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Big 12 Conference
Established: 1996
Big 12 Conference logo
NCAA Division I FBS
Members 12
Sports fielded 21 (men's: 10; women's: 11)
Region Central United States
Headquarters Irving, Texas
Commissioner Dan Beebe (since 2007)
Website http://www.big12sports.com/
Locations
Big 12 Conference locations

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly 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 higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. Member schools are located in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.

The conference was officially formed on February 25, 1994, when the former Big Eight Conference joined 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 Irving, Texas, which is a suburb of Dallas. 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]

The conference is split into two divisions for most major sports—a South Division consisting of the Oklahoma and Texas schools, and a North Division consisting of the other six former Big Eight schools.

Although the Big 12 is essentially the old Big Eight plus the four Texas schools, the Big 12 considers itself a separate conference and does not claim the Big Eight's history.

Contents

Membership

Institution Location
(Population)		 Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Mascot Varsity Sports National Titles[2][3]*
North Division
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa
(51,557)		 1858 Public 27,945 Cyclones Cy the Cardinal 18 19
Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
(51,707)		 1863 Public 23,581[4] Wildcats Willie the Wildcat 16 0
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado
(94,673)		 1876 Public 30,128 Buffaloes Ralphie / Chip 16 23
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
(90,520)		 1865 Public 30,004[5] Jayhawks Big Jay / Baby Jay 18 12
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri
(100,733)		 1839 Public 30,831[6] Tigers Truman the Tiger 20 2
University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska
(225,581)		 1869 Public 23,573 Cornhuskers Herbie Husker / Lil' Red 21 23
South Division
Baylor University Waco, Texas
(122,222)		 1845 Private / Baptist 13,886 Bears Judge and Bruiser 18 2
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma
(46,976)		 1890 Public 23,307 Cowboys Pistol Pete / Bullet 16 48
Texas A&M University College Station, Texas
(74,125)		 1876 Public 48,039 Aggies Reveille 20 8
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas
(212,169)		 1923 Public 30,049 Red Raiders Masked Rider / Raider Red 17 1
University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma
(102,827)		 1890 Public 29,721 Sooners Sooner Schooner / Boomer and Sooner 16 25
University of Texas Austin, Texas
(743,074)		 1883 Public 49,696 Longhorns Bevo / Hook 'em 18 47
*See section on National championships below.

Conference facilities

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity
North Division
Colorado Folsom Field 53,750 Coors Events Center 11,064 N/A N/A
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 55,000 Hilton Coliseum 14,356 Cap Timm Field (Club Baseball) 3,000
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071 Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Hoglund Ballpark 2,500
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 52,200 Bramlage Coliseum 12,528 Tointon Family Stadium 2,000
Missouri Faurot Field 71,004* Mizzou Arena 15,061 Taylor Stadium 3,000
Nebraska Memorial Stadium 85,831 Bob Devaney Sports Center 13,595 Haymarket Park 8,500**
South 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 60,218 Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium 3,821
Texas Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119* Frank Erwin Center 16,755 UFCU Disch-Falk Field 6,649
Texas A&M Kyle Field 83,002* Reed Arena 12,989 Olsen Field 7,053
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 59,000* United Spirit Arena 15,091 Dan Law Field 6,000
*Note the official capacities are listed on the respective schools' websites. Due to temporary seating, the attendance records are often more than the official capacity. The record attendance for Faurot Field is 75,298, The record attendance at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is 85,313, the record for Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium is 101,297, the record attendance at Kyle Field is 88,253, and the record for Jones AT&T Stadium is 56,333.

**Haymarket Park has 4,500 seats. Its total capacity is listed as 8,500 because an additional 4,000 people can sit on berms along the outfield walls.
Locations of Big 12 conference member institutions.

Commissioners

Commissioners of the Big 12 Conference[7]

  • 1995–1997 Steve Hatchell
  • 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 women's soccer (Kansas State does not)
  • 10 schools participate in baseball (Colorado and Iowa State do not)
  • 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 varsity sports, not organized by the conference:

  • Kansas State, Baylor, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M participate in equestrian.[8]
  • Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Texas participate in rowing.
  • Nebraska participates in women's bowling and women's rifle.
  • Colorado participates in skiing.
  • 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.)

Football

See also: Big 12 Football

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.

North Division South Division
Colorado Baylor
Iowa State Oklahoma
Kansas Oklahoma State
Kansas State Texas
Missouri Texas A&M
Nebraska Texas Tech

Championship Game

Main article: Big 12 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 Big 12 South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The first championship game was held during the 1996 season. Since the 1996 season, the most football championships have been held at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2008 Big 12 Championship Game was held at Arrowhead, while the 2009 game will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Bowl affiliates

Although the Big 12 is currently partnered with nine postseason bowls, only eight slots are guaranteed each season. The Gator Bowl selects a Big 12 team twice every four years, and in the two years that it does not, the Sun Bowl does.[9]

Starting with the 2010-11 season, the 7th Big 12 selection will play in the newly created Yankee Bowl in the new Yankee Stadium.[10] Also, the Gator, Sun, and Independence bowls will no longer be affiliated with the Big 12[11]

The following is the current bowl selection order and the teams involved in each bowl:

Bowl name Teams involved
BCS National Championship Game BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Fiesta Bowl Big 12 No. 1 vs BCS At-Large
Cotton Bowl Classic Big 12 No. 2 vs SEC No. 3/4/5
Holiday Bowl Big 12 No. 3 vs Pac-10 No. 2
Alamo Bowl Big 12 No. 4 vs Big Ten No. 4
Gator Bowl* Big 12 No. 4 vs. ACC No. 3
Sun Bowl** Big 12 No. 5 vs. Pac-10 No. 3
Insight Bowl Big 12 No. 6 vs Big Ten No. 6
Independence Bowl Big 12 No. 7 vs SEC No. 6/7/8
Texas Bowl Big 12 No. 8 vs. Big East No. 3 (2008);
vs.C-USA No. 3/4 (2009)
*Selects a Big 12 team twice every four years

**Selects a Big 12 team when the Gator Bowl does not


The following is the bowl selection order starting in 2010 and the teams involved in each bowl:

Bowl name Teams involved
BCS National Championship Game BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Fiesta Bowl Big 12 No. 1 vs. BCS At-Large
Cotton Bowl Classic Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC No. 3/4/5
Alamo Bowl Big 12 No. 3 vs Pac-10 No. 2
Insight Bowl Big 12 No. 4 vs Big Ten No. 4
Holiday Bowl Big 12 No. 5 vs Pac-10 No. 3
Texas Bowl Big 12 No. 6 vs. Big Ten No. 6
Yankee Bowl Big 12 No. 7 vs Big East No. 4
Dallas Football Classic 2010, 2012 Big 12 No. 8 vs Big Ten No. 8
EagleBank Bowl 2011, 2013 Big 12 No. 8 vs ACC No. 8

Rivalries

The Big 12 Conference has many rivalries among its member schools, primarily in football. Most of the rivalries existed before the Big 12 was established, but the Texas–Oklahoma rivalry is unique, as it was a major rivalry decades before the two schools were in the same conference. Kansas-Missouri is the longest running rivalry in the Big 12, being played for 110 years. Some of the longstanding football rivalries between Big 12 schools include:

Rivalry Name Trophy Games
played†		 Began
Baylor - Texas A&M Battle of the Brazos 105 1899
Colorado - Nebraska 67 1898
Iowa State - Missouri Telephone Trophy[12] 101 1959
Kansas - Kansas State Sunflower Showdown Governor's Cup 106 1902
Kansas - Missouri Border War Indian War Drum[13]
Lamar Hunt Trophy[14]		 118 1891
Missouri - Nebraska Victory Bell[12] 103 1892
Missouri - Oklahoma Peace Pipe 94 1929
Nebraska - Oklahoma 84 1912
Oklahoma - Oklahoma State Bedlam Series Bedlam Bell 103 1904
Oklahoma - Texas Red River Rivalry Golden Hat 103 1900
Texas A&M - Texas Lone Star Showdown Lone Star Showdown Trophy 115 1894
Texas Tech - Texas Silver Spurs 58 1928

† Through 2008

Other notable series

  • Kansas v. Nebraska - The series began in 1892 and has been played 115 times, making it the second most-played series in the Big 12 and tied for second oldest. The series is also the longest uninterrupted series in college football, having been played each year since 1906.[15] While longstanding, the series is not known as a rivalry due to Nebraska's dominance. Nebraska once won 36 games in a row (the second most consecutive wins over a team in college football history) and currently leads the series 89-23-3.[16]
  • Baylor v. Texas - The series began in 1901 and has been played 98 times, including annually since 1946. Although Texas maintains a dominating 72–22–4 lead in the series and holds the series' longest winning streaks of 16, 11, and 11 games, Baylor has at times been very competitive, such as from 1913 to 1942, 1951 to 1957, and 1974 to 1992.[17]

Men's basketball

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

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.

North Division South Division
Colorado Baylor
Iowa State Oklahoma
Kansas Oklahoma State
Kansas State Texas
Missouri Texas A&M
Nebraska Texas Tech

Big 12 men's basketball champions

Season Regular-Season
Champion		 Tournament
Champion
1997 Kansas
15-1		 Kansas
1998 Kansas
15-1		 Kansas
1999 Texas
13-3		 Kansas
2000 Iowa State
14-2		 Iowa State
2001 Iowa State
13-3		 Oklahoma
2002 Kansas
16-0		 Oklahoma
2003 Kansas
14-2		 Oklahoma
2004 Oklahoma State
14-2		 Oklahoma State
2005 Oklahoma
Kansas
12-4		 Oklahoma State
2006 Texas
Kansas
13-3		 Kansas
2007 Kansas
14-2		 Kansas
2008 Texas
Kansas
13-3		 Kansas
2009 Kansas
14-2		 Missouri

In 2005, Oklahoma won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 71-63 home victory over the Jayhawks.[18]

In 2006, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 80-55 home victory over the Jayhawks.[19]

In 2008, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 72-69 home victory over the Jayhawks.[20]

Big 12 in the NCAA tournament

School Appearances Final Fours Championships
Baylor 5 2 0
Colorado 10 2 0
Iowa State 13 1 0
Kansas 38 13 3
Kansas State 23 4 0
Missouri 23* 0 0
Nebraska 6 0 0
Oklahoma 28 4 0
Oklahoma State 23 6 2
Texas 27 3 0
Texas A&M 10 0 0
Texas Tech 8 0 0

*Includes Missouri's 1994 NCAA tournament Elite 8 run that was later vacated by the NCAA.

Baseball

See also: Big 12 Baseball Tournament

The top 8 teams compete in the Big 12 Baseball Tournament at the conclusion of each season. Colorado and Iowa State do not sponsor baseball.

In the 2008 Big 12 Baseball Tournament, The Texas Longhorns edged The Kansas State Wildcats, 15-7.

Tournament champions by year

Year School Site MOP
1997 Oklahoma All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City Brian Shackelford (Oklahoma)
1998 Texas Tech AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Josh Bard (Texas Tech)
1999 Nebraska AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Jason Jennings (Baylor)
2000 Nebraska AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Adam Shabala (Nebraska)
2001 Nebraska AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Dan Johnson (Nebraska)
2002 Texas The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington Dustin Majewski (Texas)
2003 Texas AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Dustin Majewski (Texas)
2004 Oklahoma State Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Arlington Cody Ehlers (Missouri)
2005 Nebraska AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Curtis Ledbetter (Nebraska)
2006 Kansas AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Matt Baty (Kansas)
2007 Texas A&M AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Craig Stinson (Texas A&M)
2008 Texas AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Brandon Belt (Texas)
2009 Texas AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City Brandon Loy (Texas)

By School

School Appearances W-L Pct Tourney Titles Title Years
Baylor 12 20-18 .526 0
Iowa State 1 1-2 .333 0
Kansas 3 4-4 .500 1 2006
Kansas State 3 3-4 .429 0
Missouri 10 13-16 .448 0
Nebraska 10 28-10 .737 4 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Oklahoma 12 17-20 .459 1 1997
Oklahoma State 12 10-22 .313 1 2004
Texas 11 23-15 .605 4 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009
Texas A&M 10 15-16 .484 1 2007
Texas Tech 9 12-17 .414 1 1998

National championships

The following is a list of all national championships won by member schools in NCAA-recognized sports.[2][3] Only championships 1996 and later should be counted towards the Big 12 total itself (48).

Football (18):[21]
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 (7):
1922 - Kansas*
1923 - Kansas*
1945 - Oklahoma State
1946 - Oklahoma State
1952 - Kansas
1988 - Kansas
2008 - Kansas

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

Women's Bowling (5):
1999 - Nebraska
2001 - Nebraska
2004 - Nebraska
2005 - Nebraska
2009 - 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 (8):
1975 - Iowa State^
1976 - Iowa State^
1977 - Iowa State^
1978 - Iowa State^
1981 - Iowa State^
1986 - Texas
2000 - Colorado
2004 - Colorado

Men's Golf (14):
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
2009 - Texas A&M

Men's Gymnastics (18):
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
2008 - Oklahoma

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

Women's Indoor Track (8):
1983 - Nebraska
1984 - Nebraska
1986 - Texas
1988 - Texas
1989 - Texas
1998 - Texas
1999 - Texas
2006 - Texas

Men's Outdoor Track (4):
1959 - Kansas
1960 - Kansas
1970 - Kansas
2009 - Texas A&M

Women's Outdoor Track (6):
1982 - Texas^
1986 - Texas
1998 - Texas
1999 - Texas
2005 - Texas
2009 - Texas A&M

Men's/Women's Skiing (17):
1959 - Colorado
1960 - Colorado
1972 - Colorado
1973 - Colorado
1974 - Colorado
1975 - Colorado
1976 - Colorado
1977 - Colorado
1978 - Colorado
1979 - Colorado
1982 - Colorado (men's)
1982 - Colorado (women's)^
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 (9):
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

* Champion selected retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation
^ AIAW Championship, prior to NCAA sponsorship of women's athletics in 1982

National team titles by institution

School - Number - NCAA Championships

  • Oklahoma State - 48 - NCAA(48)
  • Texas - 47 - NCAA(39)
  • Oklahoma - 25 - NCAA(18)
  • Colorado - 23 - NCAA(21)
  • Nebraska - 23 - NCAA(18)
  • Iowa State - 19 - NCAA(14)
  • Kansas - 12 - NCAA(10)
  • Texas A&M - 7 - NCAA(6)
  • Baylor - 2 - NCAA(2)
  • Missouri - 2 - NCAA(2)
  • Texas Tech - 1 - NCAA(1)
  • Kansas State - 0 - NCAA(0)

NCAA Championships as of May 2009

Football, Helms and AIAW titles are not included in the NCAA Championship count.

National team titles since 1996

  • Texas - 13
  • Colorado - 8
  • Nebraska - 8
  • Oklahoma - 7
  • Oklahoma State - 6
  • Texas A&M - 3
  • Baylor - 2
  • Kansas - 1
  • Iowa State - 0
  • Kansas State - 0
  • Missouri - 0
  • Texas Tech - 0

Conference champions

Main article: List of Big 12 Conference champions

The Big 12 Conference sponsors 21 sports, 10 men's and 11 women's.

In football, divisional titles are awarded based on regular-season conference results, with the teams with the best conference records from the North and South playing the in the Big 12 Championship Game for the Big 12 title. Baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and tennis 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.

Big 12 Conference titles by school

As of 27 Oct. 2009. List includes both regular-season and tournament titles.

North Division

  • Nebraska - 66
  • Colorado - 27
  • Kansas - 20
  • Iowa State - 11
  • Kansas State - 7
  • Missouri - 6

South Division

  • Texas - 99
  • Texas A&M - 38
  • Baylor - 34
  • Oklahoma - 34
  • Oklahoma State - 32
  • Texas Tech - 11

References

  1. ^ "The Big 12 Conference - Outstanding Success". Big 12 Conference. http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&KEY=&ATCLID=1514841. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
  2. ^ a b "NCAA Men's Championships" (pdf). http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Men.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-03. 
  3. ^ a b "NCAA Women's Championships" (pdf). http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Women.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-03. 
  4. ^ "Regents Announce 2009 Enrollment" (English). http://www.kansasregents.org/download/career/CTE%20Web%20Page/CA1,%20Sherry%20Farris%20and%20Janelle%20Holt/092409%20-%20Press%20Release%20-%20Fall%20Enrollment.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
  5. ^ KU Fall 2009 Enrollment
  6. ^ [1] | MU students crowd in for another year (Fall 2009)
  7. ^ Dan Beebe Named Big 12 Conference Commissioner
  8. ^ Varsity Equestrian Universities
  9. ^ "Big 12 Football Bowl Affiliates". http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/bowl-affiliates.html. Retrieved 2008-07-08. 
  10. ^ Yankee Stadium To Host Annual Bowl Game Featuring Big 12 Conference Team
  11. ^ Big 12 shifts bowl lineup
  12. ^ a b Legendary Rivalries - mizzoutailgating.com - Retrieved December 3, 2007
  13. ^ University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers, Traditions - Retrieved March 29, 2008
  14. ^ Tigers fans relish win, possible No. 1 ranking
  15. ^ Kansas at Nebraska
  16. ^ Nebraska vs. Kansas
  17. ^ "History". 2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac. Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bay/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-ma-section05.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
  18. ^ Kansas, Oklahoma Share Regular Season Big 12 Men's Basketball Title
  19. ^ Kansas, Texas Share Regular Season Big 12 Men's Basketball Title
  20. ^ http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf
  21. ^ "NCAA FBS History". NCAA.com. http://www.ncaa.com/history/football-fbs.html. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 

External links

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