Big 12
16 current members, five former. Our membership records under this name start in 1996. 2025 champion: Texas Tech.
2026 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | Next | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–0 | 6–0 | 10 | 1719 | WWWWW | at Cincinnati Oct 24 | ||
| 3–0 | 6–0 | 8 | 1723 | WWWWW | at UCF Oct 24 | ||
| 3–0 | 6–0 | 11 | 1716 | WWWWW | vs. Houston Oct 24 | ||
| 3–1 | 6–1 | 20 | 1639 | LWWWW | at Utah Oct 24 | ||
| 2–1 | 5–1 | 1654 | LWWWW | vs. Iowa State Oct 24 | |||
| 2–1 | 4–2 | 18 | 1469 | WWWWL | vs. Colorado Oct 24 | ||
| 2–1 | 4–2 | 1551 | WWWWL | at Kansas Oct 24 | |||
| 1–2 | 4–2 | 1525 | WWWLL | vs. Texas Tech Oct 24 | |||
| 1–2 | 4–2 | 1577 | WWLLW | at Arizona State Oct 24 | |||
| 1–2 | 3–3 | 1557 | LWLWL | at Arizona Oct 24 | |||
| 1–2 | 3–3 | 1587 | WWLLW | vs. West Virginia Oct 24 | |||
| 1–2 | 3–3 | 1470 | LWWLL | vs. BYU Oct 24 | |||
| 1–2 | 3–3 | 1521 | LWLWL | vs. Kansas State Oct 24 | |||
| 1–3 | 4–3 | 1473 | WLLLW | at TCU Oct 24 | |||
| 0–3 | 2–4 | 1462 | LLWLL | vs. Baylor Oct 24 | |||
| 0–3 | 2–4 | 1413 | WLLLL | at Oklahoma State Oct 24 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, week 7. Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2026
Big 12 teams are 40–8 outside the conference so far.
- FCS teams16–0
- Pac-126–0
- ACC3–2
- Sun Belt Conference5–0
- SEC1–3
- Big Ten1–2
- American Athletic Conference1–1
- Conference USA2–0
- Mid-American Conference2–0
- Mountain West Conference2–0
- FBS Independents1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
All-Big 12 teams, 2025
The 2026 teams aren’t on file yet; these are the 2025 picks.
First team 36
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Noah FifitaArizona | Arizona |
| Running back | L.J. MartinBYU | BYU |
| Raleek BrownArizona State | Arizona State | |
| Cameron DickeyTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Offensive lineman | Omar AigbedionBaylor | Baylor |
| Spencer FanoUtah | Utah | |
| Caleb LomuUtah | Utah | |
| Bruce MitchellBYU | BYU | |
| Sam HechtKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Evan TengesdahlCincinnati | Cincinnati | |
| Tight ends / flex | Michael TriggBaylor | Baylor |
| Tanner KoziolHouston | Houston | |
| Wide receiver | Eric McAlisterTCU | TCU |
| Amare ThomasHouston | Houston | |
| Josh CameronBaylor | Baylor | |
| Jordyn TysonArizona State | Arizona State |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | David BaileyTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| John Henry DaleyUtah | Utah | |
| Lee HunterTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Romello HeightTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Malachi LawrenceUCF | UCF | |
| Linebacker | Kaleb Elarms-OrrTCU | TCU |
| Jacob RodriguezTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Jack KellyBYU | BYU | |
| Jake GoldayCincinnati | Cincinnati | |
| Defensive back | Keith Abney IIArizona State | Arizona State |
| Brice PollockTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Tanner WallBYU | BYU | |
| Dalton JohnsonArizona | Arizona | |
| Treydan StukesArizona | Arizona |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Stone HarringtonTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| Punter | Palmer WilliamsBaylor | Baylor |
| Wes PahlOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| All-purpose | Emmanuel HendersonKansas | Kansas |
| Parker KingstonBYU | BYU | |
| Specialists | Micah GiffordBaylor | Baylor |
Second team 34
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Sawyer RobertsonBaylor | Baylor |
| Brendan SorsbyCincinnati | Cincinnati | |
| Running back | Carson HansenIowa State | Iowa State |
| Offensive lineman | Max IheanachorArizona State | Arizona State |
| Joe CottonCincinnati | Cincinnati | |
| Kobe BaynesKansas | Kansas | |
| Davion CarterTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| John PastoreKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Jordan SeatonColorado | Colorado | |
| Tight ends / flex | Benjamin BrahmerIowa State | Iowa State |
| Terrance Carter Jr.Texas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Wide receiver | Cyrus AllenCincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Caleb DouglasTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Omarion MillerColorado | Colorado |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Carlos Allen Jr.Houston | Houston |
| Dontay CorleoneCincinnati | Cincinnati | |
| A.J. Holmes Jr.Texas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Devean DealTCU | TCU | |
| Logan FanoUtah | Utah | |
| Eddie Walls IIIHouston | Houston | |
| Linebacker | Keyshaun ElliottArizona State | Arizona State |
| Keaton ThomasBaylor | Baylor | |
| Jordan CrookArizona State | Arizona State | |
| Austin RomaineKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Defensive back | Bud ClarkTCU | TCU |
| Jamel JohnsonTCU | TCU | |
| Latrell McCutchin Sr.Houston | Houston | |
| Will JamesHouston | Houston | |
| Smith SnowdenUtah | Utah |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Noe RuelasUCF | UCF |
| Will FerrinBYU | BYU | |
| Punter | Max FletcherCincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Specialists | Jacob GarzaHouston | Houston |
| Aiden FloraIowa State | Iowa State |
From Wikipedia’s 2025 all-conference team article (CC BY-SA): each player on the best team any selector named him to (the coaches’, the media’s or the AP’s), in the article’s order. 29 more on third teams aren’t listed here. Players link to their pages where we could match them.
Champions
Most titles
| Oklahoma | 14 | last 2020 |
| Texas | 4 | last 2023 |
| Kansas State | 3 | last 2022 |
| Baylor | 3 | last 2021 |
| Nebraska | 2 | last 1999 |
| Texas Tech | 1 | last 2025 |
| Arizona State | 1 | last 2024 |
| TCU | 1 | last 2014 |
| Oklahoma State | 1 | last 2011 |
| Colorado | 1 | last 2001 |
By year
| 2025 | Texas Tech |
| 2024 | Arizona State |
| 2023 | Texas |
| 2022 | Kansas State |
| 2021 | Baylor |
| 2020 | Oklahoma |
| 2019 | Oklahoma |
| 2018 | Oklahoma |
| 2017 | Oklahoma |
| 2016 | Oklahoma |
| 2015 | Oklahoma |
| 2014 | Baylor, TCU (shared) |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Members
Every school and its years (21)
Members now
- Baylor 1996 on
- Colorado 1996–2010, 2024 on
- Iowa State 1996 on
- Kansas 1996 on
- Kansas State 1996 on
- Oklahoma State 1996 on
- Texas Tech 1996 on
- TCU 2012 on
- West Virginia 2012 on
- BYU 2023 on
- Cincinnati 2023 on
- Houston 2023 on
- UCF 2023 on
- Arizona 2024 on
- Arizona State 2024 on
- Utah 2024 on
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1996; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arizona | Joined from Pac-12 | August 3, 2023 | |
| 2024 | Arizona State | Joined from Pac-12 | August 4, 2023 | |
| 2024 | Colorado | Joined from Pac-12 | Source | |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | Left for SEC | February 9, 2023 | |
| 2024 | Texas | Left for SEC | February 9, 2023 | |
| 2024 | Utah | Joined from Pac-12 | August 4, 2023 | |
| 2023 | BYU | Joined (independent before) (football only) | September 10, 2021 | |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | Joined from American Athletic Conference | September 10, 2021 | |
| 2023 | Houston | Joined from American Athletic Conference | September 10, 2021 | |
| 2023 | UCF | Joined from American Athletic Conference | September 10, 2021 | |
| 2012 | Missouri | Left for SEC | Source | |
| 2012 | TCU | Joined from Mountain West Conference | November 29, 2010 | |
| 2012 | Texas A&M | Left for SEC | Source | |
| 2012 | West Virginia | Joined from Big East | Source | |
| 2011 | Colorado | Left for Pac-12 | June 7, 2010 |
13 earlier moves
| 2011 | Nebraska | Left for Big Ten | June 11, 2010 | |
| 1996 | Baylor | Joined from Southwest Conference | Source | |
| 1996 | Colorado | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Iowa State | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Kansas | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Kansas State | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Missouri | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Nebraska | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Oklahoma | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Oklahoma State | Joined from Big Eight | Source | |
| 1996 | Texas | Joined from Southwest Conference | Source | |
| 1996 | Texas A&M | Joined from Southwest Conference | Source | |
| 1996 | Texas Tech | Joined from Southwest Conference | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 362 team-seasons from 1996. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Consensus All-Americans 141
| Oklahoma | 30 |
| Texas | 30 |
| Kansas State | 12 |
| Oklahoma State | 12 |
| Nebraska | 10 |
NFL first-round picks 106
| Texas | 21 |
| Oklahoma | 20 |
| Oklahoma State | 9 |
| Colorado | 7 |
| Nebraska | 7 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1996); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.
The money
The Big 12 Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2025 reports $610.9 million in revenue, $336.6 million of it from television contracts, and $609.4 million in expenses; it ended the year with $59.6 million in assets. Its best-paid, commissioner Brett Yormark, was paid $5.6 million.
By year
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Top pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $611M | $609M | $59.6M | $5.6M |
| 2023-24 | $494M | $531M | $73.6M | $4.4M |
| 2022-23 | $511M | $495M | $84.6M | $17.2M |
| 2021-22 | $481M | $461M | $72.7M | $4.1M |
| 2020-21 | $356M | $372M | $67.7M | $3.1M |
| 2019-20 | $409M | $410M | $90.0M | $4.4M |
| 2018-19 | $439M | $432M | $99.8M | |
| 2017-18 | $374M | $374M | $109M | $4.1M |
| 2016-17 | $371M | $376M | $101M | |
| 2015-16 | $313M | $317M | $113M | |
| 2014-15 | $268M | $258M | $105M | |
| 2013-14 | $228M | $226M | $82.0M | |
| 2012-13 | $217M | $215M | $65.1M | |
| 2011-12 | $160M | $150M | $65.3M | |
| 2010-11 | $160M | $157M | $11.6M |
Best paid, 2024-25
| Brett Yormark, commissioner | $5.6 million |
| Renu Khator, president/director | $3.6 million |
| Victor Boschini Jr, chancellor/director | $3.5 million |
| Linda Livingstone, president/director | $3.0 million |
| Gordon Gee, president/director | $2.0 million |
Paid by bowls
| 2025-26 | Liberty Bowl | $2.6 million |
| 2024-25 | Sugar Bowl | $5.8 million |
| 2024-25 | Alamo Bowl | $5.2 million |
| 2024-25 | Liberty Bowl | $2.6 million |
| 2023-24 | Alamo Bowl | $5.0 million |
| 2023-24 | Liberty Bowl | $2.5 million |
| 2023-24 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | $239,000 |
Grants it lists, 2024-25
| Arizona State | annual distribution | $43.0 million |
| Iowa State | annual distribution | $41.2 million |
| Baylor | annual distribution | $40.0 million |
| Kansas State | annual distribution | $39.8 million |
| Texas Tech | annual distribution | $39.7 million |
| West Virginia | annual distribution | $39.6 million |
| TCU | annual distribution | $39.3 million |
| University of Colorado | annual distribution | $39.0 million |
8 more
| Kansas | annual distribution | $38.3 million |
| Oklahoma State | annual distribution | $38.0 million |
| Arizona | annual distribution | $38.0 million |
| Utah | annual distribution | $37.9 million |
| BYU | annual distribution | $23.1 million |
| Cincinnati | annual distribution | $20.2 million |
| UCF | annual distribution | $20.0 million |
| Houston | annual distribution | $19.9 million |
From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Fiscal years end in June; top pay is the best-paid person’s total compensation on the return, listed for e-filed years (2018 on). Grants are the ones the conference lists on Schedule I; bowl payments are the ones bowls list on theirs. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 75-2604555).