Big 12
16 current members, five former. Our membership records under this name start in 1996. 2025 champion: Texas Tech.
1997 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0 | 13–0 | 2 | 1880 | WWWWW | ||
| 7–1 | 11–1 | 8 | 1770 | WWWWW | ||
| 6–2 | 9–4 | 20 | 1622 | WWWLL | ||
| 5–3 | 8–4 | 24 | 1540 | LWLWL | ||
| 5–3 | 7–5 | 23 | 1549 | WWLWL | ||
| 5–3 | 6–5 | 1583 | WLWWL | |||
| 3–5 | 5–6 | 1609 | WLWLL | |||
| 3–5 | 5–6 | 1452 | LLWLL | |||
| 2–6 | 4–7 | 1490 | LLLWL | |||
| 2–6 | 4–8 | 1436 | LLLLW | |||
| 1–7 | 2–9 | 1348 | LWLLL | |||
| 1–7 | 1–10 | 1308 | WLLLL |
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, 1997
Big 12 teams are 26–16 outside the conference.
- Western Athletic Conference7–2
- Big Ten0–7
- Independent6–0
- Mid-American Conference5–0
- Big East3–1
- Pac-101–3
- Big West1–1
- Conference USA1–1
- SEC1–1
- FCS teams1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
All-Big 12 teams, 1997
First team 29
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Corby JonesMissouri | Missouri |
| Running back | Ahman GreenNebraska | Nebraska |
| Ricky WilliamsTexas | Texas | |
| De’Mond ParkerOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Offensive lineman | Todd WeinerKansas State | Kansas State |
| Mike MorrisMissouri | Missouri | |
| Aaron TaylorNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Eric AndersonNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Kendyl JacoxKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Steve McKinneyTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Tight end | Alonzo MayesOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| Wide receiver | Tyrone WatleyIowa State | Iowa State |
| Phil SavoyColorado | Colorado |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Grant WistromNebraska | Nebraska |
| Montae ReagorTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Jason PeterNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Ryan OlsonColorado | Colorado | |
| Jamal WilliamsOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| Linebacker | Ron WarnerKansas | Kansas |
| Jeff KellyKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Dat NguyenTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Defensive back | Ralph BrownNebraska | Nebraska |
| Kevin WilliamsOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| Ryan SutterColorado | Colorado | |
| Dane JohnsonTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Martín GramáticaKansas State | Kansas State |
| Punter | Shane LechlerTexas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Return specialist | Ben KellyColorado | Colorado |
| R.W. McQuartersOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
Second team 34
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Michael BishopKansas State | Kansas State |
| Scott FrostNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Running back | Brock OlivoMissouri | Missouri |
| Darren DavisIowa State | Iowa State | |
| Dante HallTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Offensive lineman | Travis BiebelMissouri | Missouri |
| Josh HensonOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| Jay PughTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Melvin ThomasColorado | Colorado | |
| Tight end | Stephen AlexanderOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Derrick SpillerTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Wide receiver | Donnie HartTexas Tech | Texas Tech |
| Ed WilliamsIowa State | Iowa State |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Darren HowardKansas State | Kansas State |
| Martin ChaseOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Marquis GibsonMissouri | Missouri | |
| Jerome EvansKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Kelly GreggOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Cody McGuireTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Linebacker | Travis OchsKansas State | Kansas State |
| Warrick HoldmanTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Jay ForemanNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Hannibal NaviesColorado | Colorado | |
| Kenyatta WrightOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| Defensive back | Tony BlevinsKansas | Kansas |
| Harold PierseyMissouri | Missouri | |
| Tony DardenTexas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| Lamar ChapmanKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Mike BrownNebraska | Nebraska |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Phil DawsonTexas | Texas |
| Kyle BryantTexas A&M | Texas A&M | |
| Punter | Jason DavisOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| Dean RoyalKansas | Kansas | |
| Return specialist | David AllenKansas State | Kansas State |
From Wikipedia’s 1997 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).