Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference
Association	NCAA
Founded	February 25, 1994[1]
Commissioner	Brett Yormark (since 2022)
Sports fielded	23 men's: 10; women's: 13; ;
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FBS
No. of teams	14 (16 in 2024)
Headquarters	Irving, Texas
Region	South South Atlantic; West South Central; ; Midwest East North Central; West North Central; ; West Mountain; Southwest; ;
Official website	big12sports.com
Locations

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas. It consists of 14 full-member universities (3 private universities and 11 public universities) in the states of Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

The Big 12 is a member of the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 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 Big 12 is one of the Power Five conferences, the five highest-earning and most historically successful FBS football conferences. Power Five conferences are guaranteed at least one bid to a New Year's Six bowl game and have been granted autonomy from certain NCAA rules.

The Big 12 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.[2] Brett Yormark became the new commissioner on August 1, 2022.

The Big 12 was founded in February 1994. All eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with half the members of the former Southwest Conference (Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech) to form the conference, with play beginning in 1996.[3]

Major membership changes came during the 2010–2013 Big 12 Conference realignment and still more changes came or will come during the 2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment.

Member universities

Current full members

Member departing in 2024.

Institution	Acronym	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment[4]	Endowment (millions)[5]	Nickname	Mascot	Colors
Baylor University	BU	Waco, Texas	1845	1996	Private (Baptist)	20,709	$1,970	Bears	Bruiser and Marigold	Green and Gold
Brigham Young University	BYU	Provo, Utah	1875	2023	Private (LDS)	34,464	$2,780[6]	Cougars	Cosmo the Cougar	Royal Blue and White
University of Central Florida	UCF	Orlando, Florida[lower-alpha 1]	1963	2023	Public	68,346	$215	Knights	Knightro Pegasus	Black and Gold
University of Cincinnati	UC Cincy	Cincinnati, Ohio	1819	2023	Public	41,155	$1,776[7]	Bearcats	The Bearcat	Red and Black
University of Houston	UH UofH	Houston, Texas	1927	2023	Public	46,700	$1,004 (systemwide)	Cougars	Shasta	Scarlet Red and Albino White
Iowa State University	ISU	Ames, Iowa	1858	1996	Public	29,969	$1,525	Cyclones	Cy the Cardinal	Cardinal and Gold
University of Kansas	KU	Lawrence, Kansas	1865	1996	Public	26,708	$2,731[8]	Jayhawks	Big Jay Baby Jay	Crimson and Blue
Kansas State University	KSU K-State	Manhattan, Kansas	1863	1996	Public	19,722	$952.3[9]	Wildcats	Willie the Wildcat	Royal Purple and White
University of Oklahoma [lower-alpha 2]	OU	Norman, Oklahoma	1890	1996	Public	28,308	$1,640[12]	Sooners	Sooner Schooner Boomer and Sooner	Crimson and Cream
Oklahoma State University	OSU OK State	Stillwater, Oklahoma	1890	1996	Public	25,372	$1,544	Cowboys / Cowgirls	Pistol Pete	Orange and Black
University of Texas at Austin [lower-alpha 2]	UT UT Austin	Austin, Texas	1883	1996	Public	52,384	$42,668 (systemwide)	Longhorns	Bevo	Burnt Orange and White
Texas Christian University	TCU	Fort Worth, Texas	1873	2012	Private (DOC)	12,273	$2,401	Horned Frogs	Super Frog	Purple and White
Texas Tech University	TTU Tech	Lubbock, Texas	1923	1996	Public	40,378	$1,712 (systemwide)	Red Raiders	The Masked Rider Raider Red	Scarlet and Black
West Virginia University	WVU	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	2012	Public	24,741	$875	Mountaineers	Mountaineer	Gold and Blue

Notes

The UCF campus has an Orlando mailing address but is entirely located in unincorporated Orange County, Florida
Oklahoma and Texas have accepted invitations to join the SEC on July 1, 2024.[10][11]

Membership map

Big 12 Conference Full Members

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Location of Big 12 Full members:

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Oklahoma (Departing in 2024)

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Texas (Departing in 2024)

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Baylor

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Iowa State

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Kansas

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Kansas State

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Oklahoma State

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Texas Tech

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TCU (Joined in 2012)

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West Virginia (Joined in 2012)

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BYU (Joined in 2023)

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UCF (Joined in 2023)

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Cincinnati (Joined in 2023)

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Houston (Joined in 2023)

Big 12 Conference Full Future Members

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Location of Big 12 Future members:

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Colorado (Joining in 2024)

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Utah (Joining in 2024)

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Arizona State (Joining in 2024)

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Arizona (Joining in 2024)

Big 12 Conference Affiliate Members

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Location of Big 12 Affiliate members:

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Air Force (Wrestling)

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Cal Baptist (Wrestling)

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Missouri (Wrestling)

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Northern Colorado (Wrestling)

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Northern Iowa (Wrestling)

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North Dakota State (Wrestling)

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South Dakota State (Wrestling)

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Utah Valley (Wrestling)

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Wyoming (Wrestling)

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Alabama (Women's rowing)

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Tennessee (Women's rowing)

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Denver (Women's gymnastics)

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Fresno State (Equestrian)

Future members

All future members coming from the Pac-12

Institution	Acronym	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment[13]	Endowment (millions)[5]	Nickname	Mascot	Colors
University of Arizona	UA U of A	Tucson, Arizona	1885	2024	Public	49,403	$1,204	Wildcats	Wilbur and Wilma	Cardinal and Navy
Arizona State University	ASU	Tempe, Arizona [lower-alpha 1]	1885	2024	Public	57,588[lower-alpha 2]	$1,387	Sun Devils	Sparky the Sun Devil	Maroon and Gold
University of Colorado Boulder	CU CU Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	1876	2024	Public	39,585	$1,975	Buffaloes	Ralphie the Buffalo Chip	Silver, Black, and Gold
University of Utah	U of U	Salt Lake City, Utah	1850	2024	Public	34,734	$1,321	Utes	Swoop	Red and White

Tempe hosts the main campus and university administration. ASU has three other physical campuses in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Enrollment at the main Tempe campus. Total on-campus enrollment is 80,065, and total enrollment including online students is 142,616.

Affiliate members

Institution	City	State	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Big 12 sport	Primary conference
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy[lower-alpha 1]	CO	1954	2015	Military academy	4,000	Falcons	Wrestling	Mountain West
University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	AL	1831	2014	Public	38,563	Crimson Tide	Women's rowing	SEC
California Baptist University	Riverside	CA	1950	2022	Private	11,045	Lancers	Wrestling	WAC
University of Denver	Denver	CO	1864	2015	Private	11,809	Pioneers	Women's gymnastics	Summit
California State University, Fresno	Fresno	CA	1911	2019	Public	24,405	Bulldogs	Equestrian	Mountain West
University of Missouri	Columbia	MO	1839	2021[lower-alpha 2]		31,089	Tigers	Wrestling	SEC
University of Northern Colorado	Greeley	CO	1889	2015		12,084	Bears		Big Sky
University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls	IA	1876	2017		13,914	Panthers		Missouri Valley
North Dakota State University	Fargo	ND	1890	2015		14,747	Bison		Summit
South Dakota State University	Brookings	SD	1881	2015		12,554	Jackrabbits		Summit
University of Tennessee	Knoxville	TN	1794	2014		27,523	Volunteers	Women's rowing	SEC
Utah Valley University	Orem	UT	1941	2015		31,556	Wolverines	Wrestling	WAC
University of Wyoming	Laramie	WY	1886	2015		13,992	Cowboys	Wrestling	Mountain West

Notes

Virtually all of the Air Force Academy grounds, including the cadet area and all athletic facilities, are outside the city limits of Colorado Springs. The US Postal Service considers the Academy to be its own entity, and the US Census Bureau considers it to be the census-designated place of "Air Force Academy".
Missouri was a full Big 12 member from the conference's formation in 1996 until leaving for the SEC in 2012.

On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 announced it would add the six former members of the Western Wrestling Conference—Air Force, Northern Colorado, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley, and Wyoming—as affiliate members for wrestling, plus Denver as an affiliate member for women's gymnastics, all effective with the 2015–16 academic year.[14]
On July 5, 2017, the Big 12 added Fresno State and Northern Iowa as wrestling affiliates.[15]
On May 2, 2019, the Big 12 added Fresno State as an equestrian affiliate.[16] Fresno State would drop wrestling in 2021, but remains an equestrian affiliate.[17]
In 2021, the Big 12 added former full member Missouri as a wrestling affiliate.[18]

Former full members

Institution	Acronym	City	State	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Current conference
University of Colorado Boulder	CU	Boulder	CO	1876	1996	2011[lower-alpha 1]	Public	Buffaloes	Pac-12
University of Missouri	MU	Columbia	MO	1839	1996	2012[lower-alpha 2]	Public	Tigers	SEC
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	NU	Lincoln	NE	1869	1996	2011	Public	Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Texas A&M University	A&M TAMU	College Station	TX	1876	1996	2012	Public	Aggies	SEC

Notes

Colorado will return as a full member in 2024.
Missouri returned to the Big 12 as a wrestling-only member effective the 2021–22 school year.

Former affiliate members

Institution	City	State	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Colors	Big 12 sport(s)	Current primary conference	Current conference in former Big 12 sport(s)[lower-alpha 1]
California State University, Fresno	Fresno	CA	1911	2017	2021[lower-alpha 2]	Public	Bulldogs		Wrestling	Mountain West	N/A (dropped wrestling)
Old Dominion University	Norfolk	VA	1930	2014	2018	Public	Monarchs		Women's rowing	Sun Belt	The American[19]

Notes

Affiliation in former Big 12 sport(s); does not necessarily match primary affiliation.
Fresno State remains in the Big 12 as an affiliate member in equestrian.

Membership timeline

Full members
Other Conference
Other Conference
Founding members from Big 8 Conference
Founding members from Southwest Conference

Earlier Membership timelines

Click here for the Big Eight Conference Timeline which predates the Big 12 timeline for founding members:

Click here for the Southwest Conference Timeline which predates the Big 12 timeline for founding members:

Current members with the longest continuous association with the Big Eight Conference / Southwest Conference / Big 12 Conference.

Member departing in 2024.
Members joining in 2024.

Institution	Started Current Association In	Continuous Years	Note
Kansas	1907	116
Iowa State	1908	115
Kansas State	1913	110
Texas	1915	108
Baylor	1915	108
Oklahoma	1919	104
Texas Tech	1956	67
Oklahoma State	1958	65
TCU	2012	11	Previously: 73 years in the Southwest Conference
West Virginia	2012	11
BYU	2023	0
UCF	2023	0
Cincinnati	2023	0
Houston	2023	0	Previously: 20 years in the Southwest Conference
Arizona	2024	-1
Arizona State	2024	-1
Utah	2024	-1
Colorado	2024	-1	Previously: 49 years in the Big Eight Conference and 15 years in the Big 12 Conference

Sports

The Big 12 Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports. [20]

**Teams in Big 12 Conference competition**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	13	–
Basketball	14	14
Cross country	12	14
Equestrian	–	4
Football	14	–
Golf	14	13
Gymnastics	–	5
Rowing	–	8
Soccer	–	14
Softball	–	10
Swimming & Diving	5	8
Tennis	8	14
Track and Field (Indoor)	12	14
Track and Field (Outdoor)	12	14
Volleyball	–	13
Wrestling	13	–

Men's sponsored sports by university

Below are the men's sports sponsored by each member institution.

The only men's sports with full participation by the entire conference are basketball, football, and golf. Swimming and diving has the lowest participation with only five universities fielding a team; one of these (Texas) has announced its departure, but three of the four schools joining in 2024 sponsor the sport.

The conference fields 13 teams for wrestling, the most of any sport, with only 4 teams being full-time members as well as 9 affiliate members (listed in a separate table below).

Member departing in 2024.
Members joining in 2024.

University	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Wrestling	Total Big 12 Sports
Arizona	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	9
Arizona State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Baylor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	8
BYU	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	9
Cincinnati	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	8
Colorado	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	6
Houston	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	7
Iowa State	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Kansas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	7
Kansas State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	7
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Oklahoma State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
TCU	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	9
Texas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	9
Texas Tech	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	8
UCF	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	5
Utah	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	5
West Virginia	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	6
Current totals	13	14	12	14	14	5	8	12	12	4+9
Totals in 2024	14	16	13	16	16	7	8	13	13	4+10

Affiliate Members
University	Wrestling
Air Force	Yes
California Baptist	Yes
Missouri	Yes
North Dakota State	Yes
Northern Colorado	Yes
Northern Iowa	Yes
South Dakota State	Yes
Utah Valley	Yes
Wyoming	Yes

Men's (and Coed – see Rifle) varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 universities:

Schools Participating in Men's Non-Sponsored Sports
University	Gymnastics	Ice Hockey	Lacrosse	Rifle[lower-alpha 1]	Skiing	Soccer	Volleyball
Arizona State	No	NCHC[lower-alpha 2]	No	No	No	No	No
BYU	No	No	No	No	No	No	MPSF
Colorado	No	No	No	No	RMISA	No	No
Oklahoma	MPSF	No	No	No	No	No	No
TCU	No	No	No	PRC	No	No	No
UCF	No	No	No	No	No	SBC	No
Utah	No	No	ASUN	No	RMISA	No	No
West Virginia	No	No	No	GARC	No	SBC	No

Rifle is often categorized as a men's sport because the NCAA bylaws that establish scholarship limits for each sport list rifle as a men's sport.[21] Nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with men's, women's, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams. Through 2017, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four pre-NCAA national titles.
ASU Hockey is playing as an Independent program and will join the conference in 2024.

Women's sponsored sports by university

Below are the women's sports sponsored by each member institution.

The only women's sports with full participation by the entire conference are basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, indoor track and outdoor track. Oklahoma State is the only current or future member that does not sponsor volleyball, and only West Virginia and future member Utah do not sponsor golf.

Equestrian has the lowest participation with 3 full-time members and 1 affiliate participating, with gymnastics closely following with 4 full members and 1 affiliate. Gymnastics will lose a full-time member once Oklahoma departs, but will gain three new programs in Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah. The affiliate members are listed in a separate table below.

Full Members
University	Basketball	Cross Country	Equestrian	Golf	Gymnastics	Rowing	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Volleyball	Total Big 12 Sports
Arizona	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Arizona State	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Baylor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
BYU	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Cincinnati	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Colorado	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Houston	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Iowa State	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Kansas	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Kansas State	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Oklahoma State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	9
TCU	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Texas	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Texas Tech	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
UCF	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Utah	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
West Virginia	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Current totals	14	14	3+1	13	4+1	6+2	14	10	8	14	14	14	13
Totals in 2024	16	16	3+1	14	7+1	4+2	16	11	10	16	16	16	15

Affiliate Members
University	Equestrian	Gymnastics	Rowing
Alabama	No	No	Yes
Denver	No	Yes	No
Fresno State	Yes	No	No
Tennessee	No	No	Yes

Women's (and co-educational – see Rifle) varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 universities:

Schools Participating in Women's Non-Sponsored Sports
University	Acrobatics & tumbling[lower-alpha 1]	Beach volleyball	Lacrosse	Rifle[lower-alpha 2]	Skiing	Triathlon[lower-alpha 1]	Water Polo
Arizona	No	Yes [lower-alpha 3]	No	No	No	Yes	No
Arizona State	No	Yes [lower-alpha 3]	Yes [lower-alpha 4]	No	No	Yes	MPSF
Baylor	NCATA	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cincinnati	No	No	American	No	No	No	No
Colorado	No	No	Yes[lower-alpha 4]	No	RMISA	No	No
TCU	No	C-USA	No	PRC	No	Yes	No
Texas	No	Independent	No	No	No	No	No
Utah	No	Yes[lower-alpha 3]	No	No	RMISA	No	No
West Virginia	No	No	No	GARC	No	No	No

Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
Rifle is often categorized as a men's sport because the NCAA bylaws that establish scholarship limits for each sport list rifle as a men's sport.[22] Nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with men's, women's, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams. Through 2018, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four pre-NCAA national titles.
School has not announced which conference its beach volleyball team will compete in since the Big 12 does not sponsor the sport. However, Big 12 bylaws allow for a championship to be held in any sport with at least four sponsoring members. The conference has yet to announce whether it will sponsor beach volleyball.
School has not announced which conference their women's lacrosse team will compete in since the Big 12 does not sponsor the sport.

In addition to the above, UCF lists its coeducational cheerleading and all-female dance teams as varsity teams on its official athletic website.

History

The Big 12 Conference was founded in February 1994. All eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with half the members of the former Southwest Conference (Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech) to form the conference, with play beginning in 1996.[23]

The Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight's history as its own, even though it was essentially the Big Eight plus the four Texas universities.

The Big 12 began athletic play in fall 1996, with the Texas Tech vs. Kansas State football game being the first-ever sports event staged by the conference.

From its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions in most sports. The two Oklahoma universities and the four Texas universities formed the South Division, while the other six universities of the former Big Eight formed the North Division.

Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference:

In 2012, two universities joined the conference:

On July 26, 2021, Oklahoma and Texas notified the Big 12 Conference that the two universities do not wish to extend their grant of television rights beyond the 2024–25 athletic year.[24][25] On July 27, 2021, Oklahoma and Texas sent a joint letter to the Southeastern Conference requesting an invitation for membership beginning July 1, 2025.[26][27] On July 29, 2021, the 14 presidents and chancellors of SEC member universities voted unanimously to invite Oklahoma and Texas to join the SEC.[28] The following day, the Texas Board of Regents and Oklahoma Board of Regents each accepted the invitation to join the SEC from July 1, 2025.[11]

On September 10, 2021, the Big 12 announced that invitations had been extended to and accepted by BYU (a football independent and member of the non-football West Coast Conference) and three members of the American Athletic Conference in Cincinnati, UCF, and Houston. These moves, combined with the impending departure of Oklahoma and Texas, would once again increase the Big 12's membership to twelve schools.[29] All four schools began competing in Big 12 athletics beginning in summer of 2023. BYU had initially announced that it would join in 2023,[30] and Houston indicated it could do so as well.[31] On June 10, 2022, The American and its three departing members announced a buyout agreement that allowed those schools to join the Big 12 in 2023.[32]

On February 9, 2023, Oklahoma and Texas announced they had reached a settlement with the conference that allowed them to join the SEC on July 1, 2024.[33]

On July 27, 2023, Colorado, a former member of the Big 12, announced it would rejoin the conference from the Pac-12 beginning in the 2024–25 academic year. The following week, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah announced they will leave the Pac-12 for the Big 12, also effective for the 2024–25 academic year.

Distinctive elements

Original Big 12 Conference logo from 1996 to 2004

Big 12 Conference logo from 2004 to 2014

Population base and markets

The Big 12 is currently the only Power Five conference in the country with a television market that covers three time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain), with universities located in the states of Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

The largest media markets represented by the Big 12 are, ranked nationally:

Dallas-Fort Worth (5th)
Houston (7th)
Orlando (17th)
Salt Lake City (29th)
San Antonio (31st)
Kansas City (33rd)
Austin (35th)
Cincinnati (36th)
Oklahoma City (46th)
Tulsa (62nd)
Des Moines (68th)
Wichita (70th)

Although West Virginia University is based out of Morgantown, West Virginia (officially part of the Pittsburgh (26th) media market), the TV market encompasses the majority of West Virginia's TV viewership and also reaches well into Western Pennsylvania.

Kansas State University is in Manhattan, Kansas, which is part of the Topeka, Kansas media market, but it is close to the Wichita market, which encompasses two-thirds of the state (stretching to the border with Colorado), including the cities of Dodge City, Garden City, Hutchinson and Salina.

While the University of Kansas is in Lawrence, Kansas, it has close proximity to the Kansas City television market, increasing the base into western Missouri.

When the Four Corners schools (Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah) join in 2024, the conference will:

Add Phoenix (11th)
Add Denver (16th)
Further cement its hold on the Salt Lake City market, with the University of Utah being located in that city.

State	Population [34]	Universities
Florida	21,538,187	* University of Central Florida
Iowa	3,190,369	* Iowa State University
Kansas	2,937,880	* University of Kansas * Kansas State University
Ohio	11,799,448	* University of Cincinnati
Oklahoma	3,959,353	* University of Oklahoma * Oklahoma State University
Texas	29,145,505	* Baylor University * University of Houston * University of Texas at Austin * Texas Christian University * Texas Tech University
Utah	3,271,616	* Brigham Young University
West Virginia	1,793,716	* West Virginia University
Total	77,636,074

Grant of Rights

Member universities granted their first and second tier sports media rights to the conference for the length of their current TV deals. The Grant of Rights (GOR) deal with the leagues' TV contracts ensures that "if a Big 12 school leaves for another league in the next 13 years, that school's media rights, including revenue, would remain with the Big 12 and not its new conference".[35]

GOR is seen by league members as a "foundation of stability" and allowed the Big 12 to be "positioned with one of the best media rights arrangements in collegiate sports, providing the conference and its members unprecedented revenue growth, and sports programming over two networks." All members agreed to the GOR and later agreed to extend the initial 6-year deal to 13 years to correspond to the length of their TV contracts.[36]

Prior to this agreement, the Big Ten and Pac-12 also had similar GOR agreements.[37] The Big 12 subsequently assisted the ACC in drafting its GOR agreement.[38] Four of the five major conferences now have such agreements, with the SEC the only exception.

Tier 3 events

The Big 12 is the only major conference that allows members to monetize TV rights for tier 3 events in football and men's basketball.[39] This allows individual Big 12 member institutions to create tier 3 deals that include TV rights for one home football game and four home men's basketball games per season. Tier 3 rights exist for other sports as well, but these are not unique to the Big 12. The unique arrangement potentially allows Big 12 members to remain some of college sports' highest revenue earners. Other conferences' cable deals are subject to value reductions based on how people acquire cable programming; Big 12 universities' tier 3 deals are exempt.[40] Texas alone will earn more than $150 million of that total from their Longhorn Network.[41]

As of 2022, all of the Big 12's tier 3 rights are held by ESPN; the network operates a joint venture with Learfield and the Texas Longhorns known as Longhorn Network, and ESPN bought the tier 3 rights to most Big 12 teams (besides Oklahoma) in 2019, moving the events exclusively to ESPN+.[42] The Oklahoma Sooners retained an agreement with Bally Sports Oklahoma (which distributed its football game via pay-per-view) until 2022, when it also sold its rights to ESPN+.[43][44]

Business partnerships and innovation

The Big 12 has a sponsorship rights partnership with Learfield IMG College.[45] The Big 12 announced on September 9, 2022 that it appointed WME Sports and IMG Media, Endeavor companies, to facilitate its global content and commercial strategy. Commissioner Brett Yormark stated “We have aligned with a best-in-class team to build a best-in-class business strategy for the Conference,”.[46] November 14, 2022 Big 12 formed a comprehensive business advisor board composed of over three dozen entrepreneurial icons and respective industry leaders. From the likes of Monte Lipman the Founder/CEO Republic Records, Steve Stoute Founder/CEO UnitedMasters & Translation, Mark Shapiro President of Endeavor, Gary Vaynerchuk’s VaynerMedia, singer Garth Brooks, NBA legend Jason Kidd, Keith Sheldon President of Entertainment for Hard Rock Cafe International, and Ross Levinsohn Chairman and CEO - The Arena Group & Sports Illustrated.[47]

The Big 12 partnered with creative agency Translation to help build a more contemporary audience and brand.[48] Soon after Big 12 Conference made a deal with A Bathing Ape (BAPE) for Championship games. The Conference and BAPE worked together to create limited-edition clothing and a camouflaged Big 12 logo throughout the stadium, arena, and uniforms.

The Big 12 has 11 official corporate partners: Allstate, Children’s Health, Dr Pepper, Gatorade, Grand Caliber, Old Trapper, On Location, Phillips 66, Sonic Hard Seltzer, Sprouts Farmers Market, and Tickets For Less. There are dozens of other companies engaged as sponsors of the conference.[49]

Conference Pro Day

On March 15, 2023, before the NFL Draft, the Big 12 announced the first of its kind across all college conferences, being a conference-wide Pro Day. Instead of schools hosting separate pro days for their football players, there will be only one conference-wide scouting event before the 2024 NFL draft. The event will be held at the Dallas Cowboys training complex, Ford Center at The Star. What essentially would be a conference version of the NFL combine, the Pro Day would be televised on NFL Network.[50]

Hoops in the Park

In March, the Big 12 Conference announced a partnership with the legendary Rucker Park for a community engagement event. In June the event was officially announced as "Big 12 Hoops in the Park”, to host men’s and women’s summer exhibition games. Throughout the event, the Big 12 is also preparing a number of entertainment activities and community engagements. The activities include youth clinics, meet-and-greets, live music, and food.[51]

Mexico

Early June 2023, the "Big 12 Mexico" was announced, which will include men's and women’s soccer, baseball, basketball, and football games and an international media rights strategy. The Big 12 Mexico will debut in December 2024 with men's and women's basketball games between Kansas and Houston at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City. The Big 12 will also consider hosting a football bowl game in Monterrey beginning in 2026. This would be the first-ever bowl game in Mexico.[52]

Conference annual revenue distribution

Year	Total distributed	Annual increase	Average per university^a
1997[53]	$53.6 million	–	$4.5 million
1998[53]	$58 million	8.2%	$4.8 million
1999[53]	$64 million	10.3%	$5.3 million
2000[53]	$72 million	12.5%	$6.0 million
2001[53]	$78 million	8.3%	$6.5 million
2002[53]	$83.5 million	7.1%	$7.0 million
2003[53]	$89 million	6.6%	$7.4 million
2004[53]	$101 million	13.5%	$8.4 million
2005[53]	$105.6 million	4.6%	$8.8 million
2006[53]	$103.1 million	−2.4%	$8.6 million
2007[53]	$106 million	2.8%	$8.8 million
2008[53]	$113.5 million	7.1%	$9.5 million
2009[53]	$130 million	14.5%	$10.8 million
2010[53]	$139 million	6.9%	$11.6 million
2011[54]	$145 million	4.3%	$12.1 million
2012[55]	$187 million	29.0%	$18.7 million
2013[55]	$198 million	5.9%	$19.8 million
2014[56]	$212 million	7.1%	$21.2 million
2015[57]	$252 million	18.9%	$25.2 million
2016[58]	$304 million	20.6%	$30.4 million
2017[59]	$348 million	14.5%	$34.8 million
2018[60]	$364 million	4.9%	$36.5 million
2019[61]	$388 million	6.3%	$38.8 million
2020[61]	$377 million	-2.8%	$37.7 million
2021[62]	$345 million	-8.5%	$34.5 million
2022[63]	$426 million	23.5%	$42.6 million
^a Twelve Big 12 members received disbursements each year from 1997 to 2011; ten each year afterwards. Individual universities' disbursement varied annually according to bylaw rules and entrance or withdrawal agreements.

Conference revenue comes mostly from television contracts, bowl games, the NCAA, merchandise, licensing and conference-hosted sporting events. The Conference distributes revenue annually to member institutions.[64] From 1996 to 2011, 57 percent of revenue was allotted equally; while 43 percent was based upon the number of football and men's basketball television appearances and other factors.[65][66] In 2011, the distribution was 76 percent equal and 24 percent based on television appearances. Changing the arrangement requires a unanimous vote; as a Big 12 member, Nebraska and Texas A&M had withheld support for more equitable revenue distribution.[65]

With this model, larger universities can receive more revenue because they appear more often on television. In 2006, for example, Texas received $10.2 million, 44% more than Baylor University's $7.1 million.[67]

Big 12 revenue was generally less than other BCS conferences; this was due in part to television contracts signed with Fox Sports Net (four years for $48 million) and ABC/ESPN (eight years for $480 million).[68]

In 2011, the Big 12 announced a new 13-year media rights deal with Fox that would ensure that every Big 12 home football game is televised, as well as greatly increasing coverage of women's basketball, conference championships and other sports.[69] The deal, valued at an estimated $1.1 billion, runs until 2025.[70] In 2012, the conference announced a new agreement with Fox and ESPN, replacing the current ABC/ESPN deal, to immediately increase national media broadcasts of football and increase conference revenue;[71] the new deal was estimated to be worth $2.6 billion through the 2025 expiration.[72] The two deals pushed the conference per-university payout to approximately $20 million per year, while separating third-tier media rights into separate deals for each university; such contracts secured an additional $6 million to $20 million per university annually.[73] The per-university payout under the deal is expected to reach $44 million, according to Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.[74]

In 2022, the conference renewed its media rights with ESPN and Fox Sports for six seasons starting in 2025–26, with an estimated US$380 million average annual fee.[75]

Athletic department revenue by school

Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2021–22 academic year.[76]

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Institution	2021–22 Total Revenue from Athletics	2021–22 Total Expenses on Athletics
University of Texas at Austin	$230,503,000	$192,754,766
University of Oklahoma	$186,948,657	$185,625,893
Texas Christian University	$138,998,636	$138,998,636
University of Kansas	$124,842,549	$119,029,741
University of Arizona	$119,744,767	$116,078,717
Baylor University	$111,131,098	$111,131,098
Arizona State University	$107,133,368	$107,133,368
Texas Tech University	$103,708,791	$98,332,538
Oklahoma State University	$101,526,357	$100,439,115
Kansas State University	$100,822,204	$84,245,973
University of Utah	$97,107,481	$90,906,746
West Virginia University	$97,067,706	$97,067,706
University of Colorado Boulder	$95,981,956	$95,981,956
Brigham Young University	$95,146,585	$79,763,543
Iowa State University	$86,775,037	$86,715,005
University of Central Florida	$85,490,789	$69,779,276
University of Houston	$78,806,406	$78,806,406
University of Cincinnati	$60,524,390	$60,524,390

The following table shows revenue specifically from NCAA / Conference Distributions, Media Rights, and Post-Season Football reported by the Knight Commission for the 2021–22 academic year.[77]

Departing members in light red.

Institution	2021–22 Distribution (Millions of dollars)
Oklahoma State University	$50.14
Iowa State University	$49.50
Kansas State University	$49.39
University of Oklahoma	$49.51
University of Kansas	$48.84
West Virginia University	$45.67
Texas Tech University	$42.63
University of Texas at Austin	$42.22
Texas Christian University	Not Reported
Baylor University	Not Reported

Academics

All current and future Big 12 members are doctorate-granting universities.

All but BYU and TCU have "very high research activity," the highest classification given by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. BYU and TCU are in the Carnegie Foundation's second-tier classification of "high research activity".[78]

The following table shows National University rank by U.S. News & World Report as of 2023.[79]

Also indicated is membership in the Association of American Universities.[80]

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Institution	National University Rank	AAU Member
University of Texas at Austin	32	Yes
Baylor University	93	No
Texas Christian University	98	No
Arizona State University	105	Yes
University of Colorado Boulder	105	Yes
University of Arizona	115	Yes
Brigham Young University	115	No
Iowa State University	115	No
University of Utah	115	Yes
University of Oklahoma	124	No
University of Central Florida	124	No
University of Houston	133	No
University of Cincinnati	142	No
University of Kansas	151	Yes
Kansas State University	170	No
Oklahoma State University	185	No
Texas Tech University	216	No
West Virginia University	216	No

Apparel

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School	Provider
Baylor	Nike
BYU	Nike
Colorado	Nike
UCF	Nike
Cincinnati	Nike, Air Jordan (basketball only)
Houston	Nike, Air Jordan (basketball only)
Iowa State	Nike
Kansas	Adidas
Kansas State	Nike
Oklahoma State	Nike
TCU	Nike
Texas Tech	Under Armour
West Virginia	Nike
Utah	Under Armour
Arizona State	Adidas
Arizona	Nike

Facilities

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School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Arizona	Arizona Stadium	50,800	McKale Center	14,655	Hi Corbett Field	9,500
Arizona State	Mountain America Stadium	53,599	Desert Financial Arena	14,198	Phoenix Municipal Stadium	8,775
Baylor	McLane Stadium	45,140	Ferrell Center	10,284	Baylor Ballpark	5,000
BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium	63,470	Marriott Center	17,978	Larry H. Miller Field	2,204
Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium	38,088	Fifth Third Arena	12,012	UC Baseball Stadium	3,058
Colorado	Folsom Field	50,183[81]	CU Events Center	11,064[82]	Non-baseball university
Houston	TDECU Stadium	40,000	Fertitta Center	7,100	Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park	3,500
Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	61,500[83]	Hilton Coliseum	14,356	Non-baseball university[lower-alpha 1]
Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium	47,000[86]	Allen Fieldhouse	16,300	Hoglund Ballpark	2,500
Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium	50,000[87]	Bramlage Coliseum	11,000	Tointon Family Stadium	2,331[88]
Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	80,126[89]	Lloyd Noble Center	10,967	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park	3,180
Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	53,885[90]	Gallagher-Iba Arena	13,611	O'Brate Stadium	3,500[lower-alpha 2]
Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	100,119[92]	Moody Center	10,000	UFCU Disch-Falk Field	6,649
TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	47,223[93]	Schollmaier Arena	6,700[94]	Lupton Stadium	4,500
Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	60,862[95][96][97][98]	United Supermarkets Arena	15,098	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park	4,528
UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium (Bounce House)	45,301[99]	Addition Financial Arena	10,000	John Euliano Park	3,841
Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	51,444	Jon M. Huntsman Center	15,000	Smith's Ballpark	15,411
West Virginia	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium	60,000[100]	WVU Coliseum	14,000[101]	Monongalia County Ballpark	3,500[102]

Iowa State discontinued its participation in baseball as an NCAA-recognized activity following the 2001 season.[84] It participates in club baseball as a member of the National Club Baseball Association. Games are played at Cap Timm Field, capacity 3,000.[85]
Permanent seated capacity; expandable to 8,000.[91]

Key personnel

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School	Athletic Director	Football Coach	Salary	Men's basketball coach	Salary	Women's basketball coach	Baseball coach	Softball coach
Arizona	Dave Heeke	Jedd Fisch	$2,850,000	Tommy Lloyd	$4,000,000	Adia Barnes	Chip Hale	Caitlin Lowe
Arizona State	Ray Anderson	Kenny Dillingham	$3,850,000	Bobby Hurley	$2,610,000	Natasha Adair	Willie Bloomquist	Megan Bartlett
Baylor	Mack Rhoades	Dave Aranda	$3,813,832	Scott Drew	$3,706,581	Nicki Collen	Mitch Thompson	Glenn Moore
BYU	Tom Holmoe	Kalani Sitake	NA†	Mark Pope	NA†	Amber Whiting	Trent Pratt	Gordon Eakin
Cincinnati	John Cunningham	Scott Satterfield	$3,500,000	Wes Miller	$1,581,250	Katrina Merriweather	Jordan Bischel	–
Colorado	Rick George	Deion Sanders	$5,500,000	Tad Boyle	$2,425,000	JR Payne	–	–
Houston	Chris Pezman	Dana Holgorsen	$4,200,000	Kelvin Sampson	$3,200,000	Ronald Hughey	Todd Whitting	Kristin Vesely
Iowa State	Jamie Pollard	Matt Campbell	$4,005,537	T. J. Otzelberger	$2,000,000	Bill Fennelly	–	Jamie Pinkerton
Kansas	Travis Goff	Lance Leipold	$5,300,000[lower-alpha 1]	Bill Self	$5,963,800	Brandon Schneider	Dan Fitzgerald	Jennifer McFalls
Kansas State	Gene Taylor	Chris Klieman	$3,700,000	Jerome Tang	$2,100,000	Jeff Mittie	Pete Hughes	–
Oklahoma	Joe Castiglione	Brent Venables	$7,000,000	Porter Moser	$2,800,000	Jennie Baranczyk	Skip Johnson	Patty Gasso
Oklahoma State	Chad Weiberg	Mike Gundy	$7,500,000	Mike Boynton	$3,000,000	Jacie Hoyt	Josh Holliday	Kenny Gajewski
TCU	Jeremiah Donati	Sonny Dykes	NA†	Jamie Dixon	NA†	Mark Campbell	Kirk Saarloos	–
Texas	Chris Del Conte	Steve Sarkisian	$5,400,000	Rodney Terry	$1,200,000	Vic Schaefer	David Pierce	Mike White
Texas Tech	Kirby Hocutt	Joey McGuire	$3,280,000	Grant McCasland	$2,900,000	Krista Gerlich	Tim Tadlock	Craig Snider
UCF	Terry Mohajir	Gus Malzahn	$2,300,000	Johnny Dawkins	$1,100,000	Sytia Messer	Rich Wallace	Cindy Ball-Malone
Utah	Mark Harlan	Kyle Whittingham	$6,000,000	Craig Smith	$1,950,000	Lynne Roberts	Gary Henderson	Amy Hogue
West Virginia	Wren Baker	Neal Brown	$4,005,000	Josh Eilert	$1,100,000	Mark Kellogg	Randy Mazey	–

Sources:[104][105]
†Private institution not required to release coaching salaries
•Salaries based on 2022–2023 academic year

Championships

National championships

The following is a list of all NCAA, equestrian, and college football championships won by teams that were representing the Big 12 Conference in NCAA-recognized sports at the time of their championship.[106] The most recent Big 12 team to win a national title is Texas Women's Outdoor Track. Only two years of the Big 12's existence has the conference not won at least one team National Title, 2007 and 2020. However, in 2020 multiple National Championships were not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Football (3):
1997 – Nebraska
2000 – Oklahoma
2005 – Texas

Equestrian (3):
2002 − Texas A&M (Overall)
2012 – Texas A&M (Overall)
2022 – Oklahoma State (Overall)

Baseball (2):
2002 – Texas
2005 – Texas

Men's basketball (3):
2008 – Kansas
2021 – Baylor
2022 – Kansas

Women's basketball (4):
2005 – Baylor
2011 – Texas A&M
2012 – Baylor
2019 – Baylor

Women's Bowling (5):
1999 – Nebraska
2001 – Nebraska
2004 – Nebraska
2005 – Nebraska
2009 – Nebraska

Men's Cross Country (6):
2001 – Colorado
2004 – Colorado
2006 – Colorado
2009 – Oklahoma State
2010 – Oklahoma State
2012 – Oklahoma State

Women's Cross Country (2):
2000 – Colorado
2004 – Colorado

Men's golf (6):
2000 – Oklahoma State
2006 – Oklahoma State
2009 – Texas A&M
2012 – Texas
2017 – Oklahoma
2018 – Oklahoma State
2022 – Texas

Rifle (6):
2013 – West Virginia
2014 – West Virginia
2015 – West Virginia
2016 – West Virginia
2017 – West Virginia
2019 – TCU

Women's gymnastics (6):
2014 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma
2017 – Oklahoma
2019 – Oklahoma
2022 – Oklahoma
2023 – Oklahoma

Men's gymnastics (9):
2002 – Oklahoma
2003 – Oklahoma
2005 – Oklahoma
2006 – Oklahoma
2008 – Oklahoma
2015 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma
2017 – Oklahoma
2018 – Oklahoma

Women's Indoor Track (3):
1998 – Texas
1999 – Texas
2006 – Texas

Men's Outdoor Track (4):
2009 – Texas A&M
2010 – Texas A&M
2011 – Texas A&M
2019 – Texas Tech

Women's Outdoor Track (8):
1998 – Texas
1999 – Texas
2005 – Texas
2009 – Texas A&M
2010 – Texas A&M
2011 – Texas A&M
2013 – Kansas
2023 – Texas

Women's Rowing (2):
2021 – Texas
2022 – Texas

Men's/Women's Skiing (4):
1998 – Colorado
1999 – Colorado
2006 – Colorado
2011 – Colorado

Softball (7):
2000 – Oklahoma
2013 – Oklahoma
2016 – Oklahoma
2017 – Oklahoma
2021 – Oklahoma
2022 – Oklahoma
2023 – Oklahoma

Men's Swimming (10):
1996 – Texas
2000 – Texas
2001 – Texas
2002 – Texas
2010 – Texas
2015 – Texas
2016 – Texas
2017 – Texas
2018 – Texas
2021 – Texas

Men's Tennis (2):
2004 – Baylor
2019 – Texas

Women's Tennis (2):
2021 – Texas
2022 – Texas

Women's volleyball (4):
2000 – Nebraska
2006 – Nebraska
2012 – Texas
2022 – Texas

Wrestling (4):
2003 – Oklahoma State
2004 – Oklahoma State
2005 – Oklahoma State
2006 – Oklahoma State

National team titles by institution

The national championships listed below are as of the 2022–23.[107][108][109] Football, Helms, pre-NCAA competition and overall equestrian titles are included in the total, but excluded from the column listing NCAA and AIAW titles.

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Big 12 National Championships
University	Total Titles	Titles as a member of the Big 12	NCAA titles[110]	Men's	Women's	Co-ed†	AIAW titles	Notes
Texas	63	30	56	27	29	0	5	UT has 4 football titles
Oklahoma State	54	12	52	52	0	0	0	OSU has 1 football and 1 equestrian title and 2 Men's NCAA tournament championships (1945, 1946)
Oklahoma	43	24	36	23	13	0	0	OU has 7 AP football titles
Colorado	27	21	27	16	3	8	0
Utah	25	0	25	2	9	14	0	Utah has 1 Men's NCAA tournament championship (1944)
Arizona State	24	0	24	11	13	0	0
West Virginia	23	4	20	1	0	19	0	WVU has 3 pre-NCAA rifle titles
Arizona	19	0	19	7	12	0	0	Arizona has 1 Men's NCAA tournament championship (1997)
Iowa State	18	0	13	13	0	0	5
Houston	17	0	17	17	0	0	0	UH has 16 men's golf championships
Kansas	14	3	12	11	1	0	0	KU has 4 Men's NCAA tournament championships (1952, 1988, 2008, 2022) and 2 Helms basketball titles (1922, 1923)
BYU	11	0	11	6	5	0	0
Baylor	6	5	5	2	3	0	0	Baylor has 1 Equestrian title and 1 Men's NCAA tournament championship (2021)
TCU	6	0	4	0	1	3	0	TCU has 2 football titles
Cincinnati	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	Cincinnati has 2 Men's NCAA tournament championships (1961, 1962)
Texas Tech	2	1	2	1	1	0	0
UCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	UCF has 1 football title[111]
Kansas State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	355	100	325	191	90	44	10	–

† Co-ed sports include fencing (since 1990), rifle, and skiing (since 1983). Team fencing championships before 1990 and team skiing championships before 1983 were awarded as men's or women's championships and are counted here as such.

Conference champions

The Conference sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.[112]

In football, divisional titles were awarded based on regular-season conference results, with the teams with the best conference records from the North and South playing in the Big 12 Championship Game from 1996 to 2010. Baseball, basketball, softball, tennis and women's soccer 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.

Conference titles by university

All-Time Big 12 Championships by university Through July 1, 2023.[113]

Team	Years	Regular Season[114]	Postseason[114]	Total[114]
Baylor Bears	1996–present	48	41	89
BYU Cougars	2023–present	0	0	0
Cincinnati Bearcats	2023–present	0	0	0
Houston Cougars	2023–present	0	0	0
Iowa State Cyclones	1996–present	4	24	28
Kansas Jayhawks	1996–present	24	19	43
Kansas State Wildcats	1996–present	11	6	17
Oklahoma Sooners	1996–2024	36	55	91
Oklahoma State Cowboys	1996–present	13	75	88
TCU Horned Frogs	2012–present	12	6	18
Texas Longhorns	1996–2024	59	142	201
Texas Tech Red Raiders	1996–present	13	14	27
UCF Knights	2023–present	0	0	0
West Virginia Mountaineers	2012–present	6	5	11

Note, includes both regular-season, tournament titles, and co-championships. List does not include conference championships won prior to the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.

Football

The first football game in conference play was Texas Tech vs. Kansas State in 1996, won by Kansas State, 21–14.[115]

From 1996 to 2010, Big 12 Conference teams played eight conference games a season. Each team faced all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division. Inter-divisional play was a "three-on, three-off" system, where teams would 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 came under considerable criticism, especially from Nebraska and Oklahoma, who were denied a yearly match between two of college football's most storied programs. The Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry was one of the most intense in college football history. (Until 2006, the teams had never met in the Big 12 Championship.) Due to the departure of Nebraska and Colorado in 2011, the Big 12 eliminated the divisions (and championship game) and instituted a nine-game round-robin format. With the advent of the College Football Playoff committee looking at teams' strength of schedule for picking the four playoff teams, on December 8, 2015, the Big 12 announced an annual requirement for all Big 12 teams to schedule a non-conference game against a team from the four other Power Five conferences (plus Notre Dame).[116] Per Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby: "Schedule strength is a key component in CFP Selection Committee deliberations. This move will strengthen the resumes for all Big 12 teams. Coupled with the nine-game full round robin Conference schedule our teams play, it will not only benefit the teams at the top of our standings each season, but will impact the overall strength of the Conference."[116]

Championship game

The Big 12 Championship Game game was approved by all members except Nebraska.[117] It was held each year, commencing with the first match in the 1996 season at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis. It pitted the division champions against each other after the regular season was completed.

Following the 2008 game, the event was moved to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, being played there in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers 23–20.[118]

After 2010, the game was moved to Arlington for 2011, 2012, and 2013.[119] However, the decision became moot following the 2010 season because the league lacked sufficient members.[120]

In April 2015, the ACC and the Big 12 developed new rules for the NCAA to deregulate conference championship games. The measure passed on January 14, 2016, allowing a conference with fewer than 12 teams to stage a championship game that does not count against the FBS limit of 12 regular-season games under either of the following circumstances:

The game involves the top two teams following a full round-robin conference schedule.
The game involves two divisional winners, each having played a full round-robin schedule in its division.

Under the first criterion, the Big 12 championship game resumed at the conclusion of the 2017 regular season, and is played during the first weekend of December, the time all other FBS conference championship games are played.

Bowl affiliations

The following were bowl games for the Big 12 for the 2022 season.

Pick	Name[121]	Location	Opposing conference
–	College Football Playoff	–	–
1	Sugar Bowl†	New Orleans, Louisiana	SEC
2	Alamo Bowl	San Antonio, Texas	Pac-12
3	Cheez-It Bowl	Orlando, Florida	ACC
4	Texas Bowl	Houston, Texas	SEC
5	Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tennessee	SEC
6	Guaranteed Rate Bowl	Phoenix, Arizona	Big Ten
7‡	Armed Forces Bowl	Fort Worth, Texas	AAC/C-USA
7‡	First Responder Bowl	Dallas, Texas	AAC/ACC/C-USA
†The Big 12 champion will go to the Sugar Bowl unless selected for the College Football Playoff. In the event that the conference champion is selected for the playoff, the conference runner-up will go to the Sugar Bowl. In years in which the Sugar Bowl is a CFP semifinal, the Big 12 champion (runner-up if the champion is selected for the CFP) is slotted to the Cotton, Fiesta or Peach Bowls. ‡The seventh selection is a "flex pick."

Rivalries

The Big 12 is known for rivalries (primarily in football) that mostly predate the conference. The Kansas-Missouri rivalry was the longest running, the longest west of the Mississippi, and the second longest in college football, dating back to the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association before evolving into the Big Eight. It was played 119 times before Missouri left the Big 12. As of October 2012, the University of Kansas' athletic department had not accepted Missouri's invitations to play inter-conference rivalry games, putting the rivalry on hold. Sports clubs sponsored by the two universities continued to play each other.[122] Kansas and Missouri renewed the rivalry in men's basketball starting in December 2021, and have announced that they will meet again in football in 2025.

The rivalry between TCU and Baylor, known as the Revivalry is also one of the longest running in college football, with the two universities having played each other — largely as Southwest Conference members — 114 times since 1899. Following the 2022 game, TCU leads the series 58–53–7.

The Oklahoma-Texas rivalry, the Red River Showdown is one year younger and has been played 108 times. This was a major rivalry decades before they were both in the conference, starting the year after the Revivalry in 1900. Following the 2022 game, Texas leads this rivalry 63–50–5.

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Some of the football rivalries between Big 12 universities include:

Rivalry	Name	Trophy	Games played^†	Began
Arizona–Arizona State	Duel in the Desert	Territorial Cup	96	1899
Arizona–Texas Tech			33	1932
Baylor–TCU	The Revivalry		117	1899
Baylor–Texas Tech	Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout		80	1929
BYU–Utah	Holy War	Beehive Boot	101	1896
Cincinnati–UCF			8	2015
Cincinnati–West Virginia			20	1921
Colorado-Utah	Rumble in the Rockies		69	1903
Colorado–Kansas State			66	1912
Houston–Texas Tech			34	1951
Iowa State–Kansas State	Farmageddon		105	1917
Kansas–Kansas State	Sunflower Showdown	Governor's Cup	119	1902
Oklahoma–Oklahoma State	Bedlam	Bedlam Bell	116	1904
Oklahoma–Texas	Red River Showdown	Golden Hat	117	1900
TCU–Texas Tech	The West Texas Championship	The Saddle Trophy	64	1926
Texas–Texas Tech		Chancellor's Spurs	71	1928

Rivalries with former members

Rivalry	Name	Trophy	Games played^†	Began	Last meeting
Baylor–Texas A&M	Battle of the Brazos		108	1899	2011
Colorado–Nebraska			71	1898	2023
Iowa State–Missouri		Telephone Trophy[123]	104	1896	2011
Kansas–Missouri	Border War	Indian War Drum[123]	120	1891	2011
Kansas–Nebraska			117	1892	2010
Missouri–Nebraska		Victory Bell	104	1892	2010
Missouri–Oklahoma		Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe	96	1902	2011
Nebraska–Oklahoma			88	1912	2022
Texas A&M–Texas Tech			70	1927	2011
Texas–Texas A&M	Lone Star Showdown	Lone Star Showdown Trophy	118	1894	2011

Basketball

Nine current Big 12 members are among the teams with the most wins and/or the highest win percentage: Kansas (#1 in wins, #3 in percentage), Cincinnati (#12 wins, #19 percentage), Texas (#13 wins, #31 percentage), BYU (#17 wins, #32 percentage), West Virginia (#20 wins, #37 percentage), Oklahoma (#33 wins, #47 percentage), Houston (#38 percentage), Oklahoma State (#39 wins), and Kansas State (#42 wins). Future members Utah and Arizona are respectively #15 and #19 in wins, and #23 and #11 in percentage. Kansas, Cincinnati, Houston, and Oklahoma State all are in the top 10 for most Final Four appearances (including ties for 10th).[124]

From 1996 to 2011, standings in conference play were not split among divisions, although the schedule was structured as if they were. Teams played a home-and-home against teams within their divisions and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. After Nebraska and Colorado left, Big 12 play transitioned to an 18-game, double round robin schedule.[125]

Big 12 basketball teams currently play a "home and away" double round robin 18-game schedule, expanded from 16 games after the 2011 realignment. All teams in the conference qualify for the Big 12 tournament. From 1996–97 to 2010–11, teams played in-division members twice and non-division members only once. The conference tournament gave first round byes to the top four teams from 1997 through 2011, and the top six teams from 2012 onwards. When the conference temporarily expands to 14 members for the 2023–24 season, the 18-game schedule will remain, but the double round-robin will be discontinued in favor of a new scheduling formula.[126]

Conference champions

Kansas has the most Big 12 titles, winning or sharing the regular-season title 20 times in the league's 25 seasons, including 14 straight from 2004–05 to 2017–18. The 2002 Jayhawks became the first, and so far only, team to complete an undefeated Big 12 regular season, going 16–0. Though rematches between Big 12 regular season co-champions have happened in that year's Big 12 tournament, none have met in the ensuing NCAA Tournament.

Season	Regular season champion	Tournament champion
1996–97	Kansas	Kansas
1997–98	Kansas (2)	Kansas (2)
1998–99	Texas	Kansas (3)
1999–00	Iowa State	Iowa State
2000–01	Iowa State (2)	Oklahoma
2001–02	Kansas (3)	Oklahoma (2)
2002–03	Kansas (4)	Oklahoma (3)
2003–04	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State
2004–05	Oklahoma Kansas (5)	Oklahoma State (2)
2005–06	Texas (2) Kansas (6)	Kansas (4)
2006–07	Kansas (7)	Kansas (5)
2007–08	Texas (3) Kansas (8)	Kansas (6)
2008–09	Kansas (9)	Missouri
2009–10	Kansas (10)	Kansas (7)
2010–11	Kansas (11)	Kansas (8)
2011–12	Kansas (12)	Missouri (2)
2012–13	Kansas (13) Kansas State	Kansas (9)
2013–14	Kansas (14)	Iowa State (2)
2014–15	Kansas (15)	Iowa State (3)
2015–16	Kansas (16)	Kansas (10)
2016–17	Kansas (17)	Iowa State (4)
2017–18	Kansas (18)	Kansas (11)
2018–19	Kansas State (2) Texas Tech	Iowa State (5)
2019–20	Kansas (19)	Canceled*
2020–21	Baylor	Texas
2021-22	Kansas (20) Baylor (2)	Kansas (12)
2022-23	Kansas (21)	Texas (2)

In 2004–05, Oklahoma won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 71–63 win over the Jayhawks in Norman, OK. The teams did not meet in Kansas City, MO.
In 2005–06, Texas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 80–55 win over the Jayhawks in Austin, TX. Kansas beat Texas 80–68 in the Big 12 Tournament championship game in Dallas, TX.
In 2007–08, Texas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on its 72–69 win over the Jayhawks in Austin, TX. Kansas beat Texas 84–74 in the Big 12 Tournament championship game in Kansas City, MO.
In 2012–13, Kansas won the Big 12 Tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas State based on winning 59–55 in Manhattan and 83–62 in Lawrence. Kansas beat Kansas State for a third time 70–54 in the championship game in Kansas City, MO.
*The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.
In 2021–22, Kansas won the seeding tiebreaker over Baylor for the Big 12 Tournament, as Kansas had gone 1–1 against third place team Texas Tech, while Baylor had been swept by Texas Tech.

NCAA tournament performance

Totals through the end of the 2022–23 season.[127][128]

University	Appearances	Final Fours	Championships
Baylor	15	3	1
BYU	30	0	0
UCF	5	0	0
Cincinnati	33	6	2
Houston	24	6	0
Iowa State	22	1	0
Kansas	51	16	4
Kansas State	32	4	0
Oklahoma	33	6	0
Oklahoma State	29	6	2
TCU	10	0	0
Texas	37	3	0
Texas Tech	19	1	0
West Virginia	31	2	0

*Texas Tech has appeared in 20 tournaments; however, their 1996 Tournament appearance was vacated by the NCAA, officially giving them 19 tournament appearances.

*BYU, UCF, Cincinnati & Houston totals are while members of other conferences

All-time wins

Source:[129]

Team	Big 12 Record	Big 12 Winning %	Overall record	Overall winning %	Big 12 regular season championships	Big 12 tournament championships
Baylor	211–241	.467	1455–1397	.510	2	-
BYU	0–0	–	1869–1119	.626	-	-
UCF	0–0	–	838–657	.561	-	-
Cincinnati	0–0	–	1889–1075	.640	-	-
Houston	0–0	–	1401–876	.615	-	-
Colorado	95–145	.396	1400–1261	.526	-	-
Iowa State	202–254	.443	1431–1390	.507	2	5
Kansas	370–86	.811	2385–885	.729	21	12
Kansas State	204–252	.447	1721–1223	.585	2	-
Oklahoma	250–205	.549	1756–1137	.607	1	3
Oklahoma State	233–223	.511	1736–1229	.585	1	2
TCU	59–137	.301	1298–1463	.470	-	-
Texas	275–180	.604	1879–1125	.625	3	2
Texas Tech	185–270	.407	1491–1169	.561	1	-
West Virginia	97–100	.492	1846–1152	.616	-	-

All-time series record

Totals from though the end of the 2022–23 season.
Includes any regular season match up regardless of conference affiliation or postseason meetings.

Source: [130]

	vs. Baylor	vs. BYU	vs. UCF	vs. Cincinnati	vs. Houston	vs. Iowa State	vs. Kansas	vs. Kansas State	vs. Oklahoma	vs. Oklahoma State	vs. TCU	vs. Texas	vs. Texas Tech	vs. West Virginia	Total
Baylor	—	5–5	0–0	1–0	16–38	24–23	9–36	25–25	22–48	36–57	109–86	92–164	64–82	15–9	418–573
BYU	5–5	—	0–0	2–1	3–5	0–6	1–4	3–4	2–2	4–3	19–3	4–2	3–1	1–1	47–37
UCF	0–0	0–0	—	5–14	11–22	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	17–40
Cincinnati	0–1	1–2	14–5	—	33–11	4–2	4–3	7–1	4–2	2–3	5–0	2–0	1–0	10–10	87–40
Houston	38–16	5–3	22–11	11–33	—	3–3	2–5	3–5	1–2	9–13	48–25	32–32	29–27	0–0	203–175
Iowa State	23–24	6–0	0–0	2–4	3–3	—	67–190	92–146	96–122	67–72	13–16	20–28	22–22	8–14	419–641
Kansas	36–9	4–1	0–0	3–4	5–2	190–67	—	205–95	155–69	124–60	24–4	37–14	43–7	22–6	848–338
Kansas State	25–25	4–3	0–0	1–7	5–3	146–92	95–205	—	103–114	83–59	22–10	24–22	26–24	6–19	540–583
Oklahoma	48–22	2–2	2–0	2–4	2–1	122–96	69–155	114–103	—	140–106	28–7	57–46	42–32	16–10	644–584
Oklahoma State	57–36	3–4	0–1	3–2	13–9	72–67	60–124	59–83	106–140	—	27–13	47–58	48–24	12–12	507–574
TCU	86–109	3–19	1–0	0–5	25–48	16–13	4–24	10–22	7–28	13–27	—	70–119	55–83	5–18	295–515
Texas	164–92	2–4	0–0	0–2	32–32	28–20	14–37	22–24	46–57	58–47	119–70	—	89–66	17–10	591–461
Texas Tech	82–64	1–3	0–0	0–1	27–29	22–22	7–43	24–26	32–42	24–48	86–55	66–89	—	9–18	480–422
West Virginia	9–15	1–1	1–0	10–10	0–0	14–8	6–22	19–6	10–16	12–12	18–5	10–17	18–9	—	128–121

Big 12 series record

1997 - 2022 as Big 12 Members

Source:[131]
Note: Some of the values from the bottom of page 32 don't match with the detailed numbers given on pages 33-41 so that latter values were used: *

	vs. Baylor	vs. BYU	vs. UCF	vs. Cincinnati	vs. Houston	vs. Iowa State	vs. Kansas	vs. Kansas State	vs. Oklahoma	vs. Oklahoma State	vs. TCU	vs. Texas	vs. Texas Tech	vs. West Virginia	Total
Baylor	—	0-0	0–0	0-0	0-0	23–19	8–33	26–16 *	17–37	25–31	19-4 *	21–33 *	28–25	13–8	180–206
BYU	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
UCF	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cincinnati	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Iowa State	19-23	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	15-43	28-27	20-23	19-24	12-9	15-26	19-21	8-12 *	155-208
Kansas	33-8	0-0	0–0	0-0	0-0	43-15	—	56-6	33-9	32-13	20-3 *	32-11 *	34-7	19-6 *	302-78
Kansas State	16-26 *	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	27-28	6-56	—	18-20	17-25 *	17-7 *	18-21	18-22 *	8-14	145-219
Oklahoma	37-17	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	23-20	9-33	20-18	—	30-26	16-5	28-31	32-23	14-8	209-181
Oklahoma State	31-25	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	24-19	13-32	25-17 *	26-30	—	11-10	23-36	39-20	11-10	203-199
TCU	4-19 *	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	9-12	3-20	7-17 *	5-16	10-11	—	7-18 *	6-14	4-17	55-144
Texas	33-21 *	0-0	0–0	0–0	0-0	26-15	11-32 *	21-18	31-28	36-23	18-7 *	—	43-16 *	13-9 *	232-169
Texas Tech	25-28	0-0	0–0	0–0	0-0	21-19	7-34	22-18 *	23-32	20-39	14-6 *	16-43 *	—	8-15 *	156-234
West Virginia	8-13	0-0	0-0	0-0	0–0	12-8 *	6-19 *	14-8	8-14	10-11	17-4	9-13 *	15-8 *	—	99-98

Baseball

All current and future Big 12 members sponsor baseball except Iowa State, which dropped the sport after the 2001 season, and returning member Colorado, which never sponsored baseball during its first conference tenure and still does not sponsor the sport. All other former Big 12 members sponsored the sport throughout their tenures in the conference.[132]

Baseball titles by university
Team	Season	Regular Season	Tournament	Total
Baylor	1997–present	3	1	4
Iowa State	1997–2001	0	0	0
Kansas	1997–present	0	1	1
Kansas State	1997–present	1	0	1
Missouri	1997–2012	0	1	1
Nebraska	1997–2011	3	4	7
Oklahoma	1997–2024	0	3	3
Oklahoma State	1997–present	2	3	5
TCU	2013–present	3	4	7
Texas	1997–2024	10	5	15
Texas A&M	1997–2012	4	3	7
Texas Tech	1997–present	4	1	5
West Virginia	2013–present	1	0	1

Baseball titles by season
Season	Regular season	Tournament
1997	Texas Tech	Oklahoma
1998	Texas A&M	Texas Tech
1999	Texas A&M	Nebraska
2000	Baylor	Nebraska
2001	Nebraska	Nebraska
2002	Texas	Texas
2003	Nebraska	Texas
2004	Texas	Oklahoma State
2005	Baylor^†	Nebraska
2005	Nebraska^†	Nebraska
2006	Texas	Kansas
2007	Texas	Texas A&M
2008	Texas A&M	Texas
2009	Texas	Texas
2010	Texas	Texas A&M
2011	Texas^†	Texas A&M
2011	Texas A&M^†	Texas A&M
2012	Baylor University	Missouri
2013	Kansas State	Oklahoma
2014	Oklahoma State	TCU
2015	TCU	Texas
2016	Texas Tech	TCU
2017	TCU^†	Oklahoma State
2017	Texas Tech^†	Oklahoma State
2018	Texas	Baylor
2019	Texas Tech	Oklahoma State
2020	none	none
2021	Texas^†	TCU
2021	TCU^†	TCU
2022	TCU	Oklahoma
2023	Texas^†	TCU
	Oklahoma State^†
	West Virginia^†

By university

As of the completion of the 2018 tournament.

University	Appearances	W-L	Pct	Tourney Titles	Title Years
Baylor	21	35–37	.486	1	2018
Iowa State	1	1–2	.333	0
Kansas	9	10–17	.370	1	2006
Kansas State	10	14–18	.438	0
Missouri	13	22–19	.536	1	2012
Nebraska	10	28–10	.737	4	1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Oklahoma	21	36–35	.507	2	1997, 2013
Oklahoma State	19	25–35	.417	2	2004, 2017, 2019
TCU	5	12–7	.632	2	2014, 2016
Texas	18	41–29	.586	5	2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015
Texas A&M	13	24–18	.571	3	2007, 2010, 2011
Texas Tech	17	18–34	.346	1	1998
West Virginia	5	8–8	.500	0

Broadcasting and media rights

The Big 12's media rights are controlled primarily by ESPN network (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+ and ABC) and Fox, which reached a 13-year agreement in 2012 valued at $2.6 billion in total. The Big 12's top football rights are split between ESPN and Fox, while the basketball inventory is held by ESPN and CBS Sports. The agreement also included a grant of rights for all current Big 12 teams over the period of the contract.[133]

In addition to the national agreement, each Big 12 university maintained the right to sell its "third-tier" covering selected events per-season (including one football game, basketball games, and other events outside of those sports). The third-tier rights to the Texas Longhorns are held through a channel dedicated to the team — Longhorn Network — which is operated by ESPN. In 2019, ESPN announced that it would acquire the third-tier rights to all Big 12 teams through 2024-25 (excluding Oklahoma and Texas, which are still under long-term contracts with ESPN+ and Longhorn Network respectively), and place their content on its subscription streaming service ESPN+. ESPN also acquired exclusive rights to all future Big 12 football championship games, replacing the previous alternation between ESPN and Fox.[134]

2025 Extension deal

On October 30, 2022, the Big 12 announced that it had reached early broadcast deal to renew rights with ESPN network (includes ABC rights) and Fox, The contract was a six-year media rights agreement worth a total of $2.28 billion, but also reportedly includes an "escalator clause" that will raise the value of the contracts if only Power Five schools are added. By striking a deal prior to the exclusive negotiating window with ESPN and Fox, the Big 12 managed to achieve several of its primary objectives of stability and security, including the ability to go back to its 12 member schools to seek an extended grant of rights and potential future conference expansion. Fox’s deal also provides a slate of Big 12 college basketball games on Fox Sports for the first time.[135]

ESPN:
- Football games will primarily air in a primetime window on ESPN
- Rights to the football Big 12 Championship Game
- Rights to the Big 12 basketball championship
Fox Sports:
- 26 football games per season:
- Will air a large slate of basketball games
NFL Network:
- Will air conference wide Pro Day on NFL Network

Notes

In November 2022, KU increased the compensation for Lance Leipold[103]

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[7] The UCF campus has an Orlando mailing address but is entirely located in unincorporated Orange County, Florida

[SEC-13] Oklahoma and Texas have accepted invitations to join the SEC on July 1, 2024.[10][11]

[16] Tempe hosts the main campus and university administration. ASU has three other physical campuses in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

[17] Enrollment at the main Tempe campus. Total on-campus enrollment is 80,065, and total enrollment including online students is 142,616.

[18] Virtually all of the Air Force Academy grounds, including the cadet area and all athletic facilities, are outside the city limits of Colorado Springs. The US Postal Service considers the Academy to be its own entity, and the US Census Bureau considers it to be the census-designated place of "Air Force Academy".

[19] Missouri was a full Big 12 member from the conference's formation in 1996 until leaving for the SEC in 2012.

[25] Colorado will return as a full member in 2024.

[26] Missouri returned to the Big 12 as a wrestling-only member effective the 2021–22 school year.

[27] Affiliation in former Big 12 sport(s); does not necessarily match primary affiliation.

[28] Fresno State remains in the Big 12 as an affiliate member in equestrian.

[32] Rifle is often categorized as a men's sport because the NCAA bylaws that establish scholarship limits for each sport list rifle as a men's sport.[21] Nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with men's, women's, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams. Through 2017, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four pre-NCAA national titles.

[33] ASU Hockey is playing as an Independent program and will join the conference in 2024.

[ESW-34] Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.

[36] Rifle is often categorized as a men's sport because the NCAA bylaws that establish scholarship limits for each sport list rifle as a men's sport.[22] Nonetheless, it is an open coed sport in NCAA college athletics, with men's, women's, and coed teams in all NCAA divisions competing against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams. Through 2018, West Virginia with 19 national titles and TCU with two, together have won over half of the NCAA titles awarded since the inaugural NCAA championship in 1980. West Virginia also won four pre-NCAA national titles.

[volleyball-37] School has not announced which conference its beach volleyball team will compete in since the Big 12 does not sponsor the sport. However, Big 12 bylaws allow for a championship to be held in any sport with at least four sponsoring members. The conference has yet to announce whether it will sponsor beach volleyball.

[lacrosse-38] School has not announced which conference their women's lacrosse team will compete in since the Big 12 does not sponsor the sport.

[102] Iowa State discontinued its participation in baseball as an NCAA-recognized activity following the 2001 season.[84] It participates in club baseball as a member of the National Club Baseball Association. Games are played at Cap Timm Field, capacity 3,000.[85]

[109] Permanent seated capacity; expandable to 8,000.[91]

[122] In November 2022, KU increased the compensation for Lance Leipold[103]

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