big twelve conference

The Big Twelve Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools 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. Athletic events in the conference began in the fall of 1996. Member schools include: North Division

South Division

Member schools participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and volleyball. Additionally:

Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State participate in wrestling.
Kansas State, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M participate in equestrian.
Iowa State, Nebraska and Oklahoma participate in gymnastics.
Kansas, Kansas State and Texas participate in rowing.
Texas and Texas A&M participate in swimming and diving. (Iowa State and Kansas participate only in women's swimming and diving.)
Nebraska participates in women's bowling and women's rifle.
Texas A&M participates in women's archery.
Colorado participates in skiing.

Exceptions:

Colorado does not participate in baseball and softball.
Iowa State does not participate in baseball (program discontinued in 2001).
Kansas State does not participate in soccer and men's tennis.
Oklahoma State does not participate in volleyball.
Texas does not participate in cross country.

College Football rivalries involving Big 12 schools

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):

Nebraska-Oklahoma
Nebraska-Colorado
Nebraska-Missouri (Missouri-Nebraska Bell)
Iowa State-Missouri (The Telephone Trophy)
Colorado-Colorado State (The Rocky Mountain Showdown, played in Denver)
Missouri-Kansas (The Border Showdown -- Changed from the "Border War" on October 4, 2004 due to the September 11th terrorist attacks)
Kansas-Kansas State (The Governor's Cup)
Iowa-Iowa State (Cy-Hawk Trophy)
Oklahoma-Oklahoma State (The Bedlam Series)
Texas-Oklahoma (The Red River Shootout, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, with the winner getting the Golden Hat)
Texas-Texas A&M (The Lone Star Showdown)
Texas Tech-Texas
Texas Tech-Texas A&M

National Championships

The following is a list of all the national championships held by member schools. Only championships 1996 and later should be counted towards the Big XII total itself (33).

align="top"\|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	valign="top"\|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): 1945 - Oklahoma State 1946 - Oklahoma State 1952 - Kansas 1988 - Kansas	valign="top"\|Women's Basketball (2): 1986 - Texas 1993 - Texas Tech Women's Bowling (3): 1999 - Nebraska 2001 - Nebraska 2004 - Nebraska Men's Cross Country (6): 1953 - Kansas 1954 - Oklahoma State 1989 - Iowa State 1994 - Iowa State 2001 - Colorado 2004 - Colorado Women's Cross Country (3): 1986 - Texas 2000 - Colorado 2004 - Colorado	valign="top"\|Equestrian (1): 2000 - Oklahoma State 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
align="top"\|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	valign="top"\|Men's Indoor Track (4): 1965 - Missouri 1966 - Kansas 1969 - Kansas 1970 - Kansas Women's Indoor Track (7): 1983 - Nebraska 1984 - Nebraska 1985 - Texas 1988 - Texas 1989 - Texas 1998 - Texas 1999 - Texas	valign="top"\|Men's Outdoor Track (3): 1959 - Kansas 1960 - Kansas 1970 - Kansas Women's Outdoor Track (4): 1982 - Texas 1986 - Texas 1998 - Texas 1999 - Texas	valign="top"\|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
align="top"\|Women's Skiing (1): 1982 - Colorado Softball (4): 1982 - Texas A&M 1983 - Texas A&M 1987 - Texas A&M 2000 - Oklahoma Men's Swimming (9): 1981 - Texas 1988 - Texas 1989 - Texas 1990 - Texas 1991 - Texas 1996 - Texas 2000 - Texas 2001 - Texas 2002 - Texas	valign="top"\|Women's Swimming (7): 1984 - Texas 1985 - Texas 1986 - Texas 1987 - Texas 1988 - Texas 1990 - Texas 1991 - Texas Men's Tennis (1): 2004 - Baylor Women's Tennis (2): 1992 - Texas 1995 - Texas Women's Volleyball (4): 1981 - Texas 1988 - Texas 1995 - Nebraska 2000 - Nebraska	valign="top"\|Wrestling (48): 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	valign="top"\| 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 2005 - Oklahoma State
align="top"\|NCAA Team Titles By Institution (175 total) Oklahoma State - 46 Texas - 41 Oklahoma - 22 Colorado - 21 Nebraska - 17 Iowa State - 13 Kansas - 9 Texas A&M - 4 Missouri - 2 Baylor - 1 Texas Tech - 1	valign="top"\|NCAA Team Titles Since 1994 (34 total) Texas - 10 Colorado - 7 Nebraska - 6 Oklahoma State - 6 Oklahoma - 5 Baylor - 1 Iowa State - 1

External link

Official Site of the Big 12 Conference

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