Big 12
16 current members, five former. Our membership records under this name start in 1996. 2025 champion: Texas Tech.
1996 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0 | 11–2 | 6 | 1838 | WWWLW | ||
| 7–1 | 10–2 | 8 | 1779 | WWWLW | ||
| 6–2 | 9–3 | 17 | 1684 | WWLWL | ||
| 6–2 | 8–5 | 23 | 1693 | WWWWL | ||
| 5–3 | 7–5 | 1614 | WLWWL | |||
| 4–4 | 6–6 | 1603 | LWWWL | |||
| 3–5 | 5–6 | 1464 | WLLWW | |||
| 3–5 | 3–8 | 1428 | LLWLL | |||
| 2–6 | 5–6 | 1412 | WLLLW | |||
| 2–6 | 4–7 | 1498 | LWLLL | |||
| 1–7 | 4–7 | 1424 | WLLLL | |||
| 1–7 | 2–9 | 1362 | LLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 1996
Big 12 teams are 25–17 outside the conference.
- Western Athletic Conference6–7
- Big Ten1–4
- Independent3–2
- Big West4–0
- Pac-103–1
- Conference USA2–1
- FCS teams3–0
- ACC1–1
- Big East1–0
- Mid-American Conference1–0
- SEC0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
All-Big 12 teams, 1996
First team 32
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Koy DetmerColorado | Colorado |
| Running back | Troy DavisIowa State | Iowa State |
| Byron HanspardTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Ricky WilliamsTexas | Texas | |
| Offensive lineman | Chris NaeoleColorado | Colorado |
| Chris DishmanNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Aaron TaylorNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Dan NeilTexas | Texas | |
| Calvin CollinsTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Ben KaufmanTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Tight end | Alonzo MayesOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| Wide receiver | Rae CarruthColorado | Colorado |
| Kevin LockettKansas State | Kansas State |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Grant WistromNebraska | Nebraska |
| Nyle WirenKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Ryan OlsonColorado | Colorado | |
| Jason PeterNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Brandon MitchellTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Jared TomichNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Linebacker | Matt RussellColorado | Colorado |
| Tyrell PetersOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Keith MitchellTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Jon HesseNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Defensive back | Steve RosgaColorado | Colorado |
| Chris CantyKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Mario SmithKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Bryant WestbrookTexas | Texas | |
| Mike MinterNebraska | Nebraska |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Phil DawsonTexas | Texas |
| Punter | Ty AtteberryBaylor | Baylor |
| Return specialist | Kalief MuhammadBaylor | Baylor |
| Dante HallTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
Second team 23
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Zebbie LethridgeTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| Running back | June HenleyKansas | Kansas |
| David ThompsonOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| De’Mond ParkerOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Offensive lineman | Pat AugafaIowa State | Iowa State |
| Tim KohnIowa State | Iowa State | |
| Jason JohnsonKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Eric AndersonNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Tight end | Pat FitzgeraldTexas | Texas |
| Wide receiver | Isaac ByrdKansas | Kansas |
| Albert ConnellTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Greg JonesColorado | Colorado |
| Jeff OgardNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Barron TannerOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Chris AkinsTexas | Texas | |
| Linebacker | Dat NguyenTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Ronnie WardKansas | Kansas | |
| Defensive back | George McCulloughBaylor | Baylor |
| Ryan BlackColorado | Colorado | |
| Michael BookerNebraska | Nebraska |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Kris BrownNebraska | Nebraska |
| Punter | Marc HarrisIowa State | Iowa State |
| Return specialist | Andre RichardsonOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
From Wikipedia’s 1996 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. 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).