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Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference
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Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1996
Members 12
Sports fielded 21 (10 men's, 11 women's)
Region Central United States
States 7 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Texas
Headquarters Dallas, Texas
Locations
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The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the highest of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. The conference was officially formed on February 25, 1994, when the former Big Eight Conference merged with four Texas schools that had been members of the Southwest Conference, which had just disbanded. Athletic competition in the conference commenced on August 31, 1996. Big 12 headquarters is located in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving. According to the Big 12 Conference's website, the use of the alternate names "Big Twelve" and "Big XII" are incorrect; the trademarked name of the conference is "Big 12 Conference" (notwithstanding the Roman numeral XII featured on the conference logo).[1]

Although all eight of the former Big 8 schools are members of the Big 12, the Big 12 does not claim the Big 8's history as its own. However, many fans of the old Big 8 schools consider the Big 12 to be an enlarged Big 8.

Membership

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Mascot Varsity Sports
Northern Division
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 1876 Public 28,624 Buffaloes Ralphie 16
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1858 Public 26,700 Cyclones Cy 18
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 1865 Public 30,644 Jayhawks Big Jay / Baby Jay 16
Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 1863 Public 23,332 Wildcats Willie 16
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 1839 Public 28,253 Tigers Truman The Tiger 20
University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 1869 Public 21,792 Cornhuskers Herbie Husker/Lil' Red 21
Southern Division
Baylor University Waco, Texas 1845 Private/Baptist 14,117 Bears Judge 18
University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 1890 Public 27,282 Sooners Sooner Schooner 16
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 1890 Public 32,265 Cowboys Pistol Pete 16
University of Texas Austin, Texas 1883 Public 50,337 Longhorns Bevo 18
Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 1876 Public 46,612 Aggies Reveille 20
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 1923 Public 28,001 Red Raiders The Masked Rider/Raider Red 17

Conference facilities

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity
Northern Division
Colorado Folsom Field 53,750 Coors Events Center 11,064 No baseball team N/A
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 55,000 Hilton Coliseum 14,092 No baseball team N/A
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071 Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Hoglund Ballpark 2,500
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium 52,200 Bramlage Coliseum 12,500 Tointon Family Stadium 2,000
Missouri Faurot Field 68,349 Mizzou Arena 15,061 Taylor Stadium 3,000
Nebraska Memorial Stadium 85,197 Bob Devaney Sports Center 13,595 Haymarket Park 4,500
Southern Division
Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium 50,000 Ferrell Center 10,284 Baylor Ballpark 5,000
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 82,112** Lloyd Noble Center 12,000 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 2,700
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 44,700* Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium 3,821
Texas Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium 85,123** Frank Erwin Center 16,755 UFCU Disch-Falk Field 6,649
Texas A&M Kyle Field 82,600** Reed Arena 12,500 Olsen Field 7,053
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 53,000 United Spirit Arena 15,020 Dan Law Field 6,000

*Boone Pickens Stadium's capacity was reduced from 51,000 when construction began on the west end zone project. Capacity after completion will be an estimated 60,000.
**Note the official capacities are listed on the respective schools' websites. Due to temporary seating, the attendance records are often much more than the official capacity. 87,555 is the record attendance at Kyle Field, 85,313 is the record attendance at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, and the record for DKR is 89,422.

Commissioners

Commissioners of the Big 12 Conference [2]

  • 1995-1997 Steve Hatchell
  • 1998-1998 Dave Martin (Interim)
  • 1998-2007 Kevin Weiberg
  • 2007-present Dan Beebe

Sports

The conference sponsors championships in the following sports: baseball (m), basketball (m,w), cross-country (m,w), football (m), golf (m,w), gymnastics (w), soccer (w), softball (w), swimming and diving (m,w), tennis (m,w), track and field (m,w), volleyball (w), wrestling (m)

Among the sponsored sports, all twelve universities participate in 12 sports, while the following sports do not have full participation:

  • 11 schools participate in volleyball (Oklahoma State does not)
  • 11 schools participate in soccer (Kansas State does not)
  • 10 schools participate in baseball (Colorado and Iowa State do not; Colorado discontinued its program following the 1980 season and Iowa State followed suit after the 2001 season)
  • 10 schools participate in softball (Colorado and Kansas State do not)
  • 7 schools participate in men's tennis (Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri do not)
  • 6 schools participate in women's swimming and diving (Kansas, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas and Texas A&M)
  • 5 schools participate in wrestling (Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)
  • 4 schools participate in gymnastics (Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)
  • 3 schools participate in men's swimming and diving (Missouri, Texas and Texas A&M)

Additionally, member schools participate in the following sports, not organized by the conference:

  • Nebraska, Kansas State, Iowa State, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech participate in rodeo. (Rodeo is not sanctioned by the NCAA, but instead by the NIRA.)
  • Kansas State, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M participate in equestrian.
  • Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska and Texas participate in rowing.
  • Nebraska and Oklahoma participate in men's gymnastics.
  • Nebraska participates in women's bowling and the coeducational sport of rifle.
  • Texas A&M participates in women's archery.
  • Colorado participates in skiing.

Football

Big XII Championship Game

There are many national football powerhouses in the Big 12 Conference, and when the league was formed, it was decided that the top team from the South Division would play the top team from the North Division at the end of the season to determine the conference champion.

Teams play eight conference games a season, facing all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division. Inter-divisional play is a "three-on, three-off" system, where teams will 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 has come under considerable criticism, especially from fans at Nebraska and Oklahoma, who are denied a yearly matchup between two of college football's most storied programs. The Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry was one of the most intense rivalries in college football history. (Until 2006, the teams had never met in the Big 12 Championship.) There has been talk of modifying the current format to allow each team to have one permanent opponent from the opposite division (as is the case in the Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference), or for Nebraska and Oklahoma to play a non-conference game when the two teams are not scheduled to meet in conference play.

Championship Game

The Big 12 Championship Game is held by the Big 12 Conference each year. The championship game pits the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The first championship game was during the 1996 season.

Bowl game tie-ins

The bowl lineup for the 2007 season, in order of selection:

  1. BCS Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona (vs. BCS at-large)
  2. Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas (vs. SEC)
  3. Holiday Bowl in San Diego, California (vs. Pac-10)
  4. Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida (vs. ACC) or Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas (vs. Big Ten)
  5. Alamo Bowl or Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas (vs. Pac-10)
  6. Insight Bowl near Phoenix, Arizona (vs. Big Ten)
  7. Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana (vs. SEC)
  8. Texas Bowl in Houston, Texas (vs. Big East)

Rivalries

The Big 12 has many rivalries among its member schools, primarily in football. Most of the rivalries have existed since before the Big Eight and Southwest Conferences merged. The Texas-Oklahoma rivalry is especially notable, as it was a major rivalry decades before the two schools were in the same conference. Some of the many football rivalries involving Big 12 schools include:

Rivalry Name Trophy Games
played
Kansas - Missouri The Border Showdown1 The Marching Band Drum 115
Kansas - Nebraska 114
Texas - Texas A&M The Lone Star Showdown The Lone Star Showdown Trophy 113
Kansas - Kansas State The Sunflower Showdown The Governor's Cup 105
Baylor - Texas A&M The Battle of the Brazos 103
Oklahoma -Texas The AT&T Red River Rivalry2 The Golden Hat 101
Oklahoma - Oklahoma State The Bedlam Series Bedlam Bell 101
Nebraska - Missouri Missouri - Nebraska Bell 100
Iowa State - Missouri The Telephone Trophy 99
Texas - Baylor 96
Kansas State - Nebraska 91
Nebraska - Oklahoma 83
Nebraska - Colorado 65
Texas Tech - Texas A&M 65
Texas Tech - Texas Silver Spurs 56
Texas A&M - Oklahoma 25
  1. Changed from the "Border War" on October 4, 2004 due to the September 11th terrorist attacks. The new name has been criticized for political correctness[1].
  2. Changed names from Red River Shootout in 2005 to deemphasize war and for political correctness. Played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during the Texas State Fair annually.

2007 Big 12 Standings

In the preseason poll, Missouri was picked to win the North Division, and Texas was picked to win the South Division. Missouri received 16 first place votes and was followed by Nebraska (with 8 first place votes), Kansas State, Kansas, Colorado, and Iowa State. Texas received 16 first place votes and was followed by Oklahoma (with 7 first place votes), Texas A&M (with 1 first place vote), Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and Baylor.

North Division
Team Overall Record Big 12 Record Standings Games Back
Kansas 6-0 2-0 1st
Kansas State 4-2 2-1 Tied 2nd ½
Colorado 4-3 2-1 Tied 2nd ½
Missouri 5-1 1-1 4th 1
Nebraska 4-3 1-2 5th
Iowa State 1-6 0-3 6th

South Division
Team Overall Record Big 12 Record Standings Games Back
Oklahoma 6-1 2-1 Tied 1st
Oklahoma State 4-3 2-1 Tied 1st
Texas Tech 6-1 2-1 Tied 1st
Texas A&M 5-2 2-1 Tied 1st
Texas 5-2 1-2 5th 1
Baylor 3-4 0-3 6th 2

Men's basketball

Although standings in the conference are combined and not split among divisions, the schedule is structured as if the schools were split into two divisions. Teams play a home-and-home against teams within its division and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. This denies Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, formerly in the Big Eight, two games a season against their opponents from that former conference, but does allow most of the other traditional rivalries to be played home-and-home.

Big 12 regular season champions

  • 1997 - Kansas (15-1)
  • 1998 - Kansas (15-1)
  • 1999 - Texas (13-3)
  • 2000 - Iowa State (14-2)
  • 2001 - Iowa State (13-3)
  • 2002 - Kansas (16-0)
  • 2003 - Kansas (14-2)
  • 2004 - Oklahoma State (14-2)
  • 2005 - Kansas/Oklahoma (12-4 apiece)
  • 2006 - Kansas/Texas (13-3 apiece)
  • 2007 - Kansas (14-2)

Big 12 Coaches

University Coach Current Job Record Overall Record
Baylor Scott Drew 36-69 56-80
Colorado Jeff Bzdelik 0-0 50-16
Iowa State Greg McDermott 15-16 236-143
Kansas Bill Self 105-29 312-134
Kansas State Frank Martin 0-0 0-0
Missouri Mike Anderson 18-12 107-53
Nebraska Doc Sadler 17-14 65-32
Oklahoma Jeff Capel III 16-15 95-56
Oklahoma State Sean Sutton 22-13 22-13
Texas Rick Barnes 216-86 418-221
Texas A&M Mark Turgeon 0-0 150-118
Texas Tech Bob Knight 126-74 890-363

2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament

National championships

The following is a list of all the national championships held by member schools. Only championships 1996 and later should be counted towards the Big 12 total itself (41).

Football (18):
1939 - Texas A&M
1950 - Oklahoma
1955 - Oklahoma
1956 - Oklahoma
1963 - Texas
1969 - Texas
1970 - Nebraska / Texas
1971 - Nebraska
1974 - Oklahoma
1975 - Oklahoma
1985 - Oklahoma
1990 - Colorado
1994 - Nebraska
1995 - Nebraska
1997 - Nebraska
2000 - Oklahoma
2005 - Texas

Baseball (10):
1949 - Texas
1950 - Texas
1951 - Oklahoma
1954 - Missouri
1959 - Oklahoma State
1975 - Texas
1983 - Texas
1994 - Oklahoma
2002 - Texas
2005 - Texas

Men's Basketball (4):
1945 - Oklahoma State
1946 - Oklahoma State
1952 - Kansas
1988 - Kansas

Women's Basketball (3):
1986 - Texas
1993 - Texas Tech
2005 - Baylor

Women's Bowling (4):
1999 - Nebraska
2001 - Nebraska
2004 - Nebraska
2005 - Nebraska

Men's Cross Country (7):
1953 - Kansas
1954 - Oklahoma State
1989 - Iowa State
1994 - Iowa State
2001 - Colorado
2004 - Colorado
2006 - Colorado

Women's Cross Country (3):
1986 - Texas
2000 - Colorado
2004 - Colorado

Equestrian (2):
2000 - Oklahoma State
2002 - Texas A&M

Men's Golf (12):
1963 - Oklahoma State
1971 - Texas
1972 - Texas
1976 - Oklahoma State
1978 - Oklahoma State
1980 - Oklahoma State
1983 - Oklahoma State
1987 - Oklahoma State
1989 - Oklahoma
1991 - Oklahoma State
1995 - Oklahoma State
2000 - Oklahoma State
2006 - Oklahoma State

Men's Gymnastics (17):
1971 - Iowa State
1973 - Iowa State
1974 - Iowa State
1977 - Oklahoma
1978 - Oklahoma
1979 - Nebraska
1980 - Nebraska
1981 - Nebraska
1982 - Nebraska
1983 - Nebraska
1988 - Nebraska
1990 - Nebraska
1991 - Oklahoma
1994 - Nebraska
2002 - Oklahoma
2003 - Oklahoma
2005 - Oklahoma
2006 - Oklahoma

Men's Indoor Track (4):
1965 - Missouri
1966 - Kansas
1969 - Kansas
1970 - Kansas

Women's Indoor Track (7):
1983 - Nebraska
1984 - Nebraska
1986 - Texas
1988 - Texas
1989 - Texas
1998 - Texas
1999 - Texas
2006 - Texas

Men's Outdoor Track (3):
1959 - Kansas
1960 - Kansas
1970 - Kansas

Women's Outdoor Track (5):
1982 - Texas
1986 - Texas
1998 - Texas
1999 - Texas
2005 - Texas

Men's/Women's Skiing (16):
1959 - Colorado
1960 - Colorado
1972 - Colorado
1973 - Colorado
1974 - Colorado
1975 - Colorado
1976 - Colorado
1977 - Colorado
1978 - Colorado
1979 - Colorado
1982 - Colorado
1991 - Colorado
1995 - Colorado
1998 - Colorado
1999 - Colorado
2006 - Colorado

Softball (4):
1982 - Texas A&M
1983 - Texas A&M
1987 - Texas A&M
2000 - Oklahoma

Men's Swimming (9):
1981 - Texas
1988 - Texas
1989 - Texas
1990 - Texas
1991 - Texas
1996 - Texas
2000 - Texas
2001 - Texas
2002 - Texas

Women's Swimming (7):
1981 - Texas
1982 - Texas
1984 - Texas
1985 - Texas
1986 - Texas
1987 - Texas
1988 - Texas
1990 - Texas
1991 - Texas

Men's Tennis (1):
2004 - Baylor

Women's Tennis (2):
1992 - Texas
1995 - Texas

Women's Volleyball (5):
1981 - Texas
1988 - Texas
1995 - Nebraska
2000 - Nebraska
2006 - Nebraska

Wrestling (49):
1928 - Oklahoma State
1929 - Oklahoma State
1930 - Oklahoma State
1931 - Oklahoma State
1933 - Iowa State/Oklahoma State
1934 - Oklahoma State
1935 - Oklahoma State
1936 - Oklahoma
1937 - Oklahoma State
1938 - Oklahoma State
1939 - Oklahoma State
1940 - Oklahoma State
1941 - Oklahoma State
1942 - Oklahoma State
1946 - Oklahoma State
1948 - Oklahoma State
1949 - Oklahoma State
1951 - Oklahoma
1952 - Oklahoma
1954 - Oklahoma State
1955 - Oklahoma State
1956 - Oklahoma State
1957 - Oklahoma
1958 - Oklahoma State
1959 - Oklahoma State
1960 - Oklahoma
1961 - Oklahoma State
1962 - Oklahoma State
1963 - Oklahoma
1964 - Oklahoma State
1965 - Iowa State
1966 - Oklahoma State
1968 - Oklahoma State
1969 - Iowa State
1970 - Iowa State
1971 - Oklahoma State
1972 - Iowa State
1973 - Iowa State
1974 - Oklahoma
1977 - Iowa State
1987 - Iowa State
1989 - Oklahoma State
1990 - Oklahoma State
1994 - Oklahoma State
2003 - Oklahoma State
2004 - Oklahoma State
2005 - Oklahoma State
2006 - Oklahoma State

National team titles by institution

  • Oklahoma State - 48
  • Texas - 47
  • Oklahoma - 25
  • Colorado - 22
  • Nebraska - 21
  • Iowa State - 13
  • Kansas - 9
  • Texas A&M - 5
  • Missouri - 2
  • Baylor - 2
  • Texas Tech - 1
  • Kansas State - 0

National team titles since 1996

  • Texas - 12
  • Colorado - 8
  • Oklahoma State - 7
  • Nebraska - 6
  • Oklahoma - 6
  • Baylor - 2
  • Texas A&M - 1
  • Iowa State - 0
  • Kansas - 0
  • Kansas State - 0
  • Missouri - 0
  • Texas Tech - 0

Conference champions

Big 12 Conference titles by school

North Division

  • Nebraska - 62
  • Colorado - 24
  • Kansas - 17
  • Iowa State - 9
  • Kansas State - 6
  • Missouri - 2

South Division

  • Texas - 86
  • Oklahoma - 29
  • Texas A&M - 28
  • Oklahoma State - 25
  • Baylor - 24
  • Texas Tech - 8
List includes both regular-season and tournament titles.

References

  1. ^ Messenger, Tony Football boosters light flames of MU-KU Border War once again Columbia Daily Tribune November 10, 2004.

External links


NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Conferences:
Atlantic Coast Conference*Big 12 Conference*Big East Conference*Big Ten Conference*Conference USAMid-American ConferenceMountain West ConferencePacific-10 Conference*Southeastern Conference*Sun Belt ConferenceWestern Athletic ConferenceIndependents
*Conference champion receives an automatic BCS bid

 
 
 

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