Big 8
A former conference: eight schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1958. 1995 champion: Nebraska.
1995 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–0 | 12–0 | 1 | 1896 | WWWWW | ||
| 5–2 | 10–2 | 9 | 1651 | LWLWW | ||
| 5–2 | 10–2 | 7 | 1702 | WWWLW | ||
| 5–2 | 10–2 | 5 | 1759 | LWWWW | ||
| 2–5 | 5–5–1 | 1477 | LWLLL | |||
| 2–5 | 4–8 | 1409 | LLWLW | |||
| 1–6 | 3–8 | 1336 | LWLLL | |||
| 1–6 | 3–8 | 1382 | LLLLW |
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.
- Independent7–1
- Southwest Conference4–2–1
- Western Athletic Conference4–1
- Pac-104–0
- Big Ten2–1
- Big West3–0
- Mid-American Conference2–1
- SEC1–1
- Big East1–0
- FCS teams1–0
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
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Tommie FrazierNebraska | Nebraska |
| Running back | Troy DavisIowa State | Iowa State |
| David ThompsonOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| Ahman GreenNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Tight end | Stephen AlexanderOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Wide receiver | Rae CarruthColorado | Colorado |
| Kevin LockettKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Mitch RunningKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Ashaundai SmithKansas | Kansas | |
| James KiddColorado | Colorado | |
| Center | Aaron GrahamNebraska | Nebraska |
| Bryan StoltenbergColorado | Colorado | |
| Offensive lineman | Chris NaeoleColorado | Colorado |
| Heath IrwinColorado | Colorado | |
| Chris BanksKansas | Kansas | |
| Aaron TaylorNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Chris DishmanNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Eric AndersonNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Chris OltmannsKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Tim KohnIowa State | Iowa State |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Tim ColstonKansas State | Kansas State |
| Cedric JonesOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Christian PeterNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Jared TomichNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Kerry HicksColorado | Colorado | |
| Grant WistromNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Dirk OchsKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Keith RogersKansas | Kansas | |
| Greg JonesColorado | Colorado | |
| Linebacker | Matt RussellColorado | Colorado |
| Percell GaskinsKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Terrell FarleyNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Tyrell PetersOklahoma | Oklahoma | |
| Defensive back | Chris CantyKansas State | Kansas State |
| Tyrone WilliamsNebraska | Nebraska | |
| Dorian BrewKansas | Kansas | |
| Joe GordonKansas State | Kansas State | |
| Chuck MarloweKansas State | Kansas State |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Place-kickers | Jeremy AlexanderOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Neil VoskeritchianColorado | Colorado | |
| Lawson VaughnOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | |
| Punter | Greg IvyOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| Return specialist | R.W. McQuartersOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| Reggie BaulNebraska | Nebraska |
Second team 14
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Matt MillerKansas State | Kansas State |
| Mark WilliamsKansas | Kansas | |
| Running back | Jerald MooreOklahoma | Oklahoma |
| June HenleyKansas | Kansas | |
| Tight end | Alonzo MayesOklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| Matt LepsisColorado | Colorado | |
| Wide receiver | Phil SavoyColorado | Colorado |
| Offensive lineman | Rod JonesKansas | Kansas |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive lineman | Steve MartinMissouri | Missouri |
| Linebacker | Jason ThorenKansas | Kansas |
| Defensive back | Tony VelandNebraska | Nebraska |
| Mike MinterNebraska | Nebraska | |
| DeMontie CrossMissouri | Missouri |
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Punter | Darrin SimmonsKansas | Kansas |
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
| Nebraska | 20 | last 1995 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | last 1987 |
| Colorado | 5 | last 1991 |
| Missouri | 2 | last 1969 |
| Oklahoma State | 1 | last 1976 |
| Kansas | 1 | last 1968 |
By year
| 1995 | Nebraska |
| 1994 | Nebraska |
| 1993 | Nebraska |
| 1992 | Nebraska |
| 1991 | Colorado, Nebraska (shared) |
| 1990 | Colorado |
| 1989 | Colorado |
| 1988 | Nebraska |
| 1987 | Oklahoma |
| 1986 | Oklahoma |
| 1985 | Oklahoma |
| 1984 | Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared) |
26 earlier seasons, back to 1958
| 1983 | Nebraska |
| 1982 | Nebraska |
| 1981 | Nebraska |
| 1980 | Oklahoma |
| 1979 | Oklahoma |
| 1978 | Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared) |
| 1977 | Oklahoma |
| 1976 | Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State (shared) |
| 1975 | Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared) |
| 1974 | Oklahoma |
| 1973 | Oklahoma |
| 1972 | Nebraska, Oklahoma (shared) |
| 1971 | Nebraska |
| 1970 | Nebraska |
| 1969 | Missouri, Nebraska (shared) |
| 1968 | Kansas, Oklahoma (shared) |
| 1967 | Oklahoma |
| 1966 | Nebraska |
| 1965 | Nebraska |
| 1964 | Nebraska |
| 1963 | Nebraska |
| 1962 | Oklahoma |
| 1961 | Colorado |
| 1960 | Missouri |
| 1959 | Oklahoma |
| 1958 | Oklahoma |
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 (8)
Members
- Colorado 1958–1995
- Iowa State 1958–1995
- Kansas 1958–1995
- Kansas State 1958–1995
- Missouri 1958–1995
- Nebraska 1958–1995
- Oklahoma 1958–1995
- Oklahoma State 1960–1995
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
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Colorado | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Iowa State | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Kansas | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Kansas State | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Missouri | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Nebraska | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Oklahoma | Left for Big 12 | Source | |
| 1996 | Oklahoma State | Left for Big 12 | 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 302 team-seasons from 1958. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Heisman winners 6
| Nebraska | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 2 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Oklahoma State | 1 |
Consensus All-Americans 121
| Nebraska | 39 |
| Oklahoma | 38 |
| Colorado | 22 |
| Oklahoma State | 8 |
| Missouri | 5 |
NFL first-round picks 88
| Nebraska | 23 |
| Oklahoma | 22 |
| Colorado | 17 |
| Missouri | 9 |
| Oklahoma State | 8 |
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.