Big Twelve Conference Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Big Twelve Conference is a College Athletic Conference located in the central United States. It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports, and Division I-A for football.
The conference was formed on February 25, 1994, when the former Big Eight Conference merged with four Texas schools that had been members of the Southwest Conference, which had just disbanded.
Member schools include:
North Division
- University of Colorado
- Iowa State University
- University of Kansas
- Kansas State University
- University of Missouri
- University of Nebraska
- Baylor University
- University of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State University
- University of Texas
- Texas A&M University;
- Texas Tech University
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The Big Twelve has many rivalries among its member schools, especially in football. A couple of its major rivalries go back to its predecessor, the Big Eight Conference, and another was imported from the Southwest Conference. Some of the football rivalries involving Big 12 schools include (with travelling trophies and/or special name of the game in parentheses):
College Football rivalries involving Big 12 schools
National Championships
The following is a list of all the national championships held by member schools. Only championships 1994 and later should be counted towards the Big XII total itself (33).
| Football (17): 1939 - Texas A&M 1950 - Oklahoma 1955 - Oklahoma 1956 - Oklahoma 1963 - Texas 1969 - Texas 1970 - Nebraska / Texas 1971 - Nebraska 1974 - Oklahoma 1975 - Oklahoma 1985 - Oklahoma 1990 - Colorado 1994 - Nebraska 1995 - Nebraska 1997 - Nebraska 2000 - Oklahoma
| Baseball (9): 1949 - Texas 1950 - Texas 1951 - Oklahoma 1954 - Missouri 1959 - Oklahoma State 1975 - Texas 1983 - Texas 1994 - Oklahoma 2002 - Texas
Men's Basketball (4):
| Women's Basketball (2): 1986 - Texas 1993 - Texas Tech
Men's Cross Country (5):
Women's Cross Country (2):
| Men's Golf (12): 1963 - Oklahoma State 1971 - Texas 1972 - Texas 1976 - Oklahoma State 1978 - Oklahoma State 1980 - Oklahoma State 1983 - Oklahoma State 1987 - Oklahoma State 1989 - Oklahoma 1991 - Oklahoma State 1995 - Oklahoma State 2000 - Oklahoma State |
| Men's Gymnastics (16): 1971 - Iowa State 1973 - Iowa State 1974 - Iowa State 1977 - Oklahoma 1978 - Oklahoma 1979 - Nebraska 1980 - Nebraska 1981 - Nebraska 1982 - Nebraska 1983 - Nebraska 1988 - Nebraska 1990 - Nebraska 1991 - Oklahoma 1994 - Nebraska 2002 - Oklahoma 2003 - Oklahoma
| Men's Indoor Track (4): 1965 - Missouri 1966 - Kansas 1969 - Kansas 1970 - Kansas
Women's Indoor Track (7):
| Men's Outdoor Track (3): 1959 - Kansas 1960 - Kansas 1970 - Kanasas
Women's Outdoor Track (4):
| Men's/Women's Skiing (15): 1959 - Colorado 1960 - Colorado 1972 - Colorado 1973 - Colorado 1974 - Colorado 1975 - Colorado 1976 - Colorado 1977 - Colorado 1978 - Colorado 1979 - Colorado 1982 - Colorado 1991 - Colorado 1995 - Colorado 1998 - Colorado 1999 - Colorado |
| Women's Skiing (1): 1982 - Colorado
Softball (4):
Men's Swimming (9):
| Women's Swimming (7): 1984 - Texas 1985 - Texas 1986 - Texas 1987 - Texas 1988 - Texas 1990 - Texas 1991 - Texas
Men's Tennis (1):
Women's Tennis (2):
Women's Volleyball (4):
| Wrestling (47): 1928 - Oklahoma State 1929 - Oklahoma State 1930 - Oklahoma State 1931 - Oklahoma State 1933 - Iowa State/Oklahoma State 1934 - Oklahoma State 1935 - Oklahoma State 1936 - Oklahoma 1937 - Oklahoma State 1938 - Oklahoma State 1939 - Oklahoma State 1940 - Oklahoma State 1941 - Oklahoma State 1942 - Oklahoma State 1946 - Oklahoma State 1948 - Oklahoma State 1949 - Oklahoma State 1951 - Oklahoma 1952 - Oklahoma 1954 - Oklahoma State 1955 - Oklahoma State 1956 - Oklahoma State | 1957 - Oklahoma 1958 - Oklahoma State 1959 - Oklahoma State 1960 - Oklahoma 1961 - Oklahoma State 1962 - Oklahoma State 1963 - Oklahoma 1964 - Oklahoma State 1965 - Iowa State 1966 - Oklahoma State 1968 - Oklahoma State 1969 - Iowa State 1970 - Iowa State 1971 - Oklahoma State 1972 - Iowa State 1973 - Iowa State 1974 - Oklahoma 1977 - Iowa State 1987 - Iowa State 1989 - Oklahoma State 1990 - Oklahoma State 1994 - Oklahoma State 2003 - Oklahoma State 2004 - Oklahoma State |
| NCAA Team Titles By Institution (174 total) Oklahoma State - 45 Texas - 41 Oklahoma - 22 Colorado - 19 Nebraska - 17 Iowa State - 13 Kansas - 9 Texas A&M - 4 Missouri - 2 Baylor - 1 Texas Tech - 1 | NCAA Team Titles Since 1994 (33 total) Texas - 10 Nebraska - 6 Colorado - 5 Oklahoma - 5 Oklahoma State - 5 Baylor - 1 Iowa State - 1 |