Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference (Big 12)
Established	February 25, 1994 (1994-02-25)[1]
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FBS
Members	20 (10 full members, 10 affiliate members)
Sports fielded	23 (men's: 10; women's: 13)
Region	South West South Central South Atlantic Midwest West North Central
Headquarters	Irving, Texas
Commissioner	Bob Bowlsby (since 2012)
Website	www.big12sports.com
Locations

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 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	36,660	Cyclones		Cy the Cardinal
University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	1865	1996	Public	28,091	Jayhawks		Big Jay Baby 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		Superfrog
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)
Air Force !United States Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1954	2015	Military academy	4,000	Falcons	Wrestling
Alabama !University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	1831	2014	Public	36,155	Crimson Tide	Women's rowing
Denver !University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	1864	2015	Private	11,809	Pioneers	Women's gymnastics
Northern Colorado !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
Tennessee !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
Wyoming !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
Colorado !University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	1876	1996	2011	Public	30,128	Buffaloes		Pac-12
Missouri !University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	1839	1996	2012	Public	34,255[8]	Tigers		SEC
Nebraska !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

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	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*
Affiliate Members
Air Force										Y	1
North Dakota State										Y	1
Northern Colorado										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.^[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	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
Old Dominion						Y								1
Denver					Y									1
Tennessee						Y								1

History

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

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. 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

Big 12 Conference annual revenue distribution

Year	Total distributed	Annual Increase	Per-school averagea
1997[25]	$53.6 million	–	$4.5 million
1998[25]	$58 million	8.2%	$4.8 million
1999[25]	$64 million	10.3%	$5.3 million
2000[25]	$72 million	12.5%	$6.0 million
2001[25]	$78 million	8.3%	$6.5 million
2002[25]	$83.5 million	7.1%	$7.0 million
2003[25]	$89 million	6.6%	$7.4 million
2004[25]	$101 million	13.5%	$8.4 million
2005[25]	$105.6 million	4.6%	$8.8 million
2006[25]	$103.1 million	−2.4%	$8.6 million
2007[25]	$106 million	2.8%	$8.8 million
2008[25]	$113.5 million	7.1%	$9.5 million
2009[25]	$130 million	14.5%	$10.8 million
2010[25]	$139 million	6.9%	$11.6 million
2011[26]	$145 million	4.3%	$12.1 million
2012[27]	$187 million	29.0%	$18.7 million
2013[27]	$198 million	5.9%	$19.8 million
2014[28]	$212 million	7.1%	$21.2 million
2015[29]	$252 million	18.9%	$25.2 million
Total	$2.29 billion	–	$205 million
Average	$121 million	–	$10.8 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.^[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

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.

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).^[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

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

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

• Through the end of the 2015 tournament^[54]

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

• From 1996–97, through the end of the 2014–15 season^[54]

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

• Through the end of the 2014–15 season^[54]

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

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.

By school

• As of the completion of the 2015 tournament.

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	7004451400000000000♠45,140	Ferrell Center	7004102840000000000♠10,284	Baylor Ballpark	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	7004615000000000000♠61,500[55]	Hilton Coliseum	7004143560000000000♠14,356	Non-baseball school*
Kansas	Memorial Stadium	7004500710000000000♠50,071[56]	Allen Fieldhouse	7004163000000000000♠16,300	Hoglund Ballpark	7003250000000000000♠2,500
Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium	7004500000000000000♠50,000[57]	Bramlage Coliseum	7004125280000000000♠12,528	Tointon Family Stadium	7003200000000000000♠2,000
Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	7004834890000000000♠83,489[58]	Lloyd Noble Center	7004115620000000000♠11,562	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park	7003318000000000000♠3,180
Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	7004602180000000000♠60,218[59]	Gallagher-Iba Arena	7004136110000000000♠13,611	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium	7003382100000000000♠3,821
Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	7005100119000000000♠100,119[60]	Frank Erwin Center	7004165400000000000♠16,540	UFCU Disch-Falk Field	7003664900000000000♠6,649
TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	7004450000000000000♠45,000	Schollmaier Arena	8,500[61]	Lupton Stadium	7003450000000000000♠4,500
Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	7004608620000000000♠60,862[62][63][64][65]	United Supermarkets Arena	7004150980000000000♠15,098	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park	7003452800000000000♠4,528
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium	7004600000000000000♠60,000[66]	WVU Coliseum	7004140000000000000♠14,000[67]	Monongalia County Ballpark	7003350000000000000♠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]

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.^[71]

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[72]	AIAW titles	Notes
Texas	52	18	44	4	UT has 4 recognized football titles
Oklahoma State	51	13	51
Oklahoma	32	11	25		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	4	3	3		Baylor has 1 Equestrian title
Texas Tech	1	0	1
Kansas State	0	0	0

Conference champions

The Conference sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.^[73]

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

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.^[74]

Current members

• Texas – 141 (148 including 7 football division championships)^[74]
• Baylor – 67 ^[74]
• Oklahoma – 65 (73 including 8 football division championships)^[74]
• Oklahoma State – 62 (63 including 1 football division championship)^[74]
• Kansas – 32 (33 including 1 football division championship)^[74]
• Iowa State – 17 (18 including 1 football division championship)^[74]
• Texas Tech – 17 (17 including 1 football division championship)^[74]
• Kansas State – 14 (18 including 4 football division championships)^[74]
• West Virginia – 6^[74]
• TCU – 4^[74]

Former members

• Nebraska – 71 (80 including 9 football division championships)^[74]
• Texas A&M – 61 (64 including 3 football division championships)^[74]
• Colorado – 27 (31 including 4 football division championships)^[74]
• Missouri – 10 (12 including 3 football division championships)^[74]

References

External links

• Official website