Big 8

A former conference: eight schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1958. 1995 champion: Nebraska.

1995 standings

TeamConf.OverallAPEloLast 5
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠011896WWWWW
Kansas5–⁠210–⁠291651LWLWW
Kansas State5–⁠210–⁠271702WWWLW
Colorado5–⁠210–⁠251759LWWWW
Oklahoma2–⁠55–⁠5–⁠11477LWLLL
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠81409LLWLW
Iowa State1–⁠63–⁠81336LWLLL
Missouri1–⁠63–⁠81382LLLLW

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, 1995

Big 8 teams are 29–⁠7–⁠1 outside the conference.

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

All-Big Eight teams, 1995

First team 44

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackTommie FrazierNebraskaNebraska
Running backTroy DavisIowa StateIowa State
David ThompsonOklahoma StateOklahoma State
Ahman GreenNebraskaNebraska
Tight endStephen AlexanderOklahomaOklahoma
Wide receiverRae CarruthColoradoColorado
Kevin LockettKansas StateKansas State
Mitch RunningKansas StateKansas State
Ashaundai SmithKansasKansas
James KiddColoradoColorado
CenterAaron GrahamNebraskaNebraska
Bryan StoltenbergColoradoColorado
Offensive linemanChris NaeoleColoradoColorado
Heath IrwinColoradoColorado
Chris BanksKansasKansas
Aaron TaylorNebraskaNebraska
Chris DishmanNebraskaNebraska
Eric AndersonNebraskaNebraska
Chris OltmannsKansas StateKansas State
Tim KohnIowa StateIowa State
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanTim ColstonKansas StateKansas State
Cedric JonesOklahomaOklahoma
Christian PeterNebraskaNebraska
Jared TomichNebraskaNebraska
Kerry HicksColoradoColorado
Grant WistromNebraskaNebraska
Dirk OchsKansas StateKansas State
Keith RogersKansasKansas
Greg JonesColoradoColorado
LinebackerMatt RussellColoradoColorado
Percell GaskinsKansas StateKansas State
Terrell FarleyNebraskaNebraska
Tyrell PetersOklahomaOklahoma
Defensive backChris CantyKansas StateKansas State
Tyrone WilliamsNebraskaNebraska
Dorian BrewKansasKansas
Joe GordonKansas StateKansas State
Chuck MarloweKansas StateKansas State
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
Place-kickersJeremy AlexanderOklahomaOklahoma
Neil VoskeritchianColoradoColorado
Lawson VaughnOklahoma StateOklahoma State
PunterGreg IvyOklahoma StateOklahoma State
Return specialistR.W. McQuartersOklahoma StateOklahoma State
Reggie BaulNebraskaNebraska

Second team 14

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackMatt MillerKansas StateKansas State
Mark WilliamsKansasKansas
Running backJerald MooreOklahomaOklahoma
June HenleyKansasKansas
Tight endAlonzo MayesOklahoma StateOklahoma State
Matt LepsisColoradoColorado
Wide receiverPhil SavoyColoradoColorado
Offensive linemanRod JonesKansasKansas
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanSteve MartinMissouriMissouri
LinebackerJason ThorenKansasKansas
Defensive backTony VelandNebraskaNebraska
Mike MinterNebraskaNebraska
DeMontie CrossMissouriMissouri
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
PunterDarrin SimmonsKansasKansas

From Wikipedia’s 1995 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

Nebraska20last 1995
Oklahoma18last 1987
Colorado5last 1991
Missouri2last 1969
Oklahoma State1last 1976
Kansas1last 1968

By year

1995Nebraska
1994Nebraska
1993Nebraska
1992Nebraska
1991Colorado, Nebraska (shared)
1990Colorado
1989Colorado
1988Nebraska
1987Oklahoma
1986Oklahoma
1985Oklahoma
1984Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared)
26 earlier seasons, back to 1958
1983Nebraska
1982Nebraska
1981Nebraska
1980Oklahoma
1979Oklahoma
1978Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared)
1977Oklahoma
1976Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State (shared)
1975Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared)
1974Oklahoma
1973Oklahoma
1972Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared)
1971Nebraska
1970Nebraska
1969Missouri, Nebraska (shared)
1968Kansas, Oklahoma (shared)
1967Oklahoma
1966Nebraska
1965Nebraska
1964Nebraska
1963Nebraska
1962Oklahoma
1961Colorado
1960Missouri
1959Oklahoma
1958Oklahoma

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

  1. Colorado1958–⁠1995
  2. Iowa State1958–⁠1995
  3. Kansas1958–⁠1995
  4. Kansas State1958–⁠1995
  5. Missouri1958–⁠1995
  6. Nebraska1958–⁠1995
  7. Oklahoma1958–⁠1995
  8. Oklahoma State1960–⁠1995
Every school and its years (8)

Members

Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1958; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.

Who came and went

SeasonSchoolMoveAnnounced
1996ColoradoLeft for Big 12Source
1996Iowa StateLeft for Big 12Source
1996KansasLeft for Big 12Source
1996Kansas StateLeft for Big 12Source
1996MissouriLeft for Big 12Source
1996NebraskaLeft for Big 12Source
1996OklahomaLeft for Big 12Source
1996Oklahoma StateLeft for Big 12Source

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 302 team-seasons from 1958. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.

Honors while members

Heisman winners 6

Nebraska2
Oklahoma2
Colorado1
Oklahoma State1

Consensus All-Americans 121

Nebraska39
Oklahoma38
Colorado22
Oklahoma State8
Missouri5

NFL first-round picks 88

Nebraska23
Oklahoma22
Colorado17
Missouri9
Oklahoma State8

Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1958); 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.