Big 6
A former conference: six schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1928. 1947 champions: Kansas and Oklahoma.
1995 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Rank | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nebraska | 7–0 | 12–0 | 1 | champion | |
 Colorado | 5–2 | 10–2 | 5 | ||
 Kansas State | 5–2 | 10–2 | 7 | ||
 Kansas | 5–2 | 10–2 | 9 | ||
 Oklahoma | 2–5 | 5–5–1 | |||
 Oklahoma State | 2–5 | 4–8 | |||
 Missouri | 1–6 | 3–8 | |||
 Iowa State | 1–6 | 3–8 |
- $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
In the template’s own order, its tiebreakers applied. Rank: AP Poll. Standings: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): 1995 Big Eight Conference football standings (license).
All-Big Six teams, 1947
The newest teams on file are from 1947.
First team 11
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Back | Bas EnsmingerMissouri | Missouri |
| Ray EvansKansas | Kansas | |
| Jack MitchellOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Forrest GriffithKansas | Kansas | |
| End | Otto SchnellbacherKansas | Kansas |
| Mel SheehanMissouri | Missouri | |
| Tackle | Wade WalkerOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Chester FritzMissouri | Missouri | |
| Guard | Don FambroughKansas | Kansas |
| Paul BurrisOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Center | John RapaczOklahoma | Oklahoma |
Second team 11
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Back | Ron NormanIowa St | Iowa St |
| Webb HalbertIowa St | Iowa St | |
| George BrewerOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Ed QuirkMissouri | Missouri | |
| End | Jim TyreeOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Jack PesekNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Tackle | Hugh JohnsonKansas | Kansas |
| Carl SamuelsonNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Guard | Norman AndersonIowa St | Iowa St |
| Dave SchirmerKansas St | Kansas St | |
| Center | Tom NovakNebraska | Nebraska |
From Wikipedia’s 1947 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
| Nebraska | 9 | last 1940 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | last 1947 |
| Missouri | 4 | last 1945 |
| Kansas | 3 | last 1947 |
| Kansas State | 1 | last 1934 |
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.
Schools
Every school and its years (6)
Members
- Iowa State 1928–1947
- Kansas 1928–1947
- Kansas State 1928–1947
- Missouri 1928–1947
- Nebraska 1928–1947
- Oklahoma 1928–1947
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1928; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Iowa State | Joined from Missouri Valley Conference | Source | |
| 1928 | Kansas | Joined from Missouri Valley Conference | Source | |
| 1928 | Kansas State | Joined from Missouri Valley Conference | Source | |
| 1928 | Missouri | Joined from Missouri Valley Conference | Source | |
| 1928 | Nebraska | Joined from Missouri Valley Conference | Source | |
| 1928 | Oklahoma | Joined from Missouri Valley 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 120 team-seasons from 1928. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Consensus All-Americans 5
| Nebraska | 2 |
| Iowa State | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1928); 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.