Colorado does not participate in baseball and softball.
Iowa State does not participate in baseball.
Kansas State does not participate in soccer and men's tennis.
Oklahoma State does not participate in volleyball.
Texas does not participate in cross country.
College Football rivalries involving Big 12 schools
The Big Twelve has many rivalries among its member schools, especially in football. A couple of its major rivalries go back to its predecessor, the Big Eight Conference, and another was imported from the Southwest Conference. Some of the football rivalries involving Big 12 schools include (with travelling trophies and/or special name of the game in parentheses):
The following is a list of all the national championships held by member schools. Only championships 1994 and later should be counted towards the Big XII total itself (33).
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
The Big12 Conference has announced plans to enhance its partnership with the Special Olympics organizations in each of the seven states in the league's geographic footprint.
Courtney Paris (Oklahoma) has been named Phillips 66 Big12 Women's Basketball Player of the Week while Stanecia Graham (Texas Tech) was picked Rookie of the Week by a media voting panel for games from Nov. 26-Dec. 2.
Before Missouri's stirring run to the Big12 title game today at the Alamodome, Tigers fans had to go back 38 years to find any semblance of this season's success story.
The Big12 Championship football game at the Alamodome tonight is expected to bring millions of dollars to the city in visitor spending and millions more in media exposure.
A dozen years ago, the Big12 was built on a foundation of great defensive football.