Big 12

16 current members, five former. Our membership records under this name start in 1996. 2025 champion: Texas Tech.

1998 standings

TeamConf.OverallAPEloLast 5
Kansas State8–⁠011–⁠2101764WWWLL
Texas A&M7–⁠111–⁠3111709WWLWL
Texas6–⁠29–⁠3151637WWLWW
Nebraska5–⁠39–⁠4191739LWLWL
Missouri5–⁠38–⁠4211618WWLLW
Colorado4–⁠48–⁠41602LLWLW
Texas Tech4–⁠47–⁠51552LLWLL
Oklahoma3–⁠55–⁠61461LWLWW
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠61524WLLWW
Kansas1–⁠74–⁠71445LWLWL
Iowa State1–⁠73–⁠81367LLLLW
Baylor1–⁠72–⁠91336LLLLL

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, 1998

Big 12 teams are 33–⁠12 outside the conference.

The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.

All-Big 12 teams, 1998

First team 31

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackMichael BishopKansas StateKansas State
Running backRicky WilliamsTexasTexas
Devin WestMissouriMissouri
CenterRob RitiMissouriMissouri
Josh HeskewNebraskaNebraska
GuardCraig HeimburgerMissouriMissouri
Ben AdamsTexasTexas
TackleRyan YoungKansas StateKansas State
Jay HumphreyTexasTexas
Tight endSheldon JacksonNebraskaNebraska
Derek LewisTexasTexas
Wide receiverDarnell McDonaldKansas StateKansas State
Wane McGarityTexasTexas
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanKelly GreggOklahomaOklahoma
Darren HowardKansas StateKansas State
Montae ReagorTexas TechTexas Tech
Taurus RuckerTexas TechTexas Tech
Justin WyattMissouriMissouri
LinebackerJeff KellyKansas StateKansas State
Dat NguyenTexas A&MTexas A&M
Mark SimoneauKansas StateKansas State
Warrick HoldmanTexas A&MTexas A&M
Defensive backRalph BrownNebraskaNebraska
Jarrod CooperKansas StateKansas State
Harold PierseyMissouriMissouri
Lamar ChapmanKansas StateKansas State
Rich CoadyTexas A&MTexas A&M
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
KickerMartín GramáticaKansas StateKansas State
PunterShane LechlerTexas A&MTexas A&M
Return specialistDavid AllenKansas StateKansas State
Ben KellyColoradoColorado

Second team 36

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackMajor ApplewhiteTexasTexas
Corby JonesMissouriMissouri
Running backRicky WilliamsTexas TechTexas Tech
De’Mond ParkerOklahomaOklahoma
Darren DavisIowa StateIowa State
Nathan SimmonsOklahoma StateOklahoma State
CenterJeremy OffuttOklahoma StateOklahoma State
GuardAdam DavisOklahoma StateOklahoma State
Curtis LoweryTexas TechTexas Tech
TackleDerrick FletcherBaylorBaylor
Ryan JohanningmeierColoradoColorado
Todd NeimeyerMissouriMissouri
Wide receiverDonnie HartTexas TechTexas Tech
Darrin ChiaveriniColoradoColorado
Damien GroceIowa StateIowa State
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanChad KelsayNebraskaNebraska
Mike RuckerNebraskaNebraska
Casey HamptonTexasTexas
Aaron HumphreyTexasTexas
Aaron MarshallColoradoColorado
Damion McIntoshKansas StateKansas State
LinebackerKenyatta WrightOklahoma StateOklahoma State
Pat BrownKansasKansas
Jay ForemanNebraskaNebraska
Sedric JonesOklahomaOklahoma
Travis OchsKansas StateKansas State
Defensive backGary BaxterBaylorBaylor
Mike BrownNebraskaNebraska
Wade PerkinsMissouriMissouri
Ricky ThompsonOklahoma StateOklahoma State
Jason WebsterTexas A&MTexas A&M
Mike WoodsOklahomaOklahoma
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
KickerChris BirkholzTexas TechTexas Tech
Kris BrownNebraskaNebraska
PunterKyle AtteberryBaylorBaylor
Return specialistJoe WalkerNebraskaNebraska

From Wikipedia’s 1998 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

Oklahoma14last 2020
Texas4last 2023
Kansas State3last 2022
Baylor3last 2021
Nebraska2last 1999
Texas Tech1last 2025
Arizona State1last 2024
TCU1last 2014
Oklahoma State1last 2011
Colorado1last 2001

By year

2025Texas Tech
2024Arizona State
2023Texas
2022Kansas State
2021Baylor
2020Oklahoma
2019Oklahoma
2018Oklahoma
2017Oklahoma
2016Oklahoma
2015Oklahoma
2014Baylor, TCU (shared)
18 earlier seasons, back to 1996
2013Baylor
2012Kansas State, Oklahoma (shared)
2011Oklahoma State
2010Oklahoma
2009Texas
2008Oklahoma
2007Oklahoma
2006Oklahoma
2005Texas
2004Oklahoma
2003Kansas State
2002Oklahoma
2001Colorado
2000Oklahoma
1999Nebraska
1998Texas A&M
1997Nebraska
1996Texas

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

  1. Baylor1996 on
  2. Colorado1996–⁠20102024 on
  3. Iowa State1996 on
  4. Kansas1996 on
  5. Kansas State1996 on
  6. Missouri1996–⁠2011
  7. Nebraska1996–⁠2010
  8. Oklahoma1996–⁠2023
  9. Oklahoma State1996 on
  10. Texas1996–⁠2023
  11. Texas A&M1996–⁠2011
  12. Texas Tech1996 on
  13. TCU2012 on
  14. West Virginia2012 on
  15. BYU2023 on
  16. Cincinnati2023 on
  17. Houston2023 on
  18. UCF2023 on
  19. Arizona2024 on
  20. Arizona State2024 on
  21. Utah2024 on
Every school and its years (21)

Members now

Former members

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

SeasonSchoolMoveAnnounced
2024ArizonaJoined from Pac-12August 3, 2023
2024Arizona StateJoined from Pac-12August 4, 2023
2024ColoradoJoined from Pac-12Source
2024OklahomaLeft for SECFebruary 9, 2023
2024TexasLeft for SECFebruary 9, 2023
2024UtahJoined from Pac-12August 4, 2023
2023BYUJoined (independent before) (football only)September 10, 2021
2023CincinnatiJoined from American Athletic ConferenceSeptember 10, 2021
2023HoustonJoined from American Athletic ConferenceSeptember 10, 2021
2023UCFJoined from American Athletic ConferenceSeptember 10, 2021
2012MissouriLeft for SECSource
2012TCUJoined from Mountain West ConferenceNovember 29, 2010
2012Texas A&MLeft for SECSource
2012West VirginiaJoined from Big EastSource
2011ColoradoLeft for Pac-12June 7, 2010
13 earlier moves
2011NebraskaLeft for Big TenJune 11, 2010
1996BaylorJoined from Southwest ConferenceSource
1996ColoradoJoined from Big EightSource
1996Iowa StateJoined from Big EightSource
1996KansasJoined from Big EightSource
1996Kansas StateJoined from Big EightSource
1996MissouriJoined from Big EightSource
1996NebraskaJoined from Big EightSource
1996OklahomaJoined from Big EightSource
1996Oklahoma StateJoined from Big EightSource
1996TexasJoined from Southwest ConferenceSource
1996Texas A&MJoined from Southwest ConferenceSource
1996Texas TechJoined from Southwest ConferenceSource

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

Heisman winners 8

Oklahoma4
Baylor1
Colorado1
Nebraska1
Texas1

Consensus All-Americans 141

Oklahoma30
Texas30
Kansas State12
Oklahoma State12
Nebraska10

NFL first-round picks 106

Texas21
Oklahoma20
Oklahoma State9
Colorado7
Nebraska7

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

YearRevenueExpensesAssetsTop 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

2025-26Liberty Bowl$2.6 million
2024-25Sugar Bowl$5.8 million
2024-25Alamo Bowl$5.2 million
2024-25Liberty Bowl$2.6 million
2023-24Alamo Bowl$5.0 million
2023-24Liberty Bowl$2.5 million
2023-24Duke’s Mayo Bowl$239,000

Grants it lists, 2024-25

Arizona Stateannual distribution$43.0 million
Iowa Stateannual distribution$41.2 million
Baylorannual distribution$40.0 million
Kansas Stateannual distribution$39.8 million
Texas Techannual distribution$39.7 million
West Virginiaannual distribution$39.6 million
TCUannual distribution$39.3 million
University of Coloradoannual distribution$39.0 million
8 more
Kansasannual distribution$38.3 million
Oklahoma Stateannual distribution$38.0 million
Arizonaannual distribution$38.0 million
Utahannual distribution$37.9 million
BYUannual distribution$23.1 million
Cincinnatiannual distribution$20.2 million
UCFannual distribution$20.0 million
Houstonannual 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).