The Big Seven Conference was formerly an NCAA-affiliated Division I collegiate athletic association that sponsored American football. 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. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

The Conference was formed in 1948 when Colorado joined the six charter members of the Big Six Conference, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. It existed for ten years, until in 1958 the seven members were joined by Oklahoma State to create the Big Eight Conference, which was expanded again in 1996 to form the Big Twelve Conference. The University of Oklahoma is the only team to win a Big Seven Championship in football, winning all ten conference championships. The University of Colorado (CU) System consists of five campuses: University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Colorado Springs University of Colorado at Denver University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Fitzsimons campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, scheduled to open in 2007 in Aurora, Colorado... The Big Six Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated major college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in 1928 when six members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association departed that conference to establish the Big Six. ... Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant university and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU) 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. ... The University of Missouri System is one of two public state university systems. ... University of Nebraska seal The University of Nebraska is the main public higher education outlet of the State of Nebraska in the United States. ... The University of Oklahoma (OU) is an institution of higher learning located in Oklahoma. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oklahoma State University Logo The Oklahoma State University System comprises of five educational instututes across Oklahoma. ... The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored American football, was created in 1958 when Oklahoma State joined the seven existing members of the Big Seven Conference (Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Big Twelve Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ...