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 St. Louis. Additionally, the University of Iowa was a joint member of the newly formed MVIAA and the older Western Conference (now the Big Ten Conference). Image File history File links Big8logo. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or Kansas) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ... The University of Missouri-Columbia (abbreviated UMC and nicknamed Mizzou) is an institution of higher learning located in Columbia, Missouri and is the main campus in the University of Missouri system. ... The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a state-supported institution of higher learning located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Often referred to as simply Nebraska or UNL, it is the flagship and largest campus of the University of Nebraska system. ... Washington University in St. ... The University of Iowa, or Iowa for short, is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, on the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ... Big Ten redirects here. ...

The Big Eight's headquarters were in Kansas City, Missouri. Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ...

History

1908 saw the departure of Iowa, however the addition of Drake University and Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) increased conference membership to six. Kansas State University joined the conference in 1913. Nebraska left in 1919 to play two seasons as an independent. That year, the conference added Grinnell College, with the University of Oklahoma following suit in 1920; its intrastate rival Oklahoma A&M College joined in 1925. 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wifvat Plaza sculpture in front of Opperman Hall and Law Library Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. ... Fountain of Four Seasons by Christian Petersen with the Campanile in the background Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... Kansas State University (sometimes referred to as K-State) is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Grinnell College is a small liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa. ... The University of Oklahoma, often called OU or Oklahoma, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university, known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

1928 proved to be a pivotal year as the conference split up. The larger state schools of Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma remained in the MVIAA, which became known informally to fans and the media as the Big Six Conference, while the smaller schools formed a new conference, the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The similarity of the two conferences' official names, as well as the competing claims of the two conferences has led to considerable debate over which conference was the original and which was the spin-off. Both conferences considered 1907 as their founding date. Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Former Missouri Valley Conference logo The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply The Valley) is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States. ...

The conference membership remained unchanged until the addition of the University of Colorado in 1948 from the Skyline Conference (a forerunner of the Western Athletic Conference). The conference's unofficial name became the Big Seven Conference. Oklahoma A&M, which by this time had changed its name to Oklahoma State, (re)joined in 1958, and the conference's unofficial name became the Big Eight. The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[2]; Colorado, CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Skyline Conference, also known as the Mountain States Conference, was a college athletic conference based in the western United States. ... It has been suggested that Western Athletic Conference Mens Basketball Tournament be merged into this article or section. ... Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university, known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1964 the MVIAA officially renamed itself the Big Eight Conference. In 1968 the conference began its long association with the Orange Bowl, sending its champion annually to play to the prestigious bowl game in Miami, Florida. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. ... A bowl game is a post-season college football game, typically at the Division I-A level. ... Miami redirects here. ...

The conference remained essentially unchanged until 1996, when the eight member schools combined with four former members of the now-defunct Southwest Conference (Baylor University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University, and Texas Tech University) to form the Big 12 Conference. The Big 12 officially regards itself as a new conference. However, despite the official dissolution of the Big Eight, many consider the Big 12 an enlarged version of the old Big Eight, especially among fans of that former conference. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Southwest Conference (SWC) was a college athletic conference in the United States, now defunct. ... Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Austin, Texas. ... Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU for short, is the flagship[3] institution of the Texas A&M University System. ... Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas (USA). ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ...

Members

• Colorado Buffaloes
• Iowa State Cyclones
• Kansas Jayhawks
• Kansas State Wildcats
• Missouri Tigers
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Oklahoma Sooners
• Oklahoma State Cowboys

The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[2]; Colorado, CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... Fountain of Four Seasons by Christian Petersen with the Campanile in the background Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or Kansas) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ... Kansas State University (sometimes referred to as K-State) is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States. ... The University of Missouri–Columbia is the main campus of the University of Missouri System. ... The University of Nebraska–Lincoln, often called UNL, but also known as Nebraska or NU, is the flagship institution of the University of Nebraska system. ... The University of Oklahoma, often called OU or Oklahoma, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university, known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M). ...

Conference champions

Basketball

Regular Season Champions since 1958-59

• 1959: Kansas State
• 1960: Kansas/Kansas State
• 1961: Kansas State
• 1962:
• 1963: Kansas State
• 1964: Kansas State
• 1965:
• 1966: Kansas
• 1967: Kansas
• 1968: Kansas State
• 1969:
• 1970: Kansas State
• 1971: Kansas
• 1972: Kansas State
• 1973: Kansas State
• 1974: Kansas
• 1975: Kansas
• 1976: Missouri
• 1977: Kansas State
• 1978: Kansas
• 1979: Oklahoma
• 1980: Missouri
• 1981: Missouri
• 1982: Missouri
• 1983: Missouri
• 1984: Oklahoma
• 1985: Oklahoma
• 1986: Kansas
• 1987: Missouri
• 1988: Oklahoma
• 1989: Oklahoma
• 1990: Missouri
• 1991: Kansas/Oklahoma State
• 1992: Kansas
• 1993: Kansas
• 1994: Missouri
• 1995: Kansas
• 1996: Kansas

Tournament champions:

• 1977: Kansas State
• 1978: Missouri
• 1979: Oklahoma
• 1980: Kansas State
• 1981: Kansas
• 1982: Missouri
• 1983: Oklahoma State
• 1984: Kansas
• 1985: Oklahoma
• 1986: Kansas
• 1987: Missouri
• 1988: Oklahoma
• 1989: Missouri
• 1990: Oklahoma
• 1991: Missouri
• 1992: Kansas
• 1993: Missouri
• 1994: Nebraska
• 1995: Oklahoma State
• 1996: Iowa State

Football

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight conference championships for each Big Eight team from 1907 to 1995.

• Colorado (3 outright/5 total): 1961; 1976 (Co-Champions); 1989; 1990; 1991 (Co-Champions)

• Iowa State (0/2): 1911 (Co-Champions); 1912 (Co-Champions)

• Kansas (2/5): 1908; 1930; 1946 (Co-Champions); 1947 (Co-Champions); 1968 (Co-Champions)

• Kansas State (1/1): 1934

• Missouri (10/12): 1909; 1913 (Co-Champions); 1919; 1924; 1925; 1927; 1939; 1941; 1942; 1945; 1960; 1969 (Co-Champions)

• Nebraska (30/41): 1907 (Co-Champions with the University of Iowa); 1910; 1911 (Co-Champions); 1912 (Co-Champions); 1913 (Co-Champions); 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1928; 1929; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1940; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1969 (Co-Champions); 1970; 1971; 1972; 1975 (Co-Champions); 1978 (Co-Champions); 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984 (Co-Champions); 1988; 1991 (Co-Champions); 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995

• Oklahoma (24/33): 1920; 1938; 1943; 1944; 1946 (Co-Champions); 1947 (Co-Champions); 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1962; 1967; 1968 (Co-Champions); 1973; 1974; 1975 (Co-Champions); 1976 (Co-Champions); 1977; 1978 (Co-Champions); 1979; 1980; 1984 (Co-Champions); 1985; 1986; 1987

• Oklahoma State (1/2): 1926; 1976 (Co-Champions)

See Also

List of defunct college football conferences Big Eight Conference (also called Big Six and Big Seven) Big West Conference Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference Missouri Valley Conference Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference Pacific Coast Athletic Association Pacific Coast Conference Skyline Conference Southwest Conference Wisconsin State University Conference Yankee Conference Category...