Big 12 Conference
Established: 1996
NCAA	Division I FBS
Members	12
Sports fielded	21 (men's: 10; women's: 11)
Region	Central United States
Headquarters	Irving, TX
Commissioner	Dan Beebe (since 2007)
Website	http://www.big12sports.com/
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. 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 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] Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Big12logo. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The Central United States is a bridge region between the Eastern United States and Western United States. ... Mustangs at Las Colinas Streetscape along Las Colinas Blvd in North Irving Aerial shot of Irving/Las Colinass Urban Center. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (841x580, 37 KB) derived from [1]; map of states with Big 12 schools (and their division); contains fair-use logo I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... This is a list of athletic conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). ... NCAA redirects here. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Washington University in... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... The Southwest Conference (SWC) was a college athletic conference in the United States, now defunct. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Mustangs at Las Colinas Streetscape along Las Colinas Blvd in North Irving Aerial shot of Irving/Las Colinass Urban Center. ...

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

The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[3]; Colorado and CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado System in Boulder, Colorado. ... Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States. ... Mike Bohn at the 2005 Spring Practice game. ... Ralphie IV on the sidelines at the 2005 Big 12 Conference football championship game Ralphie the buffalo is the name of the live mascot of the University of Colorado Buffaloes. ... The Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa, USA. Iowa State has produced a number of astronauts, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and a variety of other notable individuals in their respective fields. ... 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Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan Manhattan is a town located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. ... Kansas State Universitys athletic teams are called the Wildcats, and their official color is royal purple; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors. ... Willie the Wildcat Willie the Wildcat is the mascot for the Kansas State University Wildcats. ... University of Missouri redirects here. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Boone Government  - Mayor Darwin Hindman Area  - City  59 sq mi (138. ... The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... Truman the Tiger is the official mascot of the athletic teams of the University of Missouri Tigers. ... “University of Nebraska” redirects here. ... 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Norman, Oklahoma, is the county seat and largest city in Cleveland County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. ... The University of Oklahoma features 17 varsity sports teams. ... The Sooner Schooner is the official mascot of the University of Oklahoma located in Norman, Oklahoma. ... Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university under the Morrill Act. ... Downtown Stillwater Stillwater is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. ... Oklahoma State Cowboys (Cowgirls for womens teams) are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. ... Taken from OSUs official athletic web site, http://www. ... Statue of the Spirit Rider and Bullet Bullet is the name of the mascot of the sports teams at Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, a black American quarter horse gelding. ... 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Conference facilities

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) This article is about the sport. ... This article is about the sport. ... US Armed Forces cross country meet Cross-country running is a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain before other teams. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This article is about the sport. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Soccer redirects here. ... Soft ball is also a sugar stage Softball is a team sport popular around the world but especially in the United States. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... For other uses, see Dive. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... This article is about collegiate wrestling. ...

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, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech participate in equestrian.
• Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska Texas A&M, 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.
• Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech participate in ice hockey, as members of the American Collegiate Hockey Association, a sanctioning body for club teams.

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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. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ...

First season 1890 Staff Athletic director Mike Bohn Head coach Dan Hawkins 2nd year, 8–17 Stadium Home stadium Folsom Field Stadium capacity 53,750 Stadium surface Grass Location Boulder, Colorado League/Conference Conference Big 12 Division North Team records All-time record 658–419–36 (0. ... Baylor Bears is the name for sports teams of Baylor University. ... Head coach Gene Chizik 1st year, 1–3 Home stadium Jack Trice Stadium Capacity 55,000 - Grass Conference Big 12 - North Website cyclones. ... Head coach Bob Stoops 8th year, 78–18 Home stadium Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Capacity 82,112 - Grass Conference Big 12 - South First year 1895 Athletic director Joe Castiglione Website SoonerSports. ... Head coach Mark Mangino 6th year, 36–35 Home stadium University of Kansas Memorial Stadium Capacity 50,071 - AstroPlay Conference Big 12 - North First year 1890 Athletic director Lew Perkins Website KU Athletics Team records All-time record 548–537–58 (.505) Postseason bowl record 4–6 Awards Conference titles... It has been suggested that Oklahoma State University - Stillwater#Athletics be merged into this article or section. ... Kansas State Universitys athletic teams are called the Wildcats, and their official color is royal purple; white and silver are generally used as complimentary colors. ... Head coach Mack Brown Ninth year, 93–22 Home stadium Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Capacity 85,123 - grass Conference Big 12 - South First year 1893 Athletic director DeLoss Dodds Website mackbrown-texasfootball. ... The Missouri Tigers are the official mascot of the athletic teams at the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... Head Coach Dennis Franchione 4th Year, 25-23 Home Stadium Kyle Field Capacity 82,600 - Natural Grass Conference Big 12 - South First Year 1894 Website AggieAthletics. ... Head coach Tom Osborne (interim) 26th year, 255–49–3 Home stadium Memorial Stadium, Lincoln Capacity 84,067 - FieldTurf Conference Big 12 - North First year 1890 Athletic director Tom Osborne Website huskers. ... The Double T Jones AT&T Stadiums main grandstand. ...

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 South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The first championship game was during the 1996 season. Since the 1996 season, the most football championships have been held in Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City, Missouri. The Big 12 Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference each year. ... The Big 12 Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference each year. ...

Rivalries

The Big 12 has many rivalries among its member schools, primarily in football. Most of the rivalries existed before the Big Eight and Southwest Conferences merged, but the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry is unique, as it was a major rivalry decades before the two schools were in the same conference. Some of the longstanding football rivalries involving Big 12 schools include: United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

Men's basketball

See also: Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

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. The Big 12 Mens Basketball Tournament is the Championship Tournament in basketball for the Big 12 Conference. ...

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 - Oklahoma/Kansas (12-4)
• 2006 - Texas/Kansas (13-3)
• 2007 - Kansas (14-2)
• 2008 - Texas/Kansas (13-3)

In 2005, Oklahoma won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 71-63 home victory over the Jayhawks.^[7]

In 2006, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 80-55 home victory over the Jayhawks.^[8]

In 2008, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 72-69 home victory over the Jayhawks.^[9]

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 (42).

Conference champions

Main article: List of Big 12 Conference champions

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

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. The Big 12 Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference each year. ...

Big 12 Conference titles by school

North Division

• Nebraska - 62
• Colorado - 24
• Kansas - 18
• Iowa State - 9
• Kansas State - 7
• Missouri - 2

South Division

• Texas - 90
• Texas A&M - 31
• Oklahoma - 30
• Baylor - 25
• Oklahoma State - 25
• Texas Tech - 8

List includes both regular-season and tournament titles.

References

External links

• Big 12 Conference
  • Big 12 Record Book - Men's Baseball
  • Big 12 Record Book - Men's Basketball
  • Big 12 Record Book - Women's Basketball
  • Big 12 Record Book - Cross Country
  • Big 12 Record Book - Men's Football
  • Big 12 Record Book - Golf
  • Big 12 Record Book - Women's Gymnastics
  • Big 12 Record Book - Women's Soccer
  • Big 12 Record Book - Women's Softball
  • Big 12 Record Book - Swimming & Diving
  • Big 12 Record Book - Tennis
  • Big 12 Record Book - Track & Field
  • Big 12 Record Book - Outdoor Track & Field
  • Big 12 Record Book - Women's Volleyball
  • Big 12 Record Book - Men's Wrestling