Big 7
A former conference: seven schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1948. 1957 champion: 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 Seven teams, 1957
The newest teams on file are from 1957.
First team 11
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Back | Dwight NicholsIowa State | Iowa State |
| Bob StranskyColorado | Colorado | |
| Clendon ThomasOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Hank KuhlmannMissouri | Missouri | |
| End | Don ZadnikKansas State | Kansas State |
| Jim LetcavitsKansas | Kansas | |
| Tackle | Jack KeelanKansas State | Kansas State |
| John WootenColorado | Colorado | |
| Guard | Bill KrisherOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Charles RashMissouri | Missouri | |
| Center | Bob HarrisonOklahoma | Oklahoma |
Second team 11
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Back | Homer FloydKansas | Kansas |
| Eddie DoveColorado | Colorado | |
| Ralph PfeiferKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Boyd DowlerColorado | Colorado | |
| End | Ross CoyleOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Don StillerOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Tackle | Byron SearcyOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Merv JohnsonMissouri | Missouri | |
| Guard | Kenneth NorthcuttOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Dave MungerIowa State | Iowa State | |
| Center | Dick McCashlandNebraska | Nebraska |
From Wikipedia’s 1957 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 | 10 | last 1957 |
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 (7)
Members
- Colorado 1948–1957
- Iowa State 1948–1957
- Kansas 1948–1957
- Kansas State 1948–1957
- Missouri 1948–1957
- Nebraska 1948–1957
- Oklahoma 1948–1957
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1948; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Colorado | Joined from Mountain States 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 70 team-seasons from 1948. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Heisman winners 1
| Oklahoma | 1 |
Consensus All-Americans 13
| Oklahoma | 13 |
NFL first-round picks 7
| Oklahoma | 6 |
| Kansas State | 1 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1948); 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.