a combined population of 37.8 million.

As of 2013, out of the 115.6 million TV households nationwide there are 13,427,130 TV households in those states (11.6%),[30][31] 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, and Lawrence, Kansas, where KU is based, is in the Kansas City television market, increasing the base into western Missouri. The Big 12's share of the nation's TVs is similar to that reached by the rest of the Power Five. The conference negotiated tier 1 and 2 TV contracts with total payouts similar to those of the other Power Five conferences.[32]

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."[33]

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.[34]

Prior to this agreement, the Big Ten and Pac-12 also had similar GOR agreements.[35] The Big 12 subsequently assisted the ACC in drafting its GOR agreement.[36] 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.[37] 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.[38] Texas alone will earn more than $150 million of that total from their Longhorn Network.[39]

Revenue

Big 12 Conference annual revenue distribution

Year	Total distributed	Annual Increase	Per-school average^a
1997[40]	$53.6 million	–	$4.5 million
1998[40]	$58 million	8.2%	$4.8 million
1999[40]	$64 million	10.3%	$5.3 million
2000[40]	$72 million	12.5%	$6.0 million
2001[40]	$78 million	8.3%	$6.5 million
2002[40]	$83.5 million	7.1%	$7.0 million
2003[40]	$89 million	6.6%	$7.4 million
2004[40]	$101 million	13.5%	$8.4 million
2005[40]	$105.6 million	4.6%	$8.8 million
2006[40]	$103.1 million	−2.4%	$8.6 million
2007[40]	$106 million	2.8%	$8.8 million
2008[40]	$113.5 million	7.1%	$9.5 million
2009[40]	$130 million	14.5%	$10.8 million
2010[40]	$139 million	6.9%	$11.6 million
2011[41]	$145 million	4.3%	$12.1 million
2012[42]	$187 million	29.0%	$18.7 million
2013[42]	$198 million	5.9%	$19.8 million
2014[43]	$212 million	7.1%	$21.2 million
2015[44]	$252 million	18.9%	$25.2 million
2016 [45]	$348 million	38.9%	$34.8 million
Total	$2.54 billion	–	$239 million
Average	$221 million	–	$11.9 million
^a Twelve Big 12 members received disbursements each year from 1997–2011; ten each year afterwards. Individual schools' disbursement varied annually according to bylaw rules and entrance or withdrawal agreements.

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.[46] 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.[47][48] 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.[47]

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.[49]

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).[50]

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.[51] The deal, valued at an estimated $1.1 billion, runs until 2025.[52] 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;[53] the new deal was estimated to be worth $2.6 billion through the 2025 expiration.[54] 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.[55] The per-school payout under the deal is expected to reach $44 million, according to Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.[56]

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.[57]

2014–15 Conference Rank	Institution	2014–15 Total Revenue from Athletics[58]	2014–15 Total Expenses on Athletics[58]	2014–15 Average Spending per student-athlete[59]
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

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[60]	Hilton Coliseum	14,356	Non-baseball school[lower-alpha 1]
Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium	47,000[63]	Allen Fieldhouse	16,300	Hoglund Ballpark	2,500
Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium	50,000[64]	Bramlage Coliseum	12,528	Tointon Family Stadium	2,000
Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	80,126[65]	Lloyd Noble Center	11,562	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park	3,180
Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	56,790[66]	Gallagher-Iba Arena	13,611	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium O'Brate Stadium	3,821 3,500[lower-alpha 2]
Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	100,119[68]	Frank Erwin Center	16,540	UFCU Disch-Falk Field	6,649
TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	47,000[69]	Schollmaier Arena	6,700[70]	Lupton Stadium	4,500
Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	60,862[71][72][73][74]	United Supermarkets Arena	15,098	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park	4,528
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium	60,000[75]	WVU Coliseum	14,000[76]	Monongalia County Ballpark	3,500[77]

1. Iowa State discontinued its participation in baseball as an NCAA-recognized activity following the 2001 season.[61] It participates in club baseball as a member of the National Club Baseball Association. Games are played at Cap Timm Field, capacity 3,000.[62]
2. Was scheduled to open March 20, 2020, but the 2020 baseball season was canceled before the ballpark could open. Permanent seated capacity of 3,500; expandable to 8,000.[67]

Championships

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.[78]

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 (4): 2005 – Baylor 2011 – Texas A&M 2012 – Baylor 2019 – Baylor Women's Bowling (5): 1999 – Nebraska 2001 – Nebraska 2004 – Nebraska 2005 – Nebraska 2009 – Nebraska

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 (6): 2000 – Oklahoma State 2006 – Oklahoma State 2009 – Texas A&M 2012 – Texas 2017 – Oklahoma 2018 - Oklahoma State Rifle (6): 2013 – West Virginia 2014 – West Virginia 2015 – West Virginia 2016 – West Virginia 2017 – West Virginia 2019 - TCU Women's Gymnastics (4): 2014 – Oklahoma 2016 – Oklahoma 2017 – Oklahoma 2019 – Oklahoma

Men's Gymnastics (9): 2002 – Oklahoma 2003 – Oklahoma 2005 – Oklahoma 2006 – Oklahoma 2008 – Oklahoma 2015 – Oklahoma 2016 – Oklahoma 2017 – Oklahoma 2018 – Oklahoma Women's Indoor Track (3): 1998 – Texas 1999 – Texas 2006 – Texas Men's Outdoor Track (4): 2009 – Texas A&M 2010 – Texas A&M 2011 – Texas A&M 2019 – Texas Tech 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

Softball (4): 2000 – Oklahoma 2013 – Oklahoma 2016 – Oklahoma 2017 – Oklahoma Men's Swimming (9): 1996 – Texas 2000 – Texas 2001 – Texas 2002 – Texas 2010 – Texas 2015 – Texas 2016 – Texas 2017 – Texas 2018 – Texas Men's Tennis (1): 2004 – Baylor 2019 – Texas Women's Volleyball (3): 2000 – Nebraska 2006 – Nebraska 2012 – Texas Wrestling (4): 2003 – Oklahoma State 2004 – Oklahoma State 2005 – Oklahoma State 2006 – Oklahoma State

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 titles[79]	AIAW titles	Notes
Texas	52	18	44	4	UT has 4 recognized football titles
Oklahoma State	52	10	52
Oklahoma	38	15	30		OU has 7 recognized NCAA football titles
West Virginia	22	4	19		WVU has 3 pre-NCAA rifle titles
Iowa State	18	0	13	5
Kansas	13	2	11		KU has 2 Helms basketball titles
TCU	6	0	4		TCU has 2 recognized football titles
Baylor	5	4	4		Baylor has 1 Equestrian title
Texas Tech	2	1	2
Kansas State	0	0	0

See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships, List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships, and NCAA Division I FBS Conferences

Conference champions

Main article: List of Big 12 Conference champions

The Conference sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.[80]

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.

Conference titles by school

All-Time Big 12 Championships By School Through June 12, 2019.[81]

• Baylor – 80
• Iowa State – 25
• Kansas – 38
• Kansas State – 17
• Oklahoma – 83
• Oklahoma State – 75
• TCU – 10
• Texas – 180
• Texas Tech – 25
• West Virginia – 11

Note, 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.

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.[82]

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.

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. The Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry was one of the most intense in college football history. (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. 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).[83] 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."[83]

Championship game

The Big 12 Championship Game game was approved by all members except Nebraska.[84] It was held each year, commencing with the first match in the 1996 season at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis. It pitted the division champions against each other after the regular season was completed.

Following the 2008 game, the event was moved to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, being played there in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers 23–20.[85]

After 2010, the game was moved to Arlington for 2011, 2012, and 2013.[86] However, the decision became moot following the 2010 season because the league lacked sufficient members.[87]

In April 2015, the ACC and the Big 12 developed new rules for the NCAA to deregulate conference championship games. The measure passed on January 14, 2016, allowing a conference with fewer than 12 teams to stage a championship game that does not count against the FBS limit of 12 regular-season games 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 schedule in its division.

Under the first criterion, the Big 12 championship game resumed at the conclusion of the 2017 regular season, and is played during the first weekend of December, the time all other FBS conference championship games are played.

Bowl affiliations

The following were bowl games for the Big 12 for the 2019 season.

Pick	Name[88]	Location	Opposing conference
–	College Football Playoff	–	–
1	Sugar Bowl†	New Orleans, Louisiana	SEC
2	Alamo Bowl	San Antonio, Texas	Pac-12
3	Camping World Bowl	Orlando, Florida	ACC
4	Texas Bowl	Houston, Texas	SEC
5	Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tennessee	SEC
6	Cheez-It Bowl	Tempe, Arizona	Pac-12
7	First Responder Bowl	University Park, Texas	Conference USA
†: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.

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.[89]

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 — 114 times since 1899. As of the 2019 game, TCU leads the series 55–53–7.

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. As of the 2019 game, Texas leads this rivalry 62–48–5.

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

Rivalry	Name	Trophy	Games played^†	Began
Baylor–TCU	The Revivalry		115	1899
Baylor–Texas Tech	Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout		78	1929
Iowa State-Kansas State	Farmageddon		103	1917
Kansas–Kansas State	Sunflower Showdown	Governor's Cup	112	1902
Oklahoma-Oklahoma State	Bedlam	Bedlam Bell	114	1904
Oklahoma–Texas	Red River Showdown	Golden Hat	115	1900
Oklahoma State–Texas Tech			47	1935
TCU–Texas Tech	The West Texas Championship	The Saddle Trophy	62	1926
Texas–Texas Tech		Chancellor's Spurs	69	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	2018
Iowa State–Missouri		Telephone Trophy[90]	104	1896	2011
Kansas–Missouri	Border War	Indian War Drum[90]	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

Main article: Big 12 Conference men's basketball

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. After Nebraska and Colorado left, Big 12 play transitioned to an 18-game, double round robin schedule.[91]

Conference champions

See also: Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

Big 12 basketball teams currently play a "home and away" double round robin 18-game schedule, expanded from 16 games after the 2011 realignment. All teams in the conference qualify for the Big 12 tournament. Because of this, the only time a team will not play is if they are ineligible for postseason play due to disciplinary action from the NCAA, which has yet to happen since the Big 12’s inception. From 1996–97 to 2010–11, teams played in-division members twice and non-division members only once. The conference tournament gave first round byes to the top four teams from 1997 until 2012, and the top six teams from 2013 to present.

Kansas has the most Big 12 titles, winning or sharing the regular-season title 18 times in the league's 23 seasons, including 14 straight from 2004–05 to 2017–18. The 2002 Jayhawks became the first, and so far only, team to complete an undefeated Big 12 regular season, going 16–0. Though rematches between Big 12 regular season co-champions have happened in that year's Big 12 tournament, none have met in the ensuing NCAA Tournament.

Season	Regular season champion	Tournament champion
1996–97	Kansas	Kansas
1997–98	Kansas (2)	Kansas (2)
1998–99	Texas	Kansas (3)
1999–00	Iowa State	Iowa State
2000–01	Iowa State (2)	Oklahoma
2001–02	Kansas (3)	Oklahoma (2)
2002–03	Kansas (4)	Oklahoma (3)
2003–04	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State
2004–05	Oklahoma Kansas (5)	Oklahoma State (2)
2005–06	Texas (2) Kansas (6)	Kansas (4)
2006–07	Kansas (7)	Kansas (5)
2007–08	Texas (3) Kansas (8)	Kansas (6)
2008–09	Kansas (9)	Missouri
2009–10	Kansas (10)	Kansas (7)
2010–11	Kansas (11)	Kansas (8)
2011–12	Kansas (12)	Missouri (2)
2012–13	Kansas (13) Kansas State	Kansas (9)
2013–14	Kansas (14)	Iowa State (2)
2014–15	Kansas (15)	Iowa State (3)
2015–16	Kansas (16)	Kansas (10)
2016–17	Kansas (17)	Iowa State (4)
2017–18	Kansas (18)	Kansas (11)
2018–19	Kansas State (2) Texas Tech	Iowa State (5)
2019–20	Kansas (19)	Cancelled*

In 2004–05, Oklahoma won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 71–63 win over the Jayhawks in Norman, OK. The teams did not meet in Kansas City, MO.
In 2005–06, Texas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 80–55 win over the Jayhawks in Austin, TX. Kansas beat Texas 80–68 in the Big 12 Tournament championship game in Dallas, TX.
In 2007–08, Texas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 72–69 win over the Jayhawks in Austin, TX. Kansas beat Texas 84–74 in the Big 12 Tournament championship game in Kansas City, MO.
In 2012–13, Kansas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas State based on winning 59–55 in Manhattan and 83–62 in Lawrence. Kansas beat Kansas State for a third time 70–54 in the championship game in Kansas City, MO.
*The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

NCAA tournament performance

Totals through the end of the 2019–20 season.[92]

School	Appearances	Final Fours	Championships
Baylor	12	2	0
Iowa State	20	1	0
Kansas	48	15	3
Kansas State	31	4	0
Oklahoma	32	6	0
Oklahoma State	28	6	2
TCU	8	0	0
Texas	34	3	0
Texas Tech	17*	1	0
West Virginia	29	2	0

*Texas Tech has appeared in 18 tournaments, however, their 1996 Tournament appearance was vacated by the NCAA, officially giving them 17 tournament appearances.

All-time records

Totals through the end of the 2018–19 season.[93]

Team	Big 12 Record	Big 12 Winning %	Overall Record	Overall Winning %	Big 12 Regular Season Championships	Big 12 Tournament Championships
Baylor	94–157	.375	1287–1337	.490	-	-
Colorado	95-145	.396	-	-	-	-
Iowa State	181–184	.496	1376-1323	.510	2	5
Kansas	179–43	.805	2186-836	.723	18	11
Kansas State	90–131	.407	1581-1123	.585	2	-
Missouri	139-119	.539	-	-	-	2
Nebraska	97-143	.404	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	151–100	.602	1626-1035	.613	1	3
Oklahoma State	130–121	.518	1606-1130	.587	1	2
TCU	8–64	.111	1160–1366	.459	-	-
Texas	157–94	.626	1738-1035	.627	3	-
Texas A&M	98-160	.380	-	-	-	-
Texas Tech	84–167	.335	1351-1080	.556	1	-
West Virginia	39–33	.542	1702-1059	.616	-	-

Overall series records

Totals through the end of the 2015–16 season.[93]

	Baylor	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech	West Virginia
vs. Baylor	—	13–16	4–25	16–12	7–35	15–28	9–0	14–32	21–20	6–3
vs. Iowa State	16–13	—	12–33	22–20	13–17	12–17	8–0	11–17	14–13	5–3
vs. Kansas	25–4	33–12	—	44–5	23–6	22–10	8–1	23–7	24–4	6–3
vs. Kansas State	12–16	20–22	5–44	—	12–14	11–17	7–2	12–15	15–13	3–5
vs. Oklahoma	35–7	17–13	6–23	14–12	—	25–19	7–1	24–23	28–14	6–3
vs. Oklahoma State	28–15	17–12	10–22	17–11	19–25	—	6–2	17–29	32–15	4–4
vs. TCU	0–9	0–8	1–8	2–7	1–7	2–6	—	1–8	3–6	0–9
vs. Texas	32–14	17–11	7–23	15–12	23–24	29–17	8–1	—	38–6	6–3
vs. Texas Tech	20–21	13–14	4–24	13–15	14–28	15–32	6–3	6–38	—	1–8
vs. West Virginia	3–6	3–5	3–6	5–3	3–6	4–4	9–0	3–6	8–1	—
Total	105–171	113–133	208–52	97–148	161–115	150–135	10–68	175–111	92–183	41–37

Baseball

All current Big 12 members sponsor baseball except Iowa State, which dropped the sport after the 2001 season. All former Big 12 members sponsored the sport throughout their tenures in the conference except Colorado, which never sponsored baseball during its time in the Big 12.[94]

Baseball titles by school Team Season Regular Season Tournament Total Baylor 1997–present 3 1 4 Iowa State 1997–2001 0 0 0 Kansas 1997–present 0 1 1 Kansas State 1997–present 1 0 1 Missouri 1997–2012 0 1 1 Nebraska 1997–2011 3 4 7 Oklahoma 1997–present 0 2 2 Oklahoma State 1997–present 1 3 4 TCU 2013–present 2 2 4 Texas 1997–present 7 5 12 Texas A&M 1997–2012 4 3 7 Texas Tech 1997–present 4 1 5 West Virginia 2013–present 0 0 0

Baseball titles by season Season Regular season Tournament 1997 Texas Tech Oklahoma 1998 Texas A&M Texas Tech 1999 Texas A&M Nebraska 2000 Baylor Nebraska 2001 Nebraska Nebraska 2002 Texas Texas 2003 Nebraska Texas 2004 Texas Oklahoma State 2005 Baylor^† Nebraska Nebraska^† 2006 Texas Kansas 2007 Texas Texas A&M 2008 Texas A&M Texas 2009 Texas Texas 2010 Texas Texas A&M 2011 Texas^† Texas A&M Texas A&M^† 2012 Baylor Missouri 2013 Kansas State Oklahoma 2014 Oklahoma State TCU 2015 TCU Texas 2016 Texas Tech TCU 2017 TCU^† Oklahoma State Texas Tech^† 2018 Texas Baylor 2019 Texas Tech Oklahoma State

By school

• As of the completion of the 2018 tournament.

School	Appearances	W-L	Pct	Tourney Titles	Title Years
Baylor	21	35–37	.486	1	2018
Iowa State	1	1–2	.333	0
Kansas	9	10–17	.370	1	2006
Kansas State	10	14–18	.438	0
Missouri	13	22–19	.536	1	2012
Nebraska	10	28–10	.737	4	1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Oklahoma	21	36–35	.507	2	1997, 2013
Oklahoma State	19	25–35	.417	2	2004, 2017, 2019
TCU	5	12–7	.632	2	2014, 2016
Texas	18	41–29	.586	5	2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015
Texas A&M	13	24–18	.571	3	2007, 2010, 2011
Texas Tech	17	18–34	.346	1	1998
West Virginia	5	8–8	.500	0

Broadcasting

Football

Big 12 home football games are carried through Fox Sports or ESPN. Fox Sports may choose to place the game on the FOX broadcast network, on its cable networks FS1 or FS2, or a national or regional broadcast on Fox Sports’ regional networks. ESPN may choose to place the games on the ABC broadcast network, or on cable networks ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU. ESPN may also display the games through its online streaming services, ESPN3 or ESPN+. ESPN also retains the right to place games on the Longhorn Network. The Big 12 Championship game was first broadcast by FOX in 2017, and will be televised on ABC or ESPN in the coming years. Non-conference away games are subject to the home teams' broadcasting contracts, so games may appear on other networks. (For example, West Virginia played against Tennessee in Charlotte, NC on September 1, 2018; the game was carried on CBS as part of the SEC on CBS deal.)

Men’s Basketball

The majority of Big 12 home men's basketball games are produced by ESPN. They may be carried on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPNEWS. They may also be streamed on Big 12 Now, the Big 12's digital network on ESPN+. The Big 12 features in ESPN's Big Monday telecast, which has an exclusive 8 PM CT window for the Big 12. Occasional high-profile Saturday games may be picked up for national broadcast by CBS. The Big 12 men's basketball tournament is produced by ESPN and is carried on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU during the same week when those networks carry the SEC, ACC, and Pac-12 tournaments among others.

Women’s Basketball

Some women's basketball games may be produced by Fox Sports and carried on FS1. They may also be streamed on Big 12 Now, the Big 12's digital network on ESPN+. The women's basketball tournament is produced by Fox Sports.

Other sports

ESPN may occasionally pick up a volleyball, soccer, women's gymnastics, softball, or baseball contest for coverage on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU. The championship tournaments for soccer, softball, and baseball are produced by Fox Sports.

Local coverage

Athletic events not selected for national broadcast are often produced by the athletic department of the home team. This is particularly common for regular season volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, women's basketball, softball, baseball, tennis, and golf events. These locally produced telecasts are carried on a variety of outlets, including regional Fox Sports networks, the Longhorn Network, or online-only platforms.

Apparel

School	Provider
Baylor	Nike
Iowa State	Nike
Kansas	Adidas
Kansas State	Nike
Oklahoma	Nike Air Jordan
Oklahoma State	Nike
Texas	Nike
TCU	Nike
Texas Tech	Under Armour
West Virginia	Nike

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External links

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