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{{Infobox sports league
| name         = Big 12 Conference
| color        = ce1141
| font_color   = ffffff
| logo_size    = 180
| founded      = February 25, 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.big12sports.com/fls/10410/pdfs/mbasketball/1112guide/complete-mbb-guide.pdf|title=2011–12 Big 12 Conference men's basketball media guide|year=2011|publisher=Big 12 Conference|page=18|accessdate=June 20, 2012}}</ref>
| conference   = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division     = [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]]
| subdivision  = FBS
| teams        = 20 (10 full members, 10 affiliate members)
| mens         = 10
| womens       = 11
| region       = [[West South Central States|West South Central]], [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]<br />[[Appalachia]] (West Virginia)
| headquarters = [[Irving, Texas]]
| commissioner = [[Bob Bowlsby]]
| website      = [http://www.big12sports.com/ big12sports.com]
| map          = Big 12 Conference Map.png
| map_size     = 275
}}

The '''Big 12 Conference''' is a collegiate [[list of college athletic conferences|athletic conference]] headquartered in [[Irving, Texas]]. It is a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA's]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] for all sports; its [[American football|football]] teams compete in the [[Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. Its ten members, located in [[Iowa]], [[Kansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Texas]], and [[West Virginia]], include eight public and two private Christian schools.

The Big 12 was formerly composed of 12 schools, hence its name: it was formed in 1996 when four schools from the collapsing [[Southwest Conference]] ([[University of Texas|Texas]], [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]], [[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech]] and [[Baylor University|Baylor]]) joined with the pre-existing [[Big Eight Conference]]. [[Oklahoma University|Oklahoma]] and [[Oklahoma State University|Oklahoma State]] were grouped with the four newcomers in the "Big 12 South", while the remaining Six teams of the Big Eight ([[Kansas University|Kansas]], [[Kansas State University|Kansas State]], [[Colorado University|Colorado]], [[University of Nebraska|Nebraska]], [[University of Missouri|Missouri]] and [[Iowa State University|Iowa State]]) formed the "Big 12 North".

The conference's current ten member makeup resulted from the [[2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment]] which was apart of a larger [[2010–14 NCAA conference realignment|conference realignment]]. In 2011 Nebraska and Colorado left for the 
[[Big 10 Conference]] (Big 10) and [[Pac-12 Conference]] (Pac-12) respectfully. The following year Texas A&M and Missouri both left for the [[Southeastern Conference]]. Following their departure [[Texas Christian University|TCU]] and [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] joined from the [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] and [[Big East Conference]]s respectively to offset the departing schools, bringing the conference to its current strength. In addition to the ten full members the conference also has ten affiliate members that take part in ether Wrestling, Women's rowing, or Women's gymnastics.

The Big 12 Conference, like others involved in the realignment, has kept its name primarily for marketing purposes; the conference has high name recognition, attempts to rename the conference to reflect its current membership strength would lead to confusion with the [[Big Ten Conference]] (which currently has 14 members).

The Big 12 is considered a member of the [[Power Five conferences]], who are considered the primary contenders to produce a [[College Football Playoff]] championship team in any given year. The conference is also considered a member of the [[Power Seven Conferences|Power Seven Basketball Conferences]] who have historically placed the majority of the teams into the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

The Big 12 Conference commissioner is [[Bob Bowlsby]].
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== History ==
The Big 12 Conference is the second youngest of the [[List of NCAA conferences|major]] college athletic conferences in the United States, having formed in 1994 from a merger of one of the oldest conferences, the [[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]], with four prominent colleges from Texas. From its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions.  Two charter members left the conference in 2011, and in 2012, two more universities left, while another two joined from other conferences.  In 2012, the Big 12 formed an alliance with the [[Southeastern Conference]] to host a joint post-season college bowl game between the champions of each conference.
===Origins and Formation===
[[File:Big 12 History-USA-states.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Locations of the [[Big Eight Conference]] and [[Southwest Conference]] members who joined the Big 12 Conferences]]
In the early 1990s, most of the colleges in the [[Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS), then known as Division I-A, were members of the [[College Football Association]] who coordinate internal lobbying efforts in the NCAA on behalf of its member schools; this included members of the Big Eight and Southwest Conferences. However following a [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] [[NCAA v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Oklahoma|decision]] in 1984, the primary function of the CFA changed to negotiating television broadcast rights for its member conferences and independent colleges.  In February 1994, the [[Southeastern Conference]] announced that they, like the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]], [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-10]], and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] before them, would leave the CFA and begin negotiating independently for a television deal that covered the SEC only.<ref name="SEC LEAVES CFA">{{cite web | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/335883/SEC-OFFICIALLY-LEAVES-CFA-BIG-EAST-WILL-FOLLOW-SOON.html?pg=all | title=SEC OFFICIALLY LEAVES CFA; BIG EAST WILL FOLLOW SOON | work=The Dallas Morning News | date=February 12, 1994 | accessdate=August 25, 2012 | author=Maisel, Ivan}}</ref>  More significantly, this change in television contracts ultimately would lead to significant realignment of college conferences, with the biggest change being the dissolution of the Big Eight and the Southwest Conferences and the formation of the Big 12.

After the SEC's abandonment of the CFA, the [[Southwest Conference]] and the [[Big Eight Conference]] saw potential financial benefits from an alliance to negotiate television deals, both had markets of approximately the same size --- about 8.5% of the nations TV households. Because of this the two conference began negotiations, with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[ESPN]]. During the negotiations for television rights, the leadership of both the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma viewed an alliance of 16 teams as being the least optimal option, with them both favoring being in the same conference. <ref name="demise">{{cite web|url=http://sportsminorityreport.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-greatest-realignment-articles-i.html|title=THE DEMISE OF THE SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE |author=Mark Wagrin|date=September 14, 2005|publisher=mysanantonio.com|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>  However at the same time Texas started to flirt with the idea of joining the [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pacific-10 Conference]] along with Colorado. At a point in the negotiation, the deal with the PAC-10 changed to Texas and Texas A&M instead of Colorado, when Colorado's Board of Regents got wind of the new deal they became heavily involved with the TV negotiations for the new conference. The Big 8 began negotiations with ABC and ESPN for a TV deal for the new conference. Additionally, Texas A&M was also investigating a potential membership in the SEC, but the SEC only viewed them as an option if they brought Texas with them as a packaged deal. When word got out that both Texas and Texas A&M were both eying leaving the SWC , Texas state senator [[David Sibley (politician)|David Sibley]], a Baylor alum and member of the very powerful Senate Finance Committee, approached William Cunningham President of the University of Texas and asked him pointedly whether Texas had planned to leave the SWC for the Big 8, Cunningham tried to change the subject a number of times but ultimately didn't deny the move. Sibley then approached Lieutenant Governor [[Bob Bullock]], a Texas Tech and Baylor alum and they put together a number of Texas Tech and Baylor alum legislators who worked to cut UT and A&M's access to the state of Texas's [[Permanent University Fund]]. Bullock called together a meeting between the legislators and Texas's and Texas A&M's leadership on February 20, 1994 where a deal was worked out that halted Texas's A&M's pursuit of a membership in the SEC and the inclusion of Texas Tech and Baylor in the new conference.<ref name="demise"/> In the meantime, the Big Eight had not stopped to wait for the Texas schools, and had continued to negotiate with the television networks. 

Five days later on February 25, 1994, it was announced that a new conference would be formed in place of an alliance, the new conference consented of the members of the Big Eight plus four of the Texas colleges of the Southwest Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B-9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=big%2012&pg=7024%2C6649678|title=Politics played big part information of Big 12|date=February 28, 1994|publisher=The Deseret News|accessdate=June 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Texas Giants Merge With Big 8 |agency= Associated Press |date= February 27, 1994 |url= http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1zkwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_N8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5906,3123357&dq=big+8+southwest+conference&hl=en }}</ref><ref name=decideonname>{{cite news |title= Presidents Decide on Name: Big 12 |agency= Associated Press |date= May 13, 1994 |url= http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=10YyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1935,4801791&dq=big+12+conference+big+8+southwest+conference&hl=en }}</ref> Though the name would not be made official for several months, newspaper accounts immediately dubbed the new entity the "Big 12".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B-9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=big%2012&pg=7024%2C6649678 | title=Politics played big part in formation of Big 12 | date=February 28, 1994 | accessdate=August 26, 2012}}</ref> Charter members of the Big 12 included: [[Baylor University]], the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]], [[Iowa State University]], [[University of Kansas]], [[Kansas State University]], the [[University of Missouri]], the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]], the [[University of Oklahoma]], [[Oklahoma State University–Stillwater]], the [[University of Texas at Austin]], [[Texas A&M University]], and [[Texas Tech University]].

Three months after the conferences formation, the schools officially selected the conference's name: the ''Big 12 Conference'',<ref name=decideonname/> and the location for its new headquarters. Seven city's were considered [[Colorado Springs]] and [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], [[Dallas]] (then headquarters for the [[Southwest Conference|SWC]]) and [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]], [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] (then headquarters for the [[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]]), [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]] and [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. Ultimately it would come down to Kansas City and [[Irving, Texas]], a suburb of Dallas being the finalist, Irving was selected after a 7-5 vote of the Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite news |title=City Dangles Incentives to Lure Big 12 Office |first=Chris |last=Van-Wagenen |newspaper=[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]] |date=1995-11-11 |page=1A}}</ref> In December of 1994 following the conferences formation in February, the Pac-10 who had pursued Texas and Colorado as its eleventh and twelfth members unanimously voted to offer membership to Texas and Colorado. Texas turned them down outright and Colorado's Board of Regents voted 6-3 to reject the offer opting to stay in the newly formed conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-23/sports/sp-12212_1_southwest-conference|title=Colorado Votes to Stay in Big 12 : Colleges: Pacific 10 Conference is rebuffed in attempt to expand.|author=ELLIOTT ALMOND|date=December 23, 1994|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://http://www.deseretnews.com/article/394655/COLORADO-REJECTS-PAC-10-OFFER-STAYS-IN-BIG-12.html|title=COLORADO REJECTS PAC-10 OFFER, STAYS IN BIG 12|author=Doug Tucker|date=December 23, 1994 |publisher=Deseret News|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>

Athletic competition in the conference commenced on August 31, 1996. Although at the time of its formation the Big 12 was composed of the old Big Eight plus the four Texas schools, it regards itself as a separate conference, not an expanded Big Eight, and as such does not claim the Big Eight's history as its own. From the conference's formation until the 2010–11 season, the Big 12 was split into two divisions for most major sports.  The six northernmost schools Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, and Nebraska constituted the North Division, while the Texas and Oklahoma schools constituted the South Division.

===Immediate plans for expansion===
The four Southwest Conference schools were not the only candidates the Big 8 considered. After the Big 12 was founded, there were leaks in 1994 that the conference also had a plan for a 14 team membership in order to secure a larger share of the nation's TV audience than the SEC, something much of the conference leadership felt might be vital for it's future TV negotiations.

Reports were confirmed that [[Brigham Young University]] and the [[University of New Mexico]], then in the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC), were actively being considered for membership in the new conference and if the conference should then decide to go to 16 schools, the [[University of Louisville]] and [[Memphis State University]] would have been favorites to fill those slots.;<ref name="Latest rumors">{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/338400/LATEST-RUMOR-BIG-EIGHT-TARGETS-Y-NEW-MEXICO.html?pg=all|title=LATEST RUMOR: BIG EIGHT TARGETS Y., NEW MEXICO|last=Burch|first=Jimmy|date=February 24, 1994|publisher=The Deseret News|accessdate=June 20, 2012}}</ref> in anticipation of of immediate expansion to 14, the new conference trademarked not only the name "Big 12" but also the name "Big 14<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B-9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=big%2012&pg=4801%2C6649676|title='Big 14' would need 2 BYUs|last=Burch|first=Jimmy|date=February 28, 1994|publisher=The Deseret News|accessdate=June 20, 2012}}</ref> The idea was that BYU and New Mexico would raise the conference footprint to 20% of the nation's TV households while also giving the northern division another football powerhouse in BYU. Articles of the day suggested support for the idea was not uniform among Big 12 schools and many quotes suggested such an expansion was only a future possibility.

New Mexico's athletic director [[Rudy Davalos]] pointedly questioned in the media why the Big 12 would consider New Mexico and expressed a commitment to the WAC. It is possible that factions in the Big 12 were pushing for a different 14th member. There was also talk that the addition of BYU might be opposed by Baylor and a few other schools.<ref name="Latest rumors"/> TCU's AD at the time, Frank Windegger was told by collegues that TCU was discussed as a package deal with BYU, with the idea even going to a vote --- but the expansion vote was narrowly defeated.

Ultimately the conference chose to stay at 12 members. BYU's athletic director Clayne Jensen told the press that while the addition of BYU could likely pay for the Cougars' admission as the conference's 13th member, it appeared no other candidate school made financial sense to come in as the 14th member.  It is unclear whether that statement was truly the sentiment of the leaderships at the dissenting schools in voting down the admission of BYU with a partner or whether the statement was designed to soothe BYU's jilted fan base.
=== Instability and realignment ===
[[File:Big 12 Divisions Map.png|right|350px|thumb|The North (Red) and South (Gray) Divisions prior to the 2011-12 season]]
{{main|2010–14 NCAA conference realignment}}
{{More|2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment}}
During the 2010–14 NCAA conference realignment, the Big 12 was one of the more heavily impacted all-sports conferences; Colorado announced plans to join the Pac-10, then Nebraska accepted an invitation to join the [[Big Ten Conference]].  This ended the Big 12's divisional format, and the conference championship game as the NCAA only allows football championship games in conferences with at least twelve teams.
====Departures of Nebraska and Colorado====
In May 2010, American intercollegiate sports news became rife with speculation that the Big 12 Conference was on the verge of dissolution.  One reason for this speculation was the inability of the Big 12 to come to an agreement on equal revenue sharing in the conference. [[University of Nebraska|Nebraska]], [[University of Texas|Texas]], [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]], and [[University of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] objected to equal sharing, according to former Commissioner [[Dan Beebe]]. Later, after being fired by the Big 12, Beebe was quoted as saying, "Nebraska was one of the biggest objectors of equal revenue rights, and their president Harvey Perlman said that."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7080495/ex-big-12-commish-dan-beebe-says-nebraska-cornhuskers-balked-revenue-sharing |title=Ex-Big 12 commish Dan Beebe says he pushed Big 12 revenue sharing |publisher=ESPN |date=October 9, 2011 }}</ref> After his 2011 firing, Beebe said in a phone interview with The Associated Press that Oklahoma, Nebraska, and even Texas A&M were interested in "developing their own distribution systems" for their sports programs.<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/09/3196648/dan-beebe-says-big-12-now-taking.html ]{{dead link|date=October 2012}}</ref>

The Big 12's collapse seemed imminent amid rampant speculation that teams were defecting to various conferences.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hinton |first=Matt |url=http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Headlinin-Big-12-presents-a-united-front-for-?urn=ncaaf-245423 |title=Headlinin': Big 12 presents a united front (for now) – Dr. Saturday – NCAAF Blog – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Rivals.yahoo.com }}</ref>  [[University of Colorado|Colorado]] was eying the Pac-10.  Nebraska was eying the Big Ten.  The Big 10 also considered the addition of Texas a possibility.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hinton |first=Matt |url=http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Today-s-hypothetical-Big-Ten-expansion-scenario-?urn=ncaaf-241890 |title=Today's hypothetical Big Ten expansion scenario: Goin' South – Dr. Saturday – NCAAF Blog – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Rivals.yahoo.com }}</ref>  Texas, Texas A&M, [[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech]], Oklahoma, [[Oklahoma State University|Oklahoma State]], and Colorado were talking with the Pac-10.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hinton |first=Matt |url=http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Report-Pac-10-to-strike-first-with-blockbuster-?urn=ncaaf-245537 |title=Report: Pac-10 to strike first with blockbuster bid for half the Big 12 – Dr. Saturday – NCAAF Blog – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Rivals.yahoo.com }}</ref>

On June 10, Colorado accepted an invitation to become the Pac-10's eleventh member; Colorado reportedly moved quickly for fear that Baylor would force its way into the Pac-10, leaving Colorado behind in a dissolving conference.  The Colorado move to the Pac 10 was to be effective in 2012,<ref>[http://www.pac-12.org/ABOUT/AboutUs.aspx Pac-12 Conference: About us] Retrieved August 29, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Missouri Chancellor Talks About State of Big 12|url=http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=279955|publisher=ozarksfirst.com|accessdate=August 14, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110722184735/http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=279955| archivedate= July 22 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> but the school later negotiated a settlement with the Big 12 to leave on July 1, 2011. The day following Colorado's defection announcement, on June 11, Nebraska applied for membership in the Big Ten Conference and was unanimously accepted, becoming the Big Ten's twelfth member, effective July 1, 2011.<ref name=BigTen>{{cite news|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EXPANSION_NEBRASKA?SITE=TNMEM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |title=Nebraska joins Big Ten |author=Eric Olson |agency=Associated Press |date=June 11, 2010 |accessdate=June 11, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The departures of Colorado and Nebraska, combined with reports that Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State were close to accepting invitations to join the Pac-10, made the Big 12's demise seem to be a foregone conclusion. However, on June 14, those five schools announced that they had decided to stay in the Big 12, after agreeing to an eleventh-hour deal to save the conference.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas move helps Big 12 survive|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5286672|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=August 14, 2011}}</ref> The decisions reportedly came after furious lobbying by the ''other'' five remaining Big 12 schools ([[Baylor University|Baylor]], [[Iowa State University|Iowa State]], [[University of Kansas|Kansas]], [[Kansas State University|Kansas State]], and [[University of Missouri|Missouri]]), as well as intervention by athletic directors around the country who were concerned about the prospect of a 16-team "[[superconference]]".  The deal was made possible because of a restructured revenue sharing agreement and the promise of a lucrative new television deal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wetzel|first=Dan|title=How the Big 12 was saved|url=http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-big12save061410|publisher=rivals.yahoo.com|accessdate=August 14, 2011}}</ref> As part of the deal, member schools were permitted to launch their own television networks, which eventually led to the creation of the University of Texas [[Longhorn Network]], which would broadcast Texas Longhorn sporting events including non-conference football games and at least one conference football game. Additionally, Texas A&M and Oklahoma ended contact with the [[Southeastern Conference]], which had been pursuing both schools as potential candidates if their conference decided to expand past 12 members.<ref name=texastechemail>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7FYBEkmWghRYjNlMThmYTQtMTNjZC00ZjdlLWJhYmYtZTU2N2ZjODRmZWNk&hl=en&authkey=CI2EjO0K|title=Texas Tech E-mail Records re: Conference Realignment|author=Bebe, Dan|date=June 1, 2010|accessdate=2010-06-01|page=55}}</ref>

On June 16, 2010, Texas state lawmakers Garnet Coleman and Bill Callegari, both from the [[Houston]] area, co-wrote a letter asking Big 12 officials to consider adding the [[University of Houston]] (a [[Conference USA]] member) to the Big 12.<ref>{{cite news |title=Texas Lawmakers Pushing Big 12 to Consider Adding Houston |agency= Associated Press |work=Sports Illustrated |date= June 17, 2010 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100619014240/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/06/17/houston-big12.ap/index.html |archivedate= June 19, 2010 |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/06/17/houston-big12.ap/index.html}}</ref>

====Departures of Texas A&M and Missouri====
In August 2011 Texas A&M University announced plans to leave the conference and apply for membership in an unspecified conference.<ref name=TAMU>{{cite news |title=Texas A&M wants to leave Big 12 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=August 31, 2011 |url=
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6912807/texas-aggies-tell-big-12-seek-new-conference }}</ref> Texas A&M's desire to leave the Big 12 Conference was driven by concern about conference stability and also by concerns that the Longhorn Network, controlled by Texas, would give Texas an unfair advantage in recruiting and other aspects of competition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Longhorn Network creates 'uncertainty' for Big 12 |first=Brent |last=Swerneman |date=July 21, 2011 |work=Houston Chronicle |url= http://www.chron.com/sports/longhorns/article/Longhorn-Network-creates-uncertainty-for-Big-12-2082146.php }}</ref> As part of the settlement of there exit, the Big 12 Conference withheld $12.4 million of the revenue the Big 12 Conference would have shared with Texas A&M.<ref name=mizzouexit>{{cite news |title= Mizzou's Exit Fee Set With Big 12 |first= Vahe |last= Gregorian |date= February 29, 2012 |work= STLtoday.com |url= http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mizzou-s-exit-fee-set-with-big/article_68f5a223-4e7e-591f-a352-abde8e76b244.html }}</ref> Texas A&M still received a portion of the revenue from the recently signed contract between the Big 12 Conference and Fox Sports.<ref name=mizzouexit/>
Following Texas A&M announcement the Boards of Regents of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas all authorized their presidents to make decisions related to conference alignment, all of which where were reportedly considering applying to the Pacific-12 Conference along with Texas Tech.<ref name=latzke>
{{citation|last1=Latzke|first1=Jeff|last2=Vertuno|first2=Jim|title=Big 12, Big East start picking up pieces|newspaper=Forbes|date=September 22, 2011|url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/22/sports-fbc-conference-realignment_8694568.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/sports/big-12-to-pac-12-oklahoma-ponders-a-move.html |title=Big 12 to Pac-12? Oklahoma Ponders a Move |author=Pete Thamel |date=September 3, 2011 |accessdate=September 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name=staples12sep2011>{{citation|last=Staples|first=Andy|title=Realignment threats creating game of chicken in college athletics |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/09/12/staples.conference.realignment/index.html |work=Sports Illustrated |date=September 12, 2011}}</ref> The remaining schools entered talks with the Big East football schools to potentially combine conferences.<ref>{{cite news|title=AP Source: Big East, Big 12 officials talk merger|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTK0RLpRgWkQx_s4EVMbA4wh1riQ?docId=7264199daee544018dca1e1a96ed3735|agency=Associated Press|first=Ralph D |last=Russo |date=September 21, 2011 }}</ref>
Those talks however temporarily halted on September 20, 2011 when the Pac-12 reiterated its desire to remain a twelve-team conference.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pac-12 Decides to Stay at 12 Teams |first=Pete |last=Thamel |date=September 20, 2011 |work=The New York Times |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/sports/ncaafootball/oklahoma-may-agree-to-remain-in-big-12.html }}</ref> Several days later, Southeastern Conference officials voted to accept Texas A&M as its thirteenth member, conditional upon a reaffirmation that the remaining Big 12 schools would not pursue legal action to block the move.<ref>{{cite news |title=SEC makes move to accept Texas A&M |first=Berry |last=Tramel |date=September 13, 2011 |work=The Oklahoman |url=http://newsok.com/sec-accepts-texas-am-as-new-member/article/3603502?custom_click=breaking_news }}</ref> Several schools refused to waive their rights to pursue legal action against the Southeastern Conference for [[tortious interference]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Source: Big 12 lined up against A&M |first1=Andy |last1=Katz |first2=Joe |last2=Schad |work=ESPN |date=September 8, 2011 |url= http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6939017/texas-aggies-accepted-sec-legal-threat-delays-move }}</ref><ref name=staples12sep2011></ref> However despite this, on September 25, 2011 the SEC announced that Texas A&M was being accepted unconditionally—regardless of threats of legal action.<ref>{{cite news |title=SEC: Texas A&M to join in July 2012 |date=September 25, 2011 |work=Sports Illustrated |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/wires/09/25/2060.ap.fbc.sec.texas.a.m.4th.ld.writethru.0917/ }}</ref> Texas A&M officially joined the SEC on July 1, 2012. Once Texas A&M accepted the invite the other schools particularly the University of Oklahoma and its President [[David Boren]] pushed for the ousting of Commissioner [[Dan Beebe]] for not doing enough to smooth school concerns and his inability to stabilize the Conference, He was fired on September 23, 2011 and replaced by Interim commissioner [[Chuck Neinas]] while the Big 12's Board of Directory's looked for his replacement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/college/article/Dan-Beebe-out-as-Big-12-commissioner-2184342.php |title=Dan Beebe out as Big 12 commissioner - Houston Chronicle |publisher=Chron.com |date=2011-09-23 |accessdate=2011-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chuck Neinas ready to lead Big 12|url=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7009735/interim-commissioner-chuck-neinas-aims-closer-big-12|publisher=[[ESPN]]|accessdate=25 September 2011|date=24 September 2011}}</ref> With Neinas at the helm he was able to get all of the member schools to agree to equally distribute Tier I and II television revenues moving the conference towards stability on October 5, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big 12 board votes to share TV revenue |first=Andy |last=Katz |date=October 3, 2011 |work=ESPN |url= http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7054421/big-12-set-share-national-regional-tv-money }}</ref>

On October 4, 2011 Missouri's Board of Curators authorized the school's Chancellor [[Brady J. Deaton|Dr. Brady J. Deaton]] to explore applying to other conferences.<ref name="Curators">{{cite news | url=http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/04/3187837/curators-tell-missouri-to-look.html | title=Curators tell Missouri to look beyond the Big 12 | work=The Kansas City Star | date=October 4, 2011 | last=Dearmond | first=Mike}}</ref> The previous year Missouri was looking to leave and join the Big Ten but that had ended when Nebraska, not Missouri, was invited to join the Big Ten. Deaton who at the time was the Chairmen of the Big 12 Board of Directors stepped down from the chairmanship stating that it was in the best interest of the Conference and the University of Missouri, following this [[V. Burns Hargis|Burns Hargis]] the president of Oklahoma State was selected to replace Deaton as Chairmen.<ref name="Deaton">{{cite web | url=http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/35204/mizzou-takes-next-steps-out-of-big-12 | title=Mizzou takes next steps out of Big 12 | publisher=ESPN | date=October 4, 2011 | accessdate=December 06, 2012 | author=Ubben, David}}</ref> Even with Neinas stating that Missouri would remain in the conference for the 2012 season, Missouri's Board of Curators on October 21 authorized Chancellor Brady Deaton to move the school out of the Big 12 Conference if it would be in the school's best interest to do so.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big 12 says Missouri locked into 2012 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=October 11, 2011 |url=http://espn.go.com/dallas/story/_/id/7087967/big-12-set-10-teams-2012-including-missouri-tigers }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Missouri takes another step toward leaving Big 12 |agency= Associated Press |work=The Houston Chronicle |date= October 21, 2011 |first= John |last= Hanna |url= http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Missouri-takes-another-step-toward-leaving-Big-12-2229989.php }}</ref><ref name="chairman">{{cite web | url=http://newsok.com/osus-burns-hargis-to-take-over-as-chairman-of-big-12-board-of-directors/article/3610422 | title=OSU's Burns Hargis to take over as chairman of Big 12 board of directors | publisher=The Oklahoman | date=October 4, 2011 | accessdate=December 06, 2012 | author=Mizell, Gina}}</ref>  On November 6, 2011 Missouri announced that it would join the Southeastern Conference effective July 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title= Missouri Bolting Big 12 for SEC |work=Fox 4 Kansas City |publisher= [[WDAF-TV]] |first=Jason M |last= Vaughn |date= November 7, 2011 |url= http://fox4kc.com/2011/11/07/missouri-bolting-big-12-for-sec/ }}</ref>  As compensation for the departure, the Big 12 Conference withheld $12.4 million of the revenue it would have shared with Missouri; additionally, it was announced that Missouri would not share the revenue from a newly-signed contract between the Big 12 Conference and Fox Sports.<ref name=mizzouexit/> Missouri also agreed to pay the Big 12 Conference for its share of officiating costs of its final year in the conference, as it has done in prior years (an estimated payment of $500,000).<ref name=mizzouexit/>

====Additions of Texas Christian and West Virgina====
Following Texas A&M's and Beebe's departure the Big 12 formed a committee to replace Texas A&M with at least one other school. Further stability came when on October 6,  the Big 12 Conference Board of Directors, acting upon a unanimous recommendation of the expansion committee, authorized negotiations with [[Texas Christian University]] (TCU) to become a member of the Conference even though TCU had previously agreed to join the [[Big East Conference]] in the near-future.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big 12 Board of Directors Authorizes Expansion |work=big12sports.com |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205311929 }}</ref> A Big 12 official also named '''Brigham Young University''' and the [[University of Louisville]] as other candidates for expansion.<ref>{{cite news |title= Big 12 keeps one eye on Missouri, another on expansion |first= Steve |last= Weinberg |work= USA Today |date= October 5, 2011 |url= http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2011-10-05/big-12-missouri-expansion/50673292/1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Big East eyes expanding football to 12 |first1=Andrea |last1=Adelson |first2=Andy |last2=Katz |work=ESPN |date= October 11, 2011 |url= http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7084162/big-east-consider-adding-6-football-schools }}</ref> On October 10, Texas Christian University's Board of Trustees voted to accept the invitation from the Big 12 Conference, and the school joined the conference on July 1, 2012. TCU had previously been a member of the Southwest Conference, one of the original constituent conferences that were incorporated into what became the Big 12 and has long historical rivalries with several Big 12 schools, the most notable of which is with Baylor, a [[Baylor–TCU football rivalry|rivalry dating back to 1899]]—making it one of the longest ongoing series in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stevenson|first=Stefan|title=TCU trustees approve move to the Big 12 in 2012|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/10/10/3432821/tcu-expected-to-announce-big-12.html|publisher=star-telegram.com|accessdate=October 10, 2011}}</ref>

With Missouri in talks to leave the conference the Big 12 announced on October 28, 2011 that it had invited [[West Virginia University]] to join the conference and that WVU had accepted the invite and would begin conference play in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title= West Virginia Accepts Big 12's Invitation |first=Pete |last=Thamel |date=October 28, 2011 |work=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/sports/ncaafootball/west-virginia-accepts-invitation-joining-big-12.html }}</ref> However as a member of the Big East WVU was required to give the conference 27 months notice before leaving, which then Big East Commissioner [[John Marinatto]] said that West Virginia could not leave before July 1, 2014.<ref name=files>{{cite news |title= West Virginia files lawsuit against Big East |publisher= The Oklahoman |date= October 31, 2011 |agency= Associated Press |url= http://newsok.com/west-virginia-files-lawsuit-against-big-east/article/3618765?custom_click=lead_story_title }}</ref> In response, West Virginia filled a lawsuit against the Big East to have the withdrawal-notice requirement stipulated in the Big East's bylaws invalidated on the grounds that the Big East had breached its fiduciary duty by allowing several football-playing members to depart, causing the conference to no longer be a major football conference and jeopardizing the conference's continued existence.<ref>{{cite news |title= West Virginia Files Suit to Join Big 12 Next Year |agency= Associated Press |work=The New York Times |date= October 31, 2011 |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/sports/ncaafootball/west-virginia-files-suit-to-join-big-12-next-year.html?_r=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= West Virginia University Board of Governors v. The Big East Conference |publisher= Circuit Court of Monongalia County, West Virginia |date=October 31, 2011 |url= http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wowk/WVU.pdf }}</ref> Because of this, West Virginia alleged, its continued performance under the contract had become unreasonably burdensome and that its original purpose in entering into the contract had been eliminated.<ref>{{cite news |title= W. Virginia files lawsuit against Big East |work= ESPN |first= Andrea |last= Anderson |date= November 1, 2011 |url= http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7175251/west-virginia-files-civil-lawsuit-big-east-places-blame-commissioner-john-marinatto }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=WVU files lawsuit against Big East |work=Fox Sports |agency=Associated Press |date= October 31, 2011 |url= http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/West-Virginia-files-lawsuit-against-Big-East-conference-103111 }}</ref><ref name=watch>{{cite news |title= West Virginia lawsuit one worth watching |work= ESPN |first= Kristi |last= Dosh |date= November 1, 2011 |url= http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/51621/west-virginia-lawsuit-one-worth-watching }}</ref> Additionally, West Virginia also stated its belief that its notice to withdraw in 2012 was indeed accepted, when the Big East Conference accepted its payment of half the $5 million withdrawal penalty.<ref name=watch/> Marinatto denied the allegations. The Big East Conference filed a counter suit against West Virginia, alleging that West Virginia breached its contract by withdrawing from the conference without 27 months of notice.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big East sues West Virginia over bylaws |work= ESPN |first= Andrea |last= Adelson |date= November 4, 2011 |url= http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/7190474/big-east-sues-west-virginia-enforce-27-month-waiting-period }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= The Big East Conference v. West Virginia University |publisher= Superior Court of the State of Rhode Island, Providence County |date= November 4, 2011 |url= http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wvill/BigEastWVUComplaint.pdf }}</ref> West Virginia requested a dismissal of the Big East's lawsuit; this was denied. The Big East Conference's lawsuit was scheduled to begin being argued in court in April 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title= Date For Big East Injunction vs. WVU |work= West Virginia MetroNews Network |date= January 10, 2012 |url= http://www.wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=50238 }}</ref> However on February 14, 2012, West Virginia announced that it had settled its lawsuit with the Big East Conference.<ref name=wvusettles>{{cite news |title= WVU Settles Big East Lawsuit, Will Join Big 12 |agency= Associated Press |date= February 14, 2012 |work=The Wall Street Journal |url= http://online.wsj.com/article/AP109ce37ea65346df9598d3df28e414a9.html }}</ref> Clearing the final hurdle for West Virginia to join the Big 12 Conference in time for the 2012 season. While terms of the settlement were kept confidential, West Virginia's athletic director said that the settlement would be paid only from private donations and money the athletes raise themselves. According to an anonymous source, the Big East Conference will be paid $20 million, of which $11 million will be paid by West Virginia and $9 million by the Big 12 Conference. The agreement apparently stipulated that the $2.5 million exit fee that West Virginia paid to the Big East Conference in October 2011 will be counted towards the settlement, and that the revenue-sharing money owed by the Big East Conference to West Virginia would not be paid to West Virginia but instead would be applied towards the settlement with West Virginia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: WVU, Big East reach settlement |date=February 10, 2012 |publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |url=http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7561213/report-west-virginia-mountaineers-big-east-agree-settlement-ends-battle-conference-withdrawal}}</ref><ref name=solong>{{cite news |title= So Long, Big East |first= Dave |last= Hickman |work= The Charleston Gazette |date= February 14, 2012 |url= http://wvgazette.com/Sports/201202140037 }}</ref>

===Grant of media rights agreemtent and new tv deal===
[[File:Big12Locations6.png|right|350px|thumb|Locations of the Big 12 Conference full-member institutions.]]

Following the departures of Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas A&M and the additions of Texas Christen and West Virginia  the Conference retained the "Big 12" name and logo despite dropping to ten teams,<ref name=big12announce20110602>http://www.big12sports.com//pdf8/765528.pdf</ref> a decision ostensibly similar to the Big Ten Conference's choice to keep its name after its membership increased first to eleven and then to twelve. With the additions of TCU and West Virginia as members of the Conference, the Big 12 Board to Directors hired [[Stanford University]] Athletic Director [[Bob Bowlsby]] as the conferences fourth Commissioner to replace Dan Beebe.<ref name="Big 12">{{cite news | url=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7890517/big-12-formally-introduces-new-commissioner-bob-bowlsby | title=Big 12's Bob Bowlsby introduced | work=ESPN.com | date=May 4, 2012 | accessdate=May 4, 2012}}</ref> Following six months of negotiations the Big 12 signed a 13 year $2.6 billion media rights agreement with [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox]] and [[ESPN]].<ref name="GOR">{{cite web | url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/college-gridiron-365/os-fbc-big-12-tv-deal-espn-fox-20120907,0,1543520.post | title=Big 12 reaches $2.6 billion tv deal with ESPN, Fox | publisher=Orlando Sentinel | date=September 7, 2012 | accessdate=December 05, 2012 | author=Murshel, Matt}}</ref> The deal also included a 13 year Grant of rights agreement between the member schools and the conference. The agreement gives the conference the rights to the schools Tier I and II television content while Tier III rights remain with the schools.<ref name="TV deal" /> Should a member school leave the conference during the duration of the contract that schools Tier I and II media rights would remain with the conference making it economically invaluable for them to leave.<ref name="GOR" /> The New deal also allows Fox and ESPN to air a minimum of 25 football games per season on a combination of Fox, FX, ABC and ESPN. ESPN will be the primary basketball rights holder for both league games and the Big 12 Basketball Championship tournament.<ref name="GOR" /> The deal will give each member school an estimated $20.3 million per year in revenue during the duration of the contract, and allow them to own and monetize their Tier III media.<ref name="TV deal" /><ref name="GOR" /> This allows member schools to form a network to air those third tier media and keep the revenue like Texas's [[Longhorn Network]].<ref name="TV deal">{{cite web | url=http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/07/3801691/big-12-announces-new-tv-deal.html | title=Big 12 announces new TV deal with ESPN and Fox | publisher=Kansas City Star | date=September 7, 2012 | accessdate=December 05, 2012 | author=KERKHOFF, BLAIR}}</ref>

In May 2012, the Big 12 and SEC announced plans to create a new bowl game, the ''Champions Bowl'', that would play host to the champions of both conferences. Much like how the Big 10 and Pac-12 champions play in the Rose Bowl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/stewart_mandel/05/18/Big-12-SEC-bowl-game/index.html |title=SEC, Big 12 use bowl game deal to get leverage in BCS playoff - Stewart Mandel - SI.com |publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=2012-05-18 |accessdate=2012-09-11}}</ref> In November 2012, it was decided instead that the [[Sugar Bowl]] would play host to the champions of the Big 12 and SEC, beginning in January 2015.<ref name="ESPN20121107">{{cite web | url=http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8601209/sugar-bowl-new-orleans-site-marquee-big-12-sec-game | title=New Orleans to host Big 12-SEC game | publisher=ESPN | date=2012-11-07 | accessdate=2012-11-15}}</ref> Because there is the likelihood that ether one or both conferences champions could be a percipient in the [[College Football Playoff|playoffs]] the next highest team from each conference will take their place, it also became one of the bowls that rotate as a spot for one of two national semifinal games.
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===Addition of affiliate members===
====Women's rowing====
Prior to the 2014-15 athletic season conference members who sponsored womens rowing. (Kansas, K-State, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia) Competed in [[Conference USA]] for the C-USA rowing championship. As a result of conference realingment C-USA was left with few members that sponsored rowing, so begining with the 2015-16 season the Big 12 began sponsoring womens rowing and invited Alabama, Old Dominion and Tennessee to join the Big 12 as affiliate members in womens rowing.
====Wrestling and Women's gymnastics====
When the NCAA declined to grant another waiver that would allow the Big 12 Championship to be recognized and its champions and runnersup to be granted automatic qualification to the national championships. And with member schools wrestling coaches decling to have their athletes wrestle in the Western Regional Tournament, ment that wrestlers advanced to the NCAA Championships only as at-large invitees. The Big 12 entered talks to add the members of Western Wrestling Conference (Air Force, Northern Colorado, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley, and Wyoming) as affiliate members.

== Member university ==
===Current full members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Type !! Enrollment !! Nickname !!class="unsortable"|Colors
|-
| [[Baylor University]]
| [[Waco, Texas]]
| 1845
| 1996
| [[Private university|Private]]
| 16,263
| [[Baylor Bears|Bears/Lady Bears]]
| Baylor green & Gold<ref>[http://www.baylor.edu/graphics/index.php?id=82352 Baylor University Official Colors]. baylor.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-11.</ref><br/>{{color box|#003015}}&nbsp;{{color box|#fecb00}}
|-
| [[Iowa State University]]
| [[Ames, Iowa]]
| 1858
| 1996
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 36,001
| [[Iowa State Cyclones|Cyclones]]
| Cardinal & Gold<ref>[http://www.cyclones.com/pdf3/91103.pdf ISU Athletic Identity Usage]. Retrieved 2015-07-26.</ref><br/>{{color box|#a71930}}&nbsp;{{color box|#fdc82f}}
|-
| [[University of Kansas]]
| [[Lawrence, Kansas]]
| 1865
| 1996
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 27,983<ref name=KBOR>http://www.kansasregents.org/resources/PDF/3169-Fall_2014_Prelim_Numbers.pdf</ref>
| [[Kansas Jayhawks|Jayhawks]]
| Blue & Crimson<ref>[http://www.identity.ku.edu/colors/ KU primary & secondary color palette]. identity.ku.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-11.</ref><br/>{{color box|#0051BA}}&nbsp;{{color box|#E8000D}}
|-
| [[Kansas State University]]
| [[Manhattan, Kansas]]
| 1863
| 1996
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 24,766<ref name=KBOR/>
| [[Kansas State Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| Royal Purple & White <ref>[http://www.k-state.edu/vpcm/branding/KansasStateUniversity_BrandGuide_2013.pdf Kansas State Brand Gide]. k-state.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-11.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kstatesports.com/trads/traditions.html|title=Traditions - K-State Wildcats News|author=Kansas State University|work=Kansas State University - Official Athletics Site|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref><br />{{color box|#512888}}&nbsp;{{color box #666666}}
|-
| [[University of Oklahoma]]
| [[Norman, Oklahoma]]
| 1890
| 1996
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 30,303
| [[Oklahoma Sooners|Sooners]]
| Crimson & Cream<ref>[https://www.ou.edu/content/brand/Print_Media/Oklahoma_Colors.html Oklahoma Colors, Crimson and Cream]. ou.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-11.</ref><br/>{{color box|#841617}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FDF9D8}}
|-
| [[Oklahoma State University–Stillwater|Oklahoma State University]]
| [[Stillwater, Oklahoma]]
| 1890
| 1996
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 25,390
| [[Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls|Cowboys/Cowgirls]]
| Orange & Black<ref>{{cite web|url=http://universitymarketing.okstate.edu/images/downloads/styleguide_may2014_dl.pdf |title=Style Guid for the Oklahoma State University system |publisher=Oklahoma State University |date=2014-04-22 |accessdate=2014-09-11}}</ref><br/>{{color box|#FF7300}}&nbsp;{{color box|#000000}}
|-
| [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| [[Austin, Texas]]
| 1883
| 1996
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 51,313<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts & Figures — University of Texas—Austin|url=http://www.utexas.edu/about/facts-and-figures|publisher=utexas.edu|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref>
| [[Texas Longhorns|Longhorns]]
| Burnt orange & White<ref>[http://www.utexas.edu/brand-guidelines/visual-style-guide/color The University of Texas-Brand Guidelines-Visual Style Guide-Color]. utexas.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-11.</ref><br/>{{color box|#BF5700}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|-
| [[Texas Christian University]]
| [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| 1873
| 2012
| [[Private university|Private]]
| 10,033
| [[TCU Horned Frogs|Horned Frogs]]
| Purple & White<ref>{{cite web|title=TCU Branding: Visual Identity Standards|url=http://www.mkc.tcu.edu/pdf/visual-identity-standards.pdf|publisher=Texas Christian University|accessdate=2014-09-11|year=2012}}</ref><br/>{{color box|#4d1979}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|-
| [[Texas Tech University]]
| [[Lubbock, Texas]]
| 1923
| 1996
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 35,893<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2015/09/texas-tech-breaks-enrollment-record-for-seventh-straight-year|title=TEXAS TECH BREAKS ENROLLMENT RECORD FOR SEVENTH-STRAIGHT YEAR}}</ref>
| [[Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders|Red Raiders/Lady Raiders]]
| Scarlet & Black<ref>{{cite web|title= 'Fight for the Scarlet and Black'|url= http://today.ttu.edu/2011/03/fight-for-the-scarlet-and-black/ }}</ref><br/>{{color box|#CC0000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#000000}}
|-
| [[West Virginia University]]
| [[Morgantown, West Virginia]]
| 1867
| 2012
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 29,175<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.wvu.edu/wvu-facts|title=WVU Facts - About - West Virginia University|publisher=|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref>
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| Gold & Blue<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Colors and Secondary Palette|url=http://brand.wvu.edu/downloads-toolkit/color-palette|publisher=West Virginia University|date=2015-07-26 |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref><br/>{{color box|#EAAA00}}&nbsp;{{color box|#002855}}
|}

===Affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Type !! Enrollment !! Nickname !! Sport(s)!!Primary<br>Conference
|-
|{{sort|Air Force|[[United States Air Force Academy]]}}
|[[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
|1954
|2015
|[[United States service academies|Service academy]]
|4,000
|[[Air Force Falcons|Falcons]]
|Wrestling
|[[Mountain West Conference|MWC]]
|-
|{{sort|Alabama|[[University of Alabama]]}}
|[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
|1831
|2014
|[[Public university|Public]]
|36,155
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide|Crimson Tide]]
|Women's rowing
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
|{{sort|Denver|[[University of Denver]]}}
|[[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]
|1864
|2015
|[[Private university|Private]]
|11,809
|[[Denver Pioneers|Pioneers]]
|Women's gymnastics
|[[Summit League]]
|-
|{{sort|Northern Colorado|[[University of Northern Colorado]]}}
|[[Greeley, Colorado]]
|1889
|2015
|[[Public university|Public]]
|12,084
|[[Northern Colorado Bears|Bears]]
|Wrestling
|[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
|-
|[[North Dakota State University]]
|[[Fargo, North Dakota]]
|1890
|2015
|[[Public university|Public]]
|14,747
|[[North Dakota State Bison|Bison]]
|Wrestling
|[[Summit League]]
|-
|[[Old Dominion University]]
|[[Norfolk, Virginia]]
|1930
|2014
|[[Public university|Public]]
|24,125
|[[Old Dominion Monarchs and Lady Monarchs|Lady Monarchs]]
|Women's rowing
|[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
|-
|[[South Dakota State University]]
|[[Brookings, South Dakota]]
|1881
|2015
|[[Public university|Public]]
|12,554
|[[South Dakota State Jackrabbits|Jackrabbits]]
|Wrestling
|[[Summit League]]
|-
|{{sort|Tennessee|[[University of Tennessee]]}}
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
|1794
|2014
|[[Public university|Public]]
|27,523
|[[Tennessee Volunteers women's rowing|Volunteers]]
|Women's rowing
|[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
|[[Utah Valley University]]
|[[Orem, Utah]]
|1941
|2015
|[[Public university|Public]]
|31,556
|[[Utah Valley Wolverines|Wolverines]]
|Wrestling
|[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
|-
|{{sort|Wyoming|[[University of Wyoming]]}}
|[[Laramie, Wyoming]]
|1886
|2015
|[[Public university|Public]]
|13,992
|[[Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls|Cowboys]]
|Wrestling
|[[Mountain West Conference|MWC]]
|}

===Former full members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Left !! Type !! Enrollment !! Nickname !! Colors !! Current<br/>Conference
|-
| {{sort|Colorado|[[University of Colorado Boulder|University of Colorado]]}}
| [[Boulder, Colorado]]
| 1876
| 1996
| 2011
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 30,128
| [[Colorado Buffaloes|Buffaloes]]
| {{color box|#A2A4A3}}&nbsp;{{color box|#CFB87C}}&nbsp;{{color box|#000000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brand.colorado.edu/visual-identity/typography-color|title=Home|publisher=|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref>
| [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
|-
| {{sort|Missouri|[[University of Missouri]]}}
| [[Columbia, Missouri]]
| 1839
| 1996
| 2012
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 34,255<ref>{{cite web|url=http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2012/0820-mu%E2%80%99s-student-body-increases-by-more-than-900-on-first-day-of-school/ |title=MU News Bureau &#124; MU News Bureau |publisher=Munews.missouri.edu |date=August 20, 2012 }}</ref>
| [[Missouri Tigers|Tigers]]
| {{color box|#000000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFCC33}}<ref>{{cite web| url=http://webcom.missouri.edu/policy/logo-guidelines.php| title=MU Logo Guidelines for the Web | publisher=Curators of the University of Missouri | accessdate=November 19, 2009}}</ref>
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| {{sort|Nebraska|[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln|University of Nebraska]]}}
| [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]
| 1869
| 1996
| 2011
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 24,100<ref>{{cite web|title=NU enrollment highest in 13 years; up for 5th consecutive year|url=http://nebraska.edu/media-resource-center/news-releases/1454-nu-enrollment-highest-in-13-years-up-for-5th-consecutive-year.html|publisher=nebraska.edu|accessdate=August 14, 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720012337/http://nebraska.edu/media-resource-center/news-releases/1454-nu-enrollment-highest-in-13-years-up-for-5th-consecutive-year.html| archivedate= July 20, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref>
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Cornhuskers]]
| {{color box|#CC0000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#F5F3EB}}<ref>[http://www.unl.edu/ucomm/ucomm/resources/downloads/toolbox_v2.pdf University of Nebraska-Lincoln Toolbox]</ref>
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| [[Texas A&M University]]
| [[College Station, Texas]]
| 1876
| 1996
| 2012
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 53,337
| [[Texas A&M Aggies|Aggies]]
| {{color box|#500000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}<ref name="Color">{{cite web|url=http://brandguide.tamu.edu/electronic/colorPalette.html|title=Web Color Palette, Texas A&M University Brand Guide|work=Texas A&M University Brand Guide}}</ref>
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|}

===Membership timeline===
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   bar:10  color:Full from:08/31/1996 till:end text:[[Oklahoma State University–Stillwater|Oklahoma State]] (1996–present)

   bar:11  color:Full from:08/31/1996 till:end text:[[University of Texas at Austin|Texas]] (1996–present)

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   bar:17 color:AssocOS from:07/01/2014 till:end text:[[Old Dominion University|Old Dominion (Women's rowing)]] (2014-present)

   bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:07/01/2006 till:06/30/2015 text:[[Western Wrestling Conference]]
   bar:18 color:AssocOS from:07/01/2015 till:end text:[[United States Air Force Academy|Air Force (Wrestling)]] (2015-present)

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   bar:21 color:AssocOS from:07/01/2015 till:end text:[[South Dakota State University|South Dakota State (Wrestling)]] (2015-present)


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   bar:22 color:AssocOS from:07/01/2015 till:end text:[[Utah Valley University|Utah Valley (Wrestling)]] (2015-present)

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   bar:23 color:AssocOS from:07/01/2015 till:end text:[[University of Wyoming|Wyoming (Wrestling)]] (2015-present)

   bar:24 color:OtherC1 from:07/01/2013 till:06/30/2015 text:[[Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference|MRGC]]
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==Board of Directors and Commissioners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="7" |Big 12 Board of Directors
|-
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Position
! scope="col"|University
! scope="col"|Notes
|-
|Dr. [[Kirk Schulz]]
|Chairmen
|Kansas State University
|NCAA Division I Representative
|-
|[[David L. Boren]]
|Vice Chairman
|University of Oklahoma
|
|-
|
[[Bob Bowlsby]]
|Commissioner
|
|
|-
|Tim Weiser
|Deputy Commissioner
|
|
|-
|Dr. [[Bernadette Gray-Little]]
|Secretary/Treasurer
|University of Kansas
|
|-
|[[V. Burns Hargis|Burns Hargis]]
|
|Oklahoma State University
|
|-
|Dr. [[Victor Boschini]]
|
|Texas Christian University
|
|-
|[[Ken Starr]]
|
|Baylor University
|
|-
|John Opperman (interim)
|
|Texas Tech University
|
|-
|Dr. [[Steven Leath]]
|
|Iowa State University
|
|-
|[[E. Gordon Gee]]
|
|West Virginia University
|
|-
|[[Gregory L. Fenves]]
|
|University of Texas at Austin
|
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="clear:right; text-align:center"
! colspan="4" |Big 12 Commissioners
|-
! No.
! Name
! Took Office
! Left Office
|-
|—
|Charles Martin Dobbs
|1994{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
|March 27, 1995 <ref name=Hatchell/>
|-
| 1
| [[Steven J. Hatchell]]
| March 27, 1995<ref name=Hatchell>{{cite news |title= Hatchell is commissioner |agency=Associated Press |date= March 27, 1995 |located= McCook, Nebraska |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IdggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FmsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2864,2394148&dq=steven+hatchell+big+12+new&hl=en }}</ref>
| May 8, 1998<ref name=Hatchellnew>{{cite news |title=Hatchell leaves Big 12 position |agency=Associated Press |location= Junction City, Kansas |date=May 8, 1998 |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=48NEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hbYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1100,2808552&dq=steven+hatchell+big+12+new&hl=en }}</ref>
|-
|—
|Dave Martin
|May 8, 1998<ref name=Hatchell/>
|December 4, 1998<ref name=Weiberg/>
|-
| 2
| Kevin Weiberg
| Dec 4, 1998<ref name=Weiberg>{{cite web |url=http://big12sports.com/News+Release/1998/10/12/weiberg_predicts_future.html |title= Commissioner Kevin L. Weiberg |work=Big12Sports.com |publisher=Big 12 Conference, via Wayback Machine |date= October 12, 1998 |archive-url= http://web.archive.org/web/20000309181606/http://big12sports.com/News+Release/1998/10/12/weiberg_predicts_future.html |archive-date= 2000-03-09 }}</ref>
| September 5, 2007<ref name=Beebein/>
|-
| 3
| [[Dan Beebe]]
| September 5, 2007<ref name=Beebein>{{cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/aboutbig12/commissioner.html |title= Commissioner Dan Beebe |work=Big12Sports.com |publisher=Big 12 Conference, via Wayback Machine |date= September 5, 2007 |archive-url= http://web.archive.org/web/20070927231026/http://www.big12sports.com/aboutbig12/commissioner.html |archive-date= 2007-09-27 }}</ref>
| September 22, 2011<ref name=Beebeout>{{cite web|url=http://www.kctv5.com/story/15522368/report-dan-beebe-out-as-big-12-commissioner|title=MU Chancellor says Beebe out|publisher=KCTV-TV via website|date=September 22, 2011|accessdate=2011-09-22}}</ref>
|-
|—
|[[Chuck Neinas]]
|September 22, 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Chuck Neinas; Big 12 Conference Interim Commissioner|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10410&KEY=&ATCLID=1514842|publisher=big12sports.com|accessdate=October 3, 2011}}</ref>
|June 15, 2012<ref name=Bowlsby/>
|-
| 4
| [[Bob Bowlsby]]
| June 15, 2012<ref name=Bowlsby>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7884515/stanford-athletic-director-bob-bowlsby-offered-big-12-conference-commissioner-job|title=Bob Bowlsby to lead Big 12|date=May 3, 2012|accessdate=May 4, 2012}}</ref>
| Incumbent
|}

== Revenue ==
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{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:435px;text-align:right;float:right"
|+ Big 12 Conference annual revenue distribution
! Year !! Total distributed !! Annual Increase !! Per-school average<sup>a</sup>
|-
| 1997<ref name="big12cash1">{{cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204955138 |title=Championship Sites Selected  |publisher=Big 12 Conference |author=Barnhouse, Wendell |date=June 4, 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-06}}</ref> || $53.6 million || – || $4.5 million
|-
| 1998<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $58 million || 8.2% || $4.8 million
|-
| 1999<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $64 million || 10.3% || $5.3 million
|-
| 2000<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $72 million || 12.5% || $6.0 million
|-
| 2001<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $78 million || 8.3% || $6.5 million
|-
| 2002<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $83.5 million || 7.1% || $7.0 million
|-
| 2003<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $89 million || 6.6% || $7.4 million
|-
| 2004<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $101 million || 13.5% || $8.4 million
|-
| 2005<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $105.6 million || 4.6% || $8.8 million
|-
| 2006<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $103.1 million || −2.4% || $8.6 million
|-
| 2007<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $106 million || 2.8% || $8.8 million
|-
| 2008<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $113.5 million || 7.1% || $9.5 million
|-
| 2009<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $130 million || 14.5% || $10.8 million
|-
| 2010<ref name="big12cash1" /> || $139 million || 6.9% || $11.6 million
|-
| 2011<ref name="big12cash2">{{cite AV media |date=2011-06-03 |title=Spring Meetings: Friday Media Update |trans_title= |medium= |language= |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205157134 |accessdate=2013-01-02|time= |publisher= |location=Kansas City, Missouri |quote=This is the place when we always announce the revenue distribution for the year, and we will be distributing 145 million [dollars] to our member institutions at the conclusion of this year.}}</ref> || $145 million || 4.3% || $12.1 million
|-
| 2012<ref name="big12cash3">{{cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=208032791&DB_OEM_ID=10410 |title=Big 12 Announces Record Revenue At Spring Meetings |date=2013-05-31 |accessdate=2013-06-01 |publisher= Big 12 Conference |author=Barnhouse, Wendell}}</ref> || $187 million || 29.0% || $18.7 million
|-
| 2013<ref name="big12cash3" /> || $198 million || 5.9% || $19.8 million
|-
| 2014<ref name="big12cash4">{{cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209513755 |title=Big 12 Announces Record Revenue Distribution |date=2014-05-30 |accessdate=2014-06-05 |publisher= Big 12 Conference |author=Barnhouse, Wendell}}</ref> || $212 million || 7.1% || $21.2 million
|-
| 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/big-12-distributes-252-million-in-annual-revenue-052915 |work=FOX Sports |date=2015-05-29 |accessdate=2015-05-29 |title=Big 12 distributes $252 million in annual revenue |author=Ubben, David}}</ref> || $252 million || 18.9% || $25.2 million
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| Total || $2.29 billion || – || $205 million
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| Average || $121 million || – || $10.8 million
|- style="text-align:center"
|  colspan=4 | <sup>a</sup> Twelve Big 12 members received disbursements each year from 1997-2011; ten each year afterwards. Individual schools' disbursement varied annually according to bylaw rules and entrance or withdrawal agreements.
|}
The Big 12 Conference distributes revenue, mostly collected from television contracts, [[bowl game]]s, the [[NCAA]], merchandise, licensing, and conference-hosted sporting events, annually to member institutions.<ref name="espnrevenue">{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/2094/how-the-big-12-teams-rank-in-revenue-sharing-funds |title=How the Big 12 teams rank in revenue-sharing funds  |publisher=[[ESPN]] |author=Griffin, Tim |date=May 26, 2009 |accessdate=2010-06-06| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100516030428/http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/2094/how-the-big-12-teams-rank-in-revenue-sharing-funds| archivedate= May 16, 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> From 1996 to 2011, 57 percent of all distributed revenue was allotted equally; with the other 43 percent distributed based upon the number of football and men's basketball television appearances and other factors.<ref name="revenue">{{cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=106137&SPID=13138&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205157134 |title=Sharing A Bright Future |publisher=Big 12 Conference |date=June 3, 2011 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/060610dnspobig12sider2.112db5e.html |title=Big 12 problems trace to league's roots |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |author=Kerkhoff, Blair |date=June 5, 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-06| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100608123730/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/060610dnspobig12sider2.112db5e.html| archivedate= June 08 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> The 2011 annual meeting of the conference resulted in a distribution of 76 percent equal allotment and 24 percent based on television appearances. Changing the revenue-sharing arrangement requires a unanimous vote; as a Big 12 member, Nebraska had withheld support for more equitable revenue distribution.<ref name="revenue" />

With this exposure-based revenue-sharing model, larger schools in the conference, such as the University of Texas, can receive more revenue because television channels will schedule such schools more frequently than smaller schools that may have less national audience appeal. In 2006, for example, Texas received $10.2 million, 44% more than Baylor University's $7.1 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/2094/how-the-big-12-teams-rank-in-revenue-sharing-funds |title=How the Big 12 teams rank in revenue-sharing funds |work=[[ESPN]].com |author=Griffin, Tim |date=2009-05-26 |accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref>

Compared to other conferences, the Big 12's revenue has been low for a [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]] conference; this was due in part to television contracts signed with [[Fox Sports Net]] (four years for $48 million) and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]/[[ESPN]] (eight years for $480 million) that were set to expire in 2012 and 2016, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/jun/03/tv-is-big-12s-shot-at-curbing-grazing/ |title=TV is Big 12's shot at curbing grazing |work=[[Columbia Daily Tribune]] |author=Matter, Dave |date=June 3, 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-06}}</ref>

In 2011, the Big 12 announced a new 13-year media rights deal with Fox that would ensure every Big 12 home football game is televised, as well as greatly increasing coverage of women's basketball, conference championships, and low-revenue sports.<ref name="fox2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205135947&SPID=13138&SPSID=106137 |title= Big 12 and Fox Sports Media Group Announce Landmark Agreement |date=2011-04-13 |publisher=Big 12 Conference}}</ref> The deal, valued at an estimated $1.1 billion, runs until 2025.<ref name="fox2011value">{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/sports/college-football/article/Big-12-Fox-Sports-reach-1-1-billion-TV-agreement-1690650.php |title=Big 12, Fox Sports reach $1.1 billion TV agreement |publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] |author=Barron, David |date=2011-04-13}}</ref> In 2012, the conference announced a new ESPN/FOX agreement, replacing the current ABC/ESPN deal, to immediately increase national media broadcasts of football and increase conference revenue;<ref name="espn2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205680799&SPID=13138&SPSID=106137 |publisher=Big 12 Conference |title=Big 12 Announces New Media Rights Deal With ESPN & FOX Sports Media Group |date=2012-09-07}}</ref> the new deal is estimated to be worth $2.6 billion through the 2025 expiration.<ref name="espn2012value">{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8346345/big-12-announces-media-deal-abc-espn-fox |title=Big 12 strikes new media deal |publisher=ESPN |author=McMurphy, Brett |date=2012-09-07}}</ref> The two deals pushed the conference per-team payout to approximately $20 million per year, while also withholding third-tier media rights for schools to negotiate separately for individual contract; schools signing contracts for these rights have secured an additional $6 million to $20 million per school annually.<ref name="forbes12">{{cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/16/4014439/forbes-big-ten-tops-revenue-list.html |title=Forbes: Big Ten tops revenue list but Big 12 richest league per school |author=Kerkhoff, Blair |publisher=Kansas City Star |date=2013-01-16 |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref>The per-school payout under the deal is expected to reach $44 million, according to Commissioner [[Bob Bowlsby]].<ref>{{cite AV media |url=http://www.big12sports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=4108391 |publisher=Big 12 Digital Network |date=2015-05-29 |accessdate=2015-05-29 |title=Big 12 Business Meetings - Commissioner Bowlsby 2 |quote=[...] and then it ultimately peaks out at about 44 million dollars per school in the late stages of our television agreement.}}</ref>
===Revenue  ranking===
Revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, food and novelties. Total expenses includes coaching/staff, scholarships, buildings/ground, maintenance, utilities and rental fees and all other costs including recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues and insurance costs. Data is from [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Methodology|url=http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/index.aspx}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:130px;"| 2014-15 Conference Rank
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| 2014-15 Total Revenue from Athletics<ref name="NCAA FINANCES">{{cite news|title=NCAA FINANCES|url=http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/index.aspx}}</ref>
! style="width:150px;"| 2014-15 Total Expenses on Athletics<ref name="NCAA FINANCES"/>
! style="width:170px;"| 2014-15 Average Spending per [[Student athlete|student-athlete]]<ref name="Spending database">{{cite web|title=Spending database|url=http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/index.aspx}}</ref>
|-
| 1
| [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| $179,555,311
| $152,853,239
| $218,050
|-
| 2
| [[University of Oklahoma]]
| $135,660,070
| $124,732,244
| $170,866
|-
| 3
| [[Baylor University]]
| $106,078,643
| $106,078,643
| $153,737
|-
| 4
| [[University of Kansas]]
| $103,326,170
| $103,326,170
| $177,536
|-
| 5
| [[West Virginia University]]
| $87,265,473
| $87,265,473
| $147,159
|-
| 6
| [[Oklahoma State University]]
| $85,645,208
| $80,196,450
| $123,189
|-
| 7
| [[Texas Christian University]]
| $80,608,562
| $80,608,562
| $145,766
|-
| 8
| [[Kansas State University]]
| $76,245,188
| $66,449,920
| $110,016
|-
| 9
| [[Texas Tech University]]
| $69,858,256
| $64,245,380
| $123,207
|-
| 10
| [[Iowa State University]]
| $65,733,110
| $65,658,901
| $129,396
|}

== Sports ==
As of the current 2012-13 academic year, the conference sponsors championship competition in ten men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The most recently added sports were equestrian which is sanctioned by the [[National Collegiate Equestrian Association]] (NCEA) and rowing, which debuted as fully sponsored sports with official championships during the 2011–12 school year.<ref name="big12sports"/><ref name=big12announce20110602>http://www.big12sports.com//pdf8/765528.pdf</ref> All Big 12 rowing schools are also affiliate members of [[Conference USA]] for that sport and as such compete for the C-USA Rowing championship as well as the Big 12 Rowing championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/w-rowing/spec-rel/w-rowing-format.html |title=Conference USA Women's Rowing Format for 2012–13 |publisher=Conference USA |accessdate=March 21, 2013 |quote=2012-13 Teams (11):	Alabama, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Old Dominion, SMU, Tennessee, Texas, Tulsa, UCF, West Virginia}}</ref>

===Men's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!School!! Baseball !! Basketball !! Cross<br/>Country !! Football !! Golf !! Swimming<br/>& Diving !! Tennis !! Track<br/>& Field<br/>Indoor !! Track<br/>& Field<br/>Outdoor !! Wrestling !! Total<br/>Big 12<br/>Sports
|-
!colspan=15|Full Members
|-
|align=left|Baylor || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || 8
|-
|align=left|Iowa State || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 7
|-
|align=left|Kansas || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || 7
|-
|align=left|Kansas State || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || 7
|-
|align=left|Oklahoma || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 9
|-
|align=left|Oklahoma State || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 9
|-
|align=left|TCU || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || 9
|-
|align=left|Texas || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || 9
|-
|align=left|Texas Tech || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || 8
|-
|align=left|West Virginia || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || 6
|-
!colspan=15|Affiliate Members
|-
|align=left|Air Force ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} || 1
|-
|align=left|North Dakota State ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} || 1
|-
|align=left|Northern Colorado ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} || 1
|-
|align=left|South Dakota State ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} || 1
|-
|align=left|Utah Valley ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} || 1
|-
|align=left|Wyoming ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} || 1
|-
|Totals || 9 || 10 || 9 || 10 || 10 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 9 || 10 || 
|}
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 schools:  
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! <big>School !! Gymnastics !! Rifle* !! Soccer
|-
|<big>Oklahoma</big> || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]] || No || No
|-
|<big>TCU</big> || No || Independent || No
|-
|<big>West Virginia</big>  || No || [[Great America Rifle Conference]] || [[Mid-American Conference]]
|-
|colspan="4"|<nowiki>*</nowiki>Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams.
|}

===Women's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!School !! Basketball !! Cross<br/>Country !! Equestrian !! Golf !! Gymnastics !! Rowing !! Soccer !! Softball !! Swimming<br/>& Diving !! Tennis !! Track<br/>& Field<br/>Indoor !! Track<br/>& Field<br/>Outdoor !! Volleyball !! Total<br/>Big 12<br/>Sports
|-
!colspan=15|Full Members
|-
|align=left|Baylor || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 10
|-
|align=left|Iowa State || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 11
|-
|align=left|Kansas || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 11
|-
|align=left|Kansas State || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 9
|-
|align=left|Oklahoma || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 11
|-
|align=left|Oklahoma State || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || 9
|-
|align=left|TCU || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 10
|-
|align=left|Texas || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 11
|-
|align=left|Texas Tech || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 9
|-
|align=left|West Virginia || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{N}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || {{Y}} || 10
|-
!colspan=15|Affiliate Members
|-
|align=left|Alabama ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 1
|-
|align=left|Old Dominion ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 1
|-
|align=left|Denver ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 1
|-
|align=left|Tennessee ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || {{Y}} ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 1
|-
|Totals || 10 || 10 || 4 || 9 || 4 || 8 || 9 || 7 || 5 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 9 ||
|}

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 schools:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!School !! Rifle*
|-
|align=left|TCU || [[Patriot Rifle Conference]]
|-
|align=left|West Virginia || [[Great America Rifle Conference]]
|}
*Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. TCU and West Virginia both field coed teams.

=== Baseball ===
{{main|Big 12 Baseball Tournament}}

The top 8 teams compete in the [[Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament|conference tournament]] at the conclusion of each season. [[Iowa State Cyclones baseball|Iowa State]] has not sponsored baseball since dropping its intercollegiate program after the 2001 season.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break|width=400px}}
====Number of baseball titles by school====
*Texas: 11 (7 regular-season, 4 tournament)
*Nebraska: 7 (3 regular-season, 4 tournament)
*Baylor: 3 (3 regular-season, 0 tournament)
*Texas Tech: 2 (1 regular-season, 1 tournament)
*Kansas: 1 (0 regular-season, 1 tournament)
*Oklahoma: 1 (0 regular-season, 1 tournament)
*Oklahoma State: 1 (0 regular-season, 1 tournament)
*Kansas State: 0
*Iowa State: 0
{{Col-break}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Season
!Regular-Season<br>Champion
!Tournament<br>Champion
|-
|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
|-
|2006
|Texas
|Kansas
|-
|2007
|Texas
|Texas A&M
|-
|2008
|Texas A&M
|Texas
|-
|2009
|Texas
|Texas
|-
|2010
|Texas
|Texas A&M
|-
|2011
|Texas<br>Texas A&M
|Texas A&M
|-
|2012
|Baylor
|Missouri
|}
{{Col-end}}

==== By school ====
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! School
! Appearances
! W-L
! Pct
! Tourney Titles
! Title Years
|-
| [[Baylor Bears|Baylor]]
| 15
| 25–23
| .521
| 0
|
|-
| [[Iowa State Cyclones baseball|Iowa State]]
| 1
| 1–2
| .333
| 0
|
|-
| [[Kansas Jayhawks baseball|Kansas]]
| 6
| 6–6
| .500
| 1
| [[2006 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2006]]
|-
| [[Kansas State Wildcats baseball|Kansas State]]
| 6
| 7–10
| .412
| 0
|
|-
| [[Missouri Tigers baseball|Missouri]]
| 13
| 22–19
| .536
| 1
| 2012
|-
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball|Nebraska]]
| 10
| 28–10
| .737
| 4
| [[1999 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|1999]], [[2000 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2000]], [[2001 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2001]], [[2005 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2005]]
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners baseball|Oklahoma]]
| 15
| 23–24
| .489
| 1
| [[1997 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|1997]]
|-
| [[Oklahoma State Cowboys|Oklahoma State]]
| 14
| 11–26
| .297
| 1
| [[2004 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2004]]
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns baseball|Texas]]
| 13
| 26–22
| .542
| 4
| [[2002 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2002]], [[2003 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2003]], [[2008 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2008]], [[2009 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2009]]
|-
| [[Texas A&M Aggies baseball|Texas A&M]]
| 13
| 24–18
| .571
| 3
| [[2007 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2007]], [[2010 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2010]], [[2011 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|2011]]
|-
| [[Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball|Texas Tech]]
| 11
| 13–19
| .382
| 1
| [[1998 Big 12 Baseball Tournament|1998]]
|}{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
* As of the end of the 2012 tournament.
===Basketball===
==== Men's basketball ====
{{See also|Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament|Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year}}
From 1996–2011, standings in conference play were combined and not split among divisions, the schedule was structured as if the schools were split into two divisions. Teams played 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 denied Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, formerly in the Big Eight, two games a season against their opponents from that former conference, but did allow most of the other traditional rivalries to be played home-and-home. However, after the departures of Nebraska and Colorado, Big 12 play transitioned to an 18-game, double round robin schedule, allowing Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to once again play their former Big 8 rivals twice each season, in addition to adding second annual games to lucrative, nationally prominent series like Texas-Kansas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Basketball – 2011–2012 Schedule & Results-All Teams full season schedule|url=http://www.big12sports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&SPID=13134&SPSID=106112&Q_SEASON=2011&CONF_SCHOOL_ID=&SCHEDULE_MONTH=-1|work=Big 12 official Website|accessdate=October 4, 2011}}</ref>

===== Big 12 men's basketball champions =====

Kansas has the most Big 12 regular season titles, winning or sharing the title 12 times in the league's 16 seasons. The 2002 Kansas team became the first, and so far, only team to complete an undefeated Big XII regular season, going 16–0. Kansas has won or shared 8 straight league titles and 10 of the past 11. Kansas has won the most Big 12 postseason titles as well, winning 8 out of 16. However, Missouri was the most recent Big 12 Tournament champion, winning the 2012 edition of the tournament, the Tigers' final appearance in the event before leaving for the SEC.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Season
!Regular Season Champion<br>Record
!Tournament<br>Champion
|-
|1997
|[[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] 15–1
|Kansas
|-
|1998
|Kansas 15–1
|Kansas
|-
|1999
|[[1998-1999 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]] 13–3
|Kansas
|-
|2000
|[[1999–2000 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team|Iowa State]] 14–2
|Iowa State
|-
|2001
|[[2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team|Iowa State]] 13–3
|Oklahoma
|-
|2002
|Kansas 16–0
|Oklahoma
|-
|2003
|Kansas 14–2
|Oklahoma
|-
|2004
|[[2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team|Oklahoma State]] 14–2
|Oklahoma State
|-
|2005
|[[2004–05 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team|Oklahoma]]<br>[[2004–05 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 12–4
|Oklahoma State
|-
|2006
|Texas<br>[[2005–06 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 13–3
|Kansas
|-
|2007
|[[2006–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 14–2
|Kansas
|-
|2008
|Texas<br>[[2007–08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 13–3
|Kansas
|-
|2009
|[[2008–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 14–2
|[[2008–09 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team|Missouri]]
|-
|2010
|[[2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 15–1
|Kansas
|-
|2011
|[[2010-11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 14–2
|Kansas
|-
|2012
|[[2011–12 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] 16–2
|[[2011–12 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team|Missouri]]
|}

In 2005, Oklahoma won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 71–63 home victory over the Jayhawks.<ref>[http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030605aah.html Kansas, Oklahoma Share Regular Season Big 12 Men's Basketball Title]{{dead link|date=October 2012}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=August 2011}}

In 2006, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 80–55 home victory over the Jayhawks.<ref>[http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030506aab.html Kansas, Texas Share Regular Season Big 12 Men's Basketball Title]{{dead link|date=October 2012}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=August 2011}}

In 2008, Texas won the post-season tournament seeding tiebreaker over Kansas based on their 72–69 home victory over the Jayhawks.<ref>http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf</ref>

===== Big 12 in the NCAA tournament =====
*Through 2012 Final Four

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!School !!Appearances !!Final Fours !!Championships
|-
| [[Baylor Bears basketball|Baylor]] || 7 || 2 || 0
|-
| [[Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball|Iowa State]] || 14 || 1 || 0
|-
| [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] || 41 || 14 || 3
|-
| [[Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball|Kansas State]] || 26 || 4 || 0
|-
| [[Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball|Oklahoma]] || 28 || 4 || 0
|-
| [[Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball|Oklahoma State]] || 24 || 6 || 2
|-
| [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]] || 30 || 3 || 0
|-
| [[Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball|Texas Tech]] || 8 || 0 || 0
|}{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

===== Big 12 men's basketball programs all time =====
* Through the end of the 2008–09 season<ref name=Big12recordbook>{{Citation | title = Big 12 Sports Basketball Record Book | publisher = Big 12 Conference | year = 2012 | page = 81 | url = http://www.big12sports.com/fls/10410/pdfs/mbasketball/1213guide/record-book-A.pdf | accessdate = 2013-03-13}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!School
!Year Started
!All Time Wins
!All Time Winning Percentage
|-
|Baylor
|1907
|1,180
|.479
|-
|Iowa State
|1908
|1,163
|.493
|-
|Kansas
|1899
|2,038
|.718
|-
|Kansas State
|1903
|1,434
|.580
|-
|Oklahoma
|1908
|1,499
|.614
|-
|Oklahoma State
|1908
|1,475
|.589
|-
|Texas
|1906
|1,586
|.627
|-
|Texas Tech
|1925
|1,250
|.568
|}{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

===== Big 12 Cumulative Conference record =====
* From 1996–1997, through March 12, 2013<ref name=Big12recordbook/>
{| border="1" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! | School
! Conf Ws !! Conf Ls !! Conf W %
! Total Ws !! Total Ls !! | Total W %
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Baylor
|98
|178
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|98|178}}
|274
|244
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|274|244}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |  ''Colorado''
|  ''95''
|  ''145''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |  ''{{Winning percentage|95|145}}''
|  ''240''
|  ''223''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |   ''{{Winning percentage|240|223}}'' 
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Iowa State
|123
|153
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|123|153}}
|309
|230
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|309|230}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Kansas
|231
|45
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|231|45}}
|500
|103
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|500|103}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Kansas State
|125
|151
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|125|151}}
|309
|223
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|309|223}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | ''Missouri''
|  ''139''
|  ''119''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |  ''{{Winning percentage|139|119}}''
|  ''322''
|  ''199''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |   ''{{Winning percentage|322|199}}'' 
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |  ''Nebraska''
|  ''97''
|  ''143''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |   ''{{Winning percentage|97|143}}''
|  ''247''
|  ''221''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |  ''{{Winning percentage|247|221}}'' 
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Oklahoma
|164
|112
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|164|112}}
|370
|182
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|370|182}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Oklahoma State
|158
|118
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|158|118}}
|370
|187
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|370|187}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Texas
|183
|93
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|183|93}}
|389
|182
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|389|182}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |  ''Texas A&M''
|  ''98''
|  ''160''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |   ''{{Winning percentage|98|160}}''
| ''257''
|  ''234''
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" |   ''{{Winning percentage|257|234}}'' 
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Texas Christian
|2
|16
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|2|16}}
|11
|20
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|11|20}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | Texas Tech
|101
|175
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|101|175}}
|272
|260
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|272|260}}
|-
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | West Virginia
|6
|12
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|6|12}}
|13
|18
|style="background: #e3e3e3;" | {{Winning percentage|13|18}}
|}
''Conference records do not include conference tournament games, only regular season conference games''
====Women's basketball====
===Cross Country===
====Mens Cross Country====
====Women's Cross Country====
====Equestrian====
=== Football ===
{{Main|Big 12 Conference football}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin: 1em auto; float: right;"
|-
! style="background:#c90c37;"| '''North Division''' !! style="background:#43494e;"|'''South Division'''
|-
| Colorado || Baylor
|-
| Iowa State || Oklahoma
|-
| Kansas || Oklahoma State
|-
| Kansas State || Texas
|-
| Missouri || Texas A&M
|-
| Nebraska || Texas Tech
|}
From 1996-2010 teams were separated into North and South divisions each comprising of six teams, Each team played eight conference games a season, five from 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. Under this format the teams leading their division at the end of the regular season would play in the [[Big 12 Football Championship Game|Big 12 Championship game]] for the Conference Championship. Following the departures of Nebraska and Colorado in 2011, the Big 12 eliminated the divisions (and championship game) and instituted a nine-game round-robin format. Under this format all ten schools play one another and the team with the best conference record at the end of the regular season is declared the Big 12 Champion.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2010-09-30/big-12-approves-round-robin-schedule | title=Big 12 approves round-robin schedule | publisher=http://aol.sportingnews.com | date=September 30, 2010 | accessdate=February 08, 2013}}</ref>

==== Championship Game ====
{{Main|Big 12 Championship Game}}
The '''Big 12 Championship Game''' was held by the Big 12 Conference from 1996 till 2010. The idea of having a championship game was voted on at a Big 12 Conference meeting; Nebraska voted against, while the other schools voted in favor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big 12 approves playoff format |location=Harlan, Kentucky |agency=Associated Press |date=June 16, 1995 |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SS5BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=06gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6967,2386120&dq=big-12+kansas-city+headquarters+irving&hl=en }}</ref> The championship game pitted the North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the completion of the regular season. The [[1996 Big 12 Championship Game|first]] championship game was held on December 7 at [[Edward Jones Dome|Trans World Dome]] (now Edward Jones Dome) in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] following the 1996 season. The game was played between North Division Champion [[1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] and  Big 12 South Division Champion [[1996 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]], with Texas winning 37-27 to become the first Big 12 Champion. The [[2010 Big 12 Championship Game|final]] Championship game was held on December 4 at [[Cowboys Stadium]] in [[Arlington, Texas]] following the 2010 season. The game was played between North division Champion [[2010 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] and South division Champion [[2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]], with Oklahoma winning the final Big 12 Championship game 23-20.

Only seven of the twelve teams to compete for a chance to play in the championship played in the game those being Oklahoma (8), Nebraska (6), Texas (5), Colorado (4), Kansas State (3), Texas A&M (2), Missouri (2). Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech did not make an appearance in any Big 12 Championship Game. Oklahoma won the most at seven.

During its fifteen year history the game was played in six different locations with [[Kansas City, Missouri]] hosting the most at five (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008), [[San Antonio, Texas]] hosted the seconded most with three (1997, 1999, 2007), [[Arlington, Texas]] (2009, 2010), [[Houston, Texas]] (2002, 2005), and [[St. Louis, Missouri]] (1996, 1998) each hosted the event twice and [[Irving, Texas]] (2001) hosted it once.

===2014 Bowl games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! style="text-align: center;"| Pick
!
<center>Name<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204777134 | title = 2013-14 Bowl Agreements | publisher = Big 12 Conference | date = 07/01/2009
}}</ref></center>
! style="text-align: center;"| Location
! style="text-align: center;"| Opposing conference
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| –
| [[College Football Playoff]]
| style="text-align: center;"|–
| style="text-align: center;"|–
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| 1
| [[Sugar Bowl]]†
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| 2
| [[Alamo Bowl|Valero Alamo Bowl]]
| [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]
| [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| 3
| [[Russell Athletic Bowl]]
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| 4
| [[Texas Bowl|AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl]]
| [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| 5
| [[Liberty Bowl|AutoZone Liberty Bowl]]
| [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| 6
| [[Cactus Bowl (Tempe)|Cactus Bowl]]
| [[Tempe, Arizona]]
| [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| 7
| [[Heart of Dallas Bowl]]‡
| [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]] 
| [[Conference USA]] 
|-
|[[Armed Forces Bowl|Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl]]‡
|[[Fort Worth, Texas]]
|[[American Athletic Conference|American]]
|-
|colspan="4"|†: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.<br>
‡:Conference representative will play in the bowls on a rotating basis.
|}

==== Rivalries ====
The Big 12 Conference has many rivalries among its member schools, primarily in [[American football|football]]. Most of the rivalries existed before the Big 12 was established. The Kansas-Missouri rivalry was the longest running in the Big 12, the longest running west of the Mississippi, and the second longest running in college football.  It was played a duration of 119 years before Missouri left the Big 12. The Oklahoma-Texas rivalry is also unique, as it was a major rivalry decades before the two schools were in the same conference. Before their departure to other conferences, a number of former member schools held longtime rivalries within the conference:

Some of the longstanding football rivalries between Big 12 schools include:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:900px;text-align:left;"
|-
!Rivalry !!Name !!Trophy !!Games<br/>played<small><sup>†</sup></small>!!Began</small>!!Last Meeting!!Notes
|-
|[[Baylor–TCU football rivalry|Baylor–TCU]] || || || 108 || 1899 ||—||
|-
|Baylor–Texas || || || 101 || 1901||—||
|-
||[[Baylor University|Baylor]]–[[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech]] || [[Texas Farm Bureau Insurance]] Shootout || || 67 ||1929||—||
|-
|[[Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry|Iowa State–Kansas State]] || Farmageddon || || 96 || 1917||—||
|-
|[[Sunflower Showdown|Kansas–Kansas State]] || [[Sunflower Showdown]] || [[Governor's Cup (Kansas)|Governor's Cup]] || 110 || 1902||—||
|-
|[[Bedlam Series|Oklahoma–Oklahoma State]] || [[Bedlam Series]] || Bedlam Bell || 107 || 1904||—||Oklahoma leads the series 83–17–7
|-
|[[Red River Rivalry|Oklahoma–Texas]]|| [[Red River Rivalry]] || Golden Hat || 107 || 1900||—||
|-
|[[Chancellor's Spurs|Texas–Texas Tech]]|| || [[Chancellor's Spurs]]|| 62 || 1928||—||
|-
| Texas–TCU || || || 82 || 1897||—||
|-
|[[The West Texas Championship|Texas Tech–TCU]]|| [[The West Texas Championship]] || || 55 || 1926||—||
|-
!colspan="8" style="background-color:#DCDCDC"|Former Rivalries
|-
||[[Colorado-Nebraska football rivalry|Nebraska–Colorado]]|| || || 69 || 1898 || 2010||
|-
|[[Nebraska-Oklahoma football rivalry|Oklahoma–Nebraska]] || || || 86 || 1912 || 2010||{{Small|On November 29, 2012 an agreement was reached between the two schools to play a home a home series during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.<ref name="Rivalry renewed">{{cite web | url=http://www.news9.com/story/20219855/oklahoma-and-nebraska-rivalry-renewed | title=Oklahoma And Nebraska Rivalry Renewed | publisher=News9.com | date=November 29, 2012 | accessdate=November 29, 2012}}</ref> Oklahoma leads the series 45–38–3}}
|-
||[[Missouri-Nebraska football rivalry|Nebraska–Missouri]] || || Victory Bell || 104 || 1892 || 2010||
|-
|Iowa State–Missouri || || [[Telephone Trophy]]<ref name=mascots>{{cite web|title=Mascot & Football Traditions|url=http://www.mutigers.com/trads/miss-mascot-trophy.html|publisher=mutigers.com|accessdate=August 14, 2011}}</ref> || 52 || 1959 || 2011||
|-
|[[Border War (Kansas–Missouri rivalry)|Kansas-Missouri]] || [[Border War (Kansas–Missouri rivalry)|Border War]] || Indian War Drum<ref name=mascots/> || 119 || 1891 || 2011||{{Small|As of October 2012, the University of Kansas' athletic department has not accepted Missouri's invitations to play inter-conference rivalry games, putting the rivalry on hold. Sports clubs sponsored by the two universities have continued to play games.<ref name="Border Showdown Continues">{{cite web|title=Border Showdown Continues|url=http://mizzoumag.missouri.edu/2012/07/border-showdown-continues/|accessdate=10/23/2012}}</ref>}}
|-
|[[Missouri–Oklahoma football rivalry|Oklahoma–Missouri]] || || [[Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe|Peace Pipe]] || 95 || 1929 || 2011||Oklahoma leads the series 65–25–5
|-
|[[Battle of the Brazos|Baylor–Texas A&M]] || [[Battle of the Brazos]]|| || 108 || 1899|| 2011||
|-
|[[Lone Star Showdown|Texas–Texas A&M]]|| [[Lone Star Showdown]] || Lone Star Showdown Trophy || 118 || 1894 || 2011||
|-
||[[Texas A&M - Texas Tech football rivalry|Texas Tech–Texas A&M]]|| || || 70 || 1927 || 2011||
|}
<sup>†</sup> <small>Through 2012</small>

===Golf===
===Gymnastics===
===Rowing===
===Soccer===
===Softball===
===Swimming & Diving===
====Men's Swimming & Diving====
====Women's Swimming & Diving====
===Tennis===
====Men's Tennis====
====Women's Tennis====
===Track and Field (Indoor)===
====Men's Track and Field====
====Women's Track and Field====
===Track and Field (Outdoor)===
====Men's Track and Field====
====Women's Track and Field====
===Volleyball===
===Wrestling===

== Facilities ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!School
!Football stadium
!Capacity
!Basketball arena
!Capacity
!Baseball stadium
!Capacity
|-
|Baylor
|[[Floyd Casey Stadium]]<br>''[[Baylor Stadium]] (2014)''
|50,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baylorbears.com/facilities/casey.html|title=Floyd Casey Stadium|accessdate=2010-10-18|publisher=Baylor Bears Athletics}}</ref><br>''45,000''
|[[Ferrell Center]]
|10,284
|[[Baylor Ballpark]]
|5,000
|-
|Iowa State
|[[Jack Trice Stadium]]
|55,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=541499|title=Jack Trice Stadium | Football|accessdate=2010-10-18|publisher=Iowa State Cyclones| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101107232518/http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=541499| archivedate= November 07 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref>
|[[Hilton Coliseum]]
|14,356
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Non-baseball school''*
|-
|Kansas
|[[Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas)|Memorial Stadium]]
|50,071<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kuathletics.com/facilities/kan-memorial-stadium.html|title=Memorial Stadium|accessdate=2010-10-18|publisher=University of Kansas Athletics Department}}</ref>
|[[Allen Fieldhouse]]
|16,300
|[[Hoglund Ballpark]]
|2,500
|-
|Kansas State
|[[Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium]]
|50,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kstatesports.com/facilities/bill-snyder-family-stadium.html|title=Kansas State Athletics Facilities|accessdate=2010-10-18|publisher=Kansas State University| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100930091944/http://www.kstatesports.com/facilities/bill-snyder-family-stadium.html| archivedate= September 30 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref>
|[[Bramlage Coliseum]]
|12,528
|[[Tointon Family Stadium]]
|2,000
|-
|Oklahoma
|[[Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium]]
|82,112<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/facilities/memorial-stadium.html|title=Memorial Stadium|accessdate=2010-10-18|publisher=University of Oklahoma Athletics Department| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101030161756/http://www.soonersports.com/facilities/memorial-stadium.html| archivedate= October 30 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref>
|[[Lloyd Noble Center]]
|12,000
|[[L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park]]
|3,180
|-
|Oklahoma State
|[[Boone Pickens Stadium]]
|60,218<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okstate.com/facilities/boone-pickens-stadium.html|title=Boone Pickens Stadium|accessdate=2010-10-18|publisher=Oklahoma State University}}</ref>
|[[Gallagher-Iba Arena]]
|13,611
|[[Allie P. Reynolds Stadium]]
|3,821
|-
|Texas
|[[Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium]]
|100,119<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texassports.com/facilities/royal-memorial-stadium.html|title=Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium|accessdate=2010-10-18|publisher=University of Texas Athletic Department| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101028130735/http://www.texassports.com/facilities/royal-memorial-stadium.html| archivedate= October 28 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref>
|[[Frank Erwin Center]]
|16,734
|[[UFCU Disch–Falk Field|UFCU Disch-Falk Field]]
|6,649
|-
|TCU
| align=left |[[Amon G. Carter Stadium]]
|45,000
| align=left |[[Daniel–Meyer Coliseum]]
|7,200
| align=left |[[Lupton Stadium]]
|4,500
|-
|Texas Tech
|[[Jones AT&T Stadium]]
|60,454<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redraiders.com/2010/06/24/new-jones-att-stadium-addition-moving-on-schedule/|title=New Jones AT&T Stadium addition moving on schedule|accessdate=2010-10-23|publisher=RedRaiders.com – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/colleges/tag/_/name/jones-att-stadium|title=Demand for Tech football tickets red-hot|accessdate=2010-10-23|publisher=ESPN – Dallas/Ft Worth| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101203181732/http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/colleges/tag/_/name/jones-att-stadium| archivedate= December 03 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010FBmediasupplement.pdf|title=2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Media Supplement (also available embedded at http://www.texastech.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/text/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010FBmediasupplement)|accessdate=2010-10-23|publisher=Texas Tech University Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/techathletics/docs/ttu_gameone|title=Texas Tech 2010 Football Game 1 Notes (SMU)|accessdate=2010-10-23|publisher=Texas Tech University Athletics}}</ref>
|[[United Spirit Arena]]
|15,091
|[[Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park]]
|5,050
|-
|West Virginia
|[[Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium|Mountaineer Field]]
|60,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=7920|title=Milan Puskar Stadium|accessdate=2011-10-28|publisher=West Virginia University Athletics}}</ref>
|[[WVU Coliseum]]
|14,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=7925|title=WVU Coliseum|accessdate=2011-10-28|publisher=West Virginia University Athletics}}</ref>
|[[Hawley Field]]
|1,500<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=7931|title=Hawley Field|accessdate=2011-10-28|publisher=West Virginia University Athletics}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="7"|<nowiki>*</nowiki>Iowa State discontinued its participation in baseball as an NCAA-recognized activity following the 2001 season.<ref name=isubaseball>{{cite news |title= Iowa State Prolongs Baseball Season |work= The Telegraph-Herald |date= May 14, 2001 |location= Dubuque, Iowa |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YiFaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z0sNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1450,3309925&dq=iowa-state+baseball&hl=en }}</ref> It participates in club baseball as a member of the [[National Club Baseball Association]].  Games are played at Cap Timm Field, capacity 3,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Iowa State Club Baseball |publisher=Iowa State Club Baseball |accessdate= August 31, 2011 |url=http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/baseball/about.php }}</ref>
|}

== Conference champions ==
{{Main|List of Big 12 Conference champions}}

The '''Big 12 Conference''' sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.<ref>{{cite web|title=Two New Sports|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=631647&SPID=92796&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205156954&DB_OEM_ID=10410|publisher=Big12Sports.com|accessdate=August 14, 2011}}</ref>

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 Football Championship Game|Big 12 Championship Game]] for the Big 12 title from 1996–2010. 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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

=== Big 12 Conference titles by school ===
''As of May 3, 2012''. ''List 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''.<ref name=Champs>{{cite web|title=All-Time Big 12 Championships|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205160610|publisher=Big12Sports.com|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="17" style= background:#939BA1; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D |<font color=#FFFFFF>Big 12 Conference titles by institution</font>
|-
! ''{{Small|School}}'' !! {{Small|Baseball}}!!{{Small|Basketball}}!!{{Small|Cross Country}}!!{{Small|Equestrian}}!!{{Small|Football}}!!{{Small|Golf}}!!{{Small|Gymnastics}}!!{{Small|Rowing}}!!{{Small|Soccer}}!!{{Small|Softball**}}!!{{Small|Swimming & Diving}}!!{{Small|Tennis}}!!{{Small|Indoor Track & Field}}!!{{Small|Outdoor Track & Field}}!!{{Small|Wrestling}}!!{{Small|Total}}
|-
| Baylor || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Colorado<nowiki>*</nowiki>|| — || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Iowa State || — || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Kansas || 1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Kansas State || 0 ||  || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
|Missouri<nowiki>*</nowiki> || 1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
|Nebraska<nowiki>*</nowiki>|| 4 || ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| Oklahoma || 1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Oklahoma State || 1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Texas|| 4 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Texas A&M<nowiki>*</nowiki> || 3 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Texas Christian || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Texas Tech || 1 || ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| West Virginia || 0 ||  ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|-
|colspan="17"|<nowiki>*</nowiki>Lists conference championships won as member of the conference.<br /><nowiki>**</nowiki>Oklahoma won the 1996 Big 12 softball postseason title prior to the first academic year of Big 12 competition (1996-97).
|}

==National championships==
The following is a list of all NCAA championships won by teams that were representing the Big 12 Conference in NCAA-recognized sports at the time of their championship.<ref name="ncaa mens titles">{{cite web | title = NCAA Men's Championships | url =http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Men.pdf | accessdate = 2009-06-03}}</ref><ref name="ncaa womens titles">{{cite web | title = NCAA Women's Championships | url =http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/Women.pdf | accessdate = 2009-06-03}}</ref>
===Team national championships===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
'''[[Bowl Championship Series|Football]] (3):'''<br />
1997 – Nebraska<br />
2000 – Oklahoma<br />
2005 – Texas

'''[[National Collegiate Equestrian Association|Equestrian]]  (12):'''<br />
2002 − Texas A&M <small>(Overall) </small><br/>
2003 − Oklahoma State <small>(Western)</small> <br/>
2004 − Oklahoma State <small>(Western)</small> <br/>
2005 − Texas A&M <small>(Western)</small> <br/>
2006 − Oklahoma State <small>(Western)</small> <br/>
2007 − Texas A&M <small>(Western)</small> <br/>
2009 − Texas A&M <small>(Western)</small> <br/>
2010 − Texas A&M <small>(Western)</small> <br/>
2011 − Texas A&M <small>(Western) </small><br/>
2012 – Texas A&M <small>(Overall)</small><br />
2012 – Baylor <small>(Hunter)</small><br />
2012 – Texas A&M <small>(Western)</small>

'''[[College World Series|Baseball]] (2):'''<br />
2002 – Texas<br />
2005 – Texas

'''[[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|Men's Basketball]] (1):'''<br />
2008 – Kansas

'''[[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|Women's Basketball]] (3):'''<br />
2005 – Baylor<br />
2011 – Texas A&M<br />
2012 – Baylor
{{Col-break}}

'''[[NCAA Bowling Championship|Women's Bowling]] (5):'''<br />
1999 – Nebraska<br />
2001 – Nebraska<br />
2004 – Nebraska<br />
2005 – Nebraska<br />
2009 – Nebraska

'''[[NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship|Men's Cross Country]] (6):'''<br>
2001 – Colorado<br />
2004 – Colorado<br />
2006 – Colorado<br />
2009 – Oklahoma State<br />
2010 – Oklahoma State<br />
2012 - Oklahoma State

'''[[NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship|Women's Cross Country]] (2):'''<br />
2000 – Colorado<br />
2004 – Colorado<br />

'''[[NCAA Men's Golf Championship|Men's Golf]] (4):'''<br />
2000 – Oklahoma State<br />
2006 – Oklahoma State<br />
2009 – Texas A&M<br />
2012 – Texas
{{Col-break}}

'''[[NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship|Men's Gymnastics]] (5):'''<br />
2002 – Oklahoma<br />
2003 – Oklahoma<br />
2005 – Oklahoma<br />
2006 – Oklahoma<br />
2008 – Oklahoma

'''[[NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship|Women's Indoor Track]] (3):'''<br />
1998 – Texas<br />
1999 – Texas<br />
2006 – Texas

'''[[NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship|Men's Outdoor Track]] (3):'''<br />
2009 – Texas A&M<br />
2010 – Texas A&M<br />
2011 – Texas A&M

'''[[NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship|Women's Outdoor Track]] (6):'''<br />
1998 – Texas<br />
1999 – Texas<br />
2005 – Texas<br />
2009 – Texas A&M<br />
2010 – Texas A&M<br />
2011 – Texas A&M

'''[[NCAA Skiing team championship|Men's/Women's Skiing]] (4):'''<br />
1998 – Colorado<br />
1999 – Colorado<br />
2006 – Colorado<br />
2011 – Colorado
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'''[[NCAA Softball Championship|Softball]] (2):'''<br />
2000 – Oklahoma<br />
2013 - Oklahoma

'''[[NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships|Men's Swimming]] (5):'''<br />
1996 – Texas<br />
2000 – Texas<br />
2001 – Texas<br />
2002 – Texas<br />
2010 – Texas

'''[[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship|Men's Tennis]] (1):'''<br />
2004 – Baylor

'''[[NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship|Women's Volleyball]] (3):'''<br />
2000 – Nebraska<br />
2006 – Nebraska<br />
2012 - Texas

'''[[NCAA Wrestling Team Championship|Wrestling]] (4):'''<br />
2003 – Oklahoma State<br />
2004 – Oklahoma State<br />
2005 – Oklahoma State<br />
2006 – Oklahoma State<br />
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==== National team titles by institution ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="7" style= background:#939BA1; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D |<font color=#FFFFFF>Big 12 National Championships by institution</font>
|-
! ''School'' !! ''[[NCAA]]''<nowiki>*</nowiki><ref name=NCAAChamps>{{cite web|title=Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf|accessdate=September 10, 2011}}</ref>!!''[[AIAW]]''!!''[[Helms Athletic Foundation|Helms]]<br>''!![[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|Football]]<nowiki>**</nowiki>!! ''Total titles''!!Notes
|-
| Baylor || align="center"|3 || align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|4 ||BU has 1 equestrian title
|-
| Colorado|| align="center"|21 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|1 || align="center"|22 ||
|-
| Iowa State || align="center"|13 || align="center"|5 ||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|18 ||
|-
| Kansas || align="center"|10 || align="center"|2 || align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|15 ||
|-
| Kansas State || align="center"|0 || align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0  ||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0 ||
|-
|Missouri || align="center"|2 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|2 ||
|-
|Nebraska|| align="center"|18 || align="center"|1 || align="center"|2 || align="center"|5 || align="center"|26||
|-
| Oklahoma || align="center"|19 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|6 ||align="center"|7 ||align="center"|32 ||
|-
| Oklahoma State || align="center"|51 || align="center"|0 ||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|0  ||align="center"|53 ||OSU has 3 equestrian titles
|-
| Texas|| align="center"|50 || align="center"|4 ||align="center"|2 || align="center"|4 ||align="center"|60 ||
|-
| Texas A&M || align="center"|8 || align="center"|1 || align="center"|1 || align="center"|3 || align="center"|13 ||
|-
| Texas Christian || align="center"|6 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|1 ||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|9 || TCU has 1 equestrian title
|-
| Texas Tech || align="center"|1 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|0 || align="center"|0 ||align="center"| 1||
|-
| West Virginia || align="center"|15 || align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0  ||align="center"|0 ||align="center"| 15||
|-
|colspan="7"|<nowiki>*</nowiki>Football, [[Helms Athletic Foundation|Helms]], [[National Collegiate Equestrian Association|Equestrian]] and [[AIAW]] titles are not included in the NCAA Championship count, but are included in the total count.
<nowiki>**</nowiki>Claimed National football championships.
|}
===Individual national championships===
==== Individual national team titles by institution ====

==Notes==
*{{note label|A|A|A}} Twelve Big 12 members received disbursements each year from 1997-2011; ten each year afterwards. Individual schools' disbursement varied according to bylaw rules and entrance or withdrawal agreements.

== References ==
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