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Big 12 Conference

American collegiate athletics conference


American collegiate athletics conference

FieldValue
nameBig 12 Conference
color#FF4438;
font_color#FFFFFF
titleBig 12 Conference
logoBig 12 Conference (cropped) logo.svg
logo_size200
founded
associationNCAA
divisionDivision I
subdivisionFBS
teams16
sports25
mens10
womens15
region* South
headquartersIrving, Texas
commissionerBrett Yormark
since2022
TVABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
streamingESPN
website
mapNew Big 12 map 2024 expansion.svg
map_size250
  • South Atlantic
  • West South Central
  • Midwest
    • East North Central
    • West North Central
  • West
    • Mountain
    • Southwest

Fox/FS1

TNT/TBS/TruTV(via ESPN)

CBS/CBSSN (via ESPN)

NBCSN

Fox One

HBO Max

Paramount+

Peacock

The Big 12 Conference (stylized XII) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia. It is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

The Big 12 is a member of the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition.

The Big 12 is one of the Power Four conferences, the four highest-earning and most historically successful FBS football conferences. Power Four conferences are guaranteed at least one bid to a New Year's Six bowl game and have been granted exemptions from certain NCAA rules.

The Big 12 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Brett Yormark became the commissioner on August 1, 2022.

The Big 12 was founded in February 1994. All eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with half the members of the former Southwest Conference (Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech) to form the conference, with play beginning in 1996.

In 2011, Colorado and Nebraska left the conference to join the Pac-12 and Big Ten, respectively. One year later, Missouri and Texas A&M departed for the Southeastern Conference, and TCU and West Virginia joined.

BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF joined the conference for the 2023–2024 season. The next season Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah joined the conference, Colorado rejoined, and Texas and Oklahoma left as part of a more extensive NCAA conference realignment.

Member universities

Full members

InstitutionLocationFoundedTypeEnrollment
(fall 2023)Endowment
(billions – FY24)NicknameJoinedColors**University of Arizona****Arizona State University****Baylor University****Brigham Young University****University of Central Florida****University of Cincinnati****University of Colorado Boulder****University of Houston****Iowa State University****University of Kansas****Kansas State University****Oklahoma State University****Texas Christian University****Texas Tech University****University of Utah****West Virginia University**
Tucson, Arizona1885Public53,001$1.387Wildcats2024
Tempe, Arizona79,593$1.592Sun Devils
Waco, Texas1845Private
(Baptist)20,824$2.094Bears1996
Provo, Utah1875Private
(LDS)35,074$3.080Cougars2023
Orlando, Florida1963Public69,233$0.255Knights
Cincinnati, Ohio181943,338$2.016Bearcats
Boulder, Colorado187641,432$2.245
(system-wide)Buffaloes
Houston, Texas192746,676$1.113
(system-wide)Cougars2023
Ames, Iowa185830,177$1.717Cyclones1996
Lawrence, Kansas186528,406$2.525Jayhawks
Manhattan, Kansas186319,745$0.849Wildcats
Stillwater, Oklahoma189026,043$1.482
(system-wide)Cowboys &
Cowgirls
Fort Worth, Texas1873Private
(DOC)12,785$2.676Horned Frogs2012
Lubbock, Texas1923Public40,773$2.904
(system-wide)Red Raiders1996
Salt Lake City, Utah185035,260$1.860Utes2024
Morgantown, West Virginia186724,200$0.865Mountaineers2012

;Notes:

Membership map

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Affiliate members

InstitutionCityStateFoundedTypeEnrollment
(fall 2023)NicknameJoinedColorsBig 12
sport(s)Primary
conference
**United States Air Force Academy**USAF AcademyColorado1954Military4,124Falcons2015Mountain West
**Boise State University**BoiseIdaho1932Public26,670Broncos2025Mountain West
(Pac-12 in 2026)
**California Baptist University**RiversideCalifornia1950Private11,407Lancers2022WAC
(Big West in 2026)
**University of Denver**DenverColorado1864Private13,387Pioneers2015Summit
(WCC in 2026)
**University of Florida**GainesvilleFlorida1853Public54,814Gators2024SEC
**Florida State University**TallahasseeFlorida185143,234Seminoles2025ACC
**California State University, Fresno**FresnoCalifornia191123,986Bulldogs2019EquestrianMountain West
(Pac-12 in 2026)
**University of Missouri**ColumbiaMissouri183931,013Tigers2021SEC
GreeleyColorado18899,067Bears2015Big Sky
**University of Northern Iowa**Cedar FallsIowa18769,013Panthers2017Missouri Valley
**North Dakota State University**FargoNorth Dakota189011,952Bison2015Summit
**University of Oklahoma**NormanOklahoma189029,145Sooners2024SEC
**Old Dominion University**NorfolkVirginia193022,541Monarchs2024Sun Belt
**San Diego State University**San DiegoCalifornia189739,241Aztecs2024Mountain West
(Pac-12 in 2026)
**University of South Carolina**ColumbiaSouth Carolina180136,579Gamecocks2025SEC
**South Dakota State University**BrookingsSouth Dakota188111,498Jackrabbits2015Summit
**University of Tulsa**TulsaOklahoma1894Private3,559Golden
Hurricane2024American
**University of California, Davis**DavisCalifornia1908Public39,707Aggies2024Big West
(Mountain West in 2026)
**Utah Valley University**OremUtah194144,651Wolverines2015WAC
(Big West in 2026)
**University of Wyoming**LaramieWyoming188610,913Cowboys2015Mountain West

;Notes:

  • On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 announced it would add the six former members of the Western Wrestling Conference—Air Force, Northern Colorado, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley, and Wyoming—as affiliate members for wrestling, plus Denver as an affiliate member for women's gymnastics, all effective with the 2015–16 academic year.
  • On July 5, 2017, the Big 12 added Fresno State and Northern Iowa as wrestling affiliates.
  • On May 2, 2019, the Big 12 added Fresno State as an equestrian affiliate. Fresno State would drop wrestling in 2021, but remains an equestrian affiliate.
  • In 2021, the Big 12 added former full member Missouri as a wrestling affiliate.

Former full members

InstitutionCityStateFoundedTypeNicknameJoinedLeftColorsCurrent
conference
**University of Missouri**ColumbiaMissouri1839PublicTigers19962012SEC
**University of Nebraska–Lincoln**LincolnNebraska1869PublicCornhuskers19962011Big Ten
**University of Oklahoma**NormanOklahoma1890PublicSooners19962024SEC
**University of Texas at Austin**AustinTexas1883PublicLonghorns19962024SEC
**Texas A&M University**College StationTexas1876PublicAggies19962012SEC

;Notes:

Former affiliate members

InstitutionCityStateFoundedTypeNicknameJoinedLeftColorsBig 12
sport(s)Current
primary
conferenceCurrent
conference
in former
Big 12
sport(s)
**University of Alabama**TuscaloosaAlabama1831PublicCrimson Tide20142024SEC
**California State University, Fresno**FresnoCalifornia1911Bulldogs20172021Mountain West
(Pac-12 in 2026)
**University of Tennessee**KnoxvilleTennessee1794Volunteers20142024SEC

;Notes:

Membership timeline

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bar:9 color:FMSWC from:01/01/1995 till:08/31/1996 text:SWC bar:9 color:Full from:08/31/1996 till:end text:Texas A&M (1996–2012) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:06/30/2012 till:end text:SEC

bar:10 color:FMSWC from:01/01/1995 till:08/31/1996 text:SWC bar:10 color:Full from:08/31/1996 till:06/30/2025 text:Texas (1996–2024) bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:07/01/2024 till:end text:SEC

bar:11 color:FMSWC from:01/01/1995 till:08/31/1996 text:SWC bar:11 color:Full from:08/31/1996 till:end text:Baylor (1996-present)

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bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:01/01/1995 till:01/03/1999 text:WAC bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:01/04/1999 till:06/30/2011 text:Mountain West bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:07/01/2011 till:06/30/2023 text:WCC (fb. independent) bar:15 color:Full from:07/01/2023 till:end text:BYU (2023–present)

bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:01/01/1995 till:06/30/2005 text: C-USA bar:16 color:OtherC2 from:07/01/2005 till:06/30/2012 text:Big East bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:07/01/2012 till:06/30/2023 text: The American bar:16 color:Full from:07/01/2023 till:end text:Cincinnati (2023–present)

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bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:01/01/1995 till:06/30/2011 text:Pac-10 bar:19 color:PAC12 from:07/01/2011 till:08/01/2024 text:Pac-12 bar:19 color:Full from:08/02/2024 till:end text:Arizona (2024–present)

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  1. If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space.

Earlier membership timelines

Founding members of the Big 12 from the Big Eight:

  • Colorado
  • Iowa State
  • Kansas
  • Kansas State
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State

Founding members of the Big 12 from the Southwest Conference:

  • Baylor
  • Texas
  • Texas A&M
  • Texas Tech

Current members with the longest continuous association with the Big Eight Conference / Southwest Conference / Big 12 Conference.

InstitutionStarted Current
Association InContinuous
YearsNote
Kansas1907
Iowa State1908
Kansas State1913
Baylor1915
Texas Tech1956
Oklahoma State1958Previously: 10 years in the Southwest Conference (1914–1924);
3 years in the MVIAA (1924–1927)
TCU2012Previously: 73 years in the Southwest Conference (1923–1996)
West Virginia2012
BYU2023
UCF2023
Cincinnati2023
Houston2023Previously: 20 years in the Southwest Conference (1976–1996)
Arizona2024
Arizona State2024
Utah2024
Colorado2024Previously: 49 years in the Big Eight Conference (1947–1996)
and 15 years in the Big 12 Conference (1996–2011)

Sports

The Big 12 Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 15 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.

SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
Basketball
Beach volleyball
Cross country
Equestrian
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Lacrosse
Rowing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming & Diving
Tennis
Track and Field (Indoor)
Track and Field (Outdoor)
Volleyball
Wrestling

Current champions

Source:

SeasonSportMen's
championWomen's
champion
Fall 2025Cross CountryOklahoma StateBYU
Football[Texas Tech](2025-texas-tech-red-raiders-football-team)
SoccerBYU
VolleyballArizona State
Winter 2025–26Basketball
Equestrian
Gymnastics
Indoor Track & Field
Swimming & Diving
Wrestling
Spring 2026Baseball
Beach Volleyball
Lacrosse
Golf
Outdoor Track & Field
Rowing
Softball
Tennis

Men's sponsored sports by university

Below are the men's sports sponsored by each member institution.

The only men's sports with full participation by the entire conference are basketball, football, and golf. Swimming and diving has the lowest participation with only seven universities fielding a team.

The Big 12 fields 14 teams for wrestling. Before the conference's 2023 expansion, it had the most competing schools of any Big 12 sport, with 13 members at that time. The 2022–23 and 2024–25 wrestling lineups both included only 4 full conference members; all remaining wrestling schools were affiliate members (listed as a footnote at the bottom of the table).

UniversityBaseballBasketballCross
CountryFootballGolfSwimming
&
DivingTennisTrack
&
Field
IndoorTrack
&
Field
OutdoorWrestlingTotal
Big 12
Sports
Arizona9
Arizona State10
Baylor8
BYU9
Cincinnati8
Colorado6
Houston7
Iowa State7
Kansas7
Kansas State7
Oklahoma State9
TCU9
Texas Tech8
UCF5
Utah6
West Virginia6
Current
totals14161316167913134+10

Men's (and Coed – see Rifle) varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 universities:

UniversityIce HockeyLacrosseRifleSkiingSoccerVolleyball
Arizona StateNCHC
BYUMPSF
ColoradoRMISA
TCUPRC
UCFSBC
UtahASUNRMISA
West VirginiaGARCSBC

Women's sponsored sports by university

Below are the women's sports sponsored by each member institution.

The women's sports with full participation are basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, indoor track and outdoor track. Oklahoma State is the only member of the Big 12, or of any power conference, that does not sponsor volleyball. Only Utah and West Virginia do not sponsor golf.

Equestrian (3 full members, 1 affiliate) has the lowest participation, with 4 total members. Beach volleyball (3 full members, 3 affiliates), lacrosse (3 full members, 3 affiliates) and rowing (4 full members, 2 affiliates) follow with 6 total members. The affiliate members are listed as footnotes at the bottom of the table, beneath their respective sport.

UniversityBasketballBeach
VolleyballCross
CountryEquestrianGolfGymnasticsLacrosseRowingSoccerSoftballSwimming
&
DivingTennisTrack
&
Field
IndoorTrack
&
Field
OutdoorVolleyballTotal
Big 12
Sports
Arizona11
Arizona State13
Baylor10
BYU11
Cincinnati10
Colorado10
Houston10
Iowa State11
Kansas11
Kansas State9
Oklahoma State9
TCU11
Texas Tech9
UCF10
Utah10
West Virginia10
Current
totals163+3163+1146+13+34+216111016161615

Women's (and co-educational – see Rifle) varsity sports not sponsored by the Big 12 Conference which are played by Big 12 universities:

UniversityAcrobatics & tumblingRifleSkiingTriathlonWater Polo
Arizona
Arizona StateMPSF
BaylorNCATA
ColoradoRMISA
TCUPRC
UtahRMISA
West VirginiaGARC
  • In addition to the above, UCF lists its coeducational cheerleading and all-female dance teams as varsity teams on its official athletic website.

History

Main article: History of the Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference was founded in February 1994. All eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with half the members of the former Southwest Conference (Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech) to form the conference, with play beginning in 1996.

The Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight's history as its own, even though it was essentially the Big Eight plus four of the Texas universities.

The Big 12 began athletic play in fall 1996, with the Texas Tech vs. Kansas State football game being the first-ever sports event staged by the conference.

From its formation until 2011, its 12 members competed in two divisions in most sports. The two Oklahoma universities and the four Texas universities formed the South Division, while the other six universities of the former Big Eight formed the North Division.

Between 2011 and 2012 four charter members left the conference:

  • Colorado
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • Texas A&M

In 2012, two universities joined the conference:

  • TCU
  • West Virginia

On July 26, 2021, Oklahoma and Texas notified the Big 12 Conference that the two universities did not wish to extend their grant of television rights beyond the 2024–25 athletic year. On July 27, 2021, Oklahoma and Texas sent a joint letter to the Southeastern Conference requesting an invitation for membership beginning July 1, 2025. On July 29, 2021, the 14 presidents and chancellors of SEC member universities voted unanimously to invite Oklahoma and Texas to join the SEC. The following day, the Texas Board of Regents and Oklahoma Board of Regents each accepted the invitation to join the SEC from July 1, 2025.

On September 10, 2021, the Big 12 announced that invitations had been extended to and accepted by BYU (a football independent and member of the non-football West Coast Conference) and three members of the American Athletic Conference in Cincinnati, UCF, and Houston. These moves, combined with the impending departure of Oklahoma and Texas, would once again increase the Big 12's membership to twelve schools. All four schools began competing in Big 12 athletics beginning in summer of 2023. BYU had initially announced that it would join in 2023, and Houston indicated it could do so as well. On June 10, 2022, The American and its three departing members announced a buyout agreement that allowed those schools to join the Big 12 in 2023.

On February 9, 2023, Oklahoma and Texas announced they had reached a settlement with the conference that allowed them to join the SEC on July 1, 2024.

On July 27, 2023, Colorado, a former member of the Big 12, announced it would rejoin the conference from the Pac-12 beginning in the 2024–25 academic year. The following week, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah announced they would leave the Pac-12 for the Big 12, also effective for the 2024–25 academic year.

Academics

All Big 12 members are doctorate-granting universities. All members except TCU are classified by the American Council on Education (ACE) as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research spending and doctorate production". TCU is in ACE's second-tier classification of "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research spending and doctorate production".

InstitutionAcademicsAdmissionsResearch*U.S. News & World Report* rankingsGraduation rate
(6-yr – 2023)Retention rate
(Fall 2022)Admit rate
(Fall 2023)Yield rate
(Fall 2023)AAU memberEarned doctorates
(AY2023)Expenditures
(millions – FY2023)National
(2024)Global
(2024)University of ArizonaArizona State UniversityBaylor UniversityBrigham Young UniversityUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of HoustonIowa State UniversityUniversity of KansasKansas State UniversityOklahoma State UniversityTexas Christian UniversityTexas Tech UniversityUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of UtahWest Virginia University
66%86%86%19%Yes445$955.4127 (tie)115
68%85%90%23%Yes510$903.8117 (tie)179 (tie)
80%90%51%16%No102$82.188 (tie)425 (tie)
82%90%69%80%No107$137.7110 (tie)779 (tie)
72%86%88%24%No269$698.6158 (tie)210 (tie)
75%88%83%16%Yes409$651.997 (tie)98 (tie)
65%85%70%27%No316$231.9132 (tie)421 (tie)
75%86%89%29%No401$420.8117 (tie)344 (tie)
69%85%88%31%Yes317$466.2143 (tie)332 (tie)
70%86%79%30%No195$218.0158 (tie)616
66%83%71%34%No227$226.5198 (tie)694 (tie)
86%92%43%28%No37$24.197 (tie)(tie)
67%86%71%30%No417$240.1198 (tie)601 (tie)
75%93%40%34%No304$247.3117 (tie)432 (tie)
64%85%87%28%Yes363$723.7151 (tie)150 (tie)
61%79%86%26%No218$247.2222 (tie)606 (tie)

Distinctive elements

Population base and markets

The largest media markets represented by the Big 12 are, ranked nationally:

  • Dallas-Fort Worth (5th)
  • Houston (6th)
  • Phoenix (11th)
  • Orlando (16th)
  • Denver (17th)
  • Salt Lake City (27th)
  • San Antonio (31st)
  • Kansas City (34th)
  • Cincinnati (37th)
  • Oklahoma City (47th)
  • Tulsa (62nd)
  • Tucson (65th)
  • Des Moines (67th)
  • Wichita (72nd)

Although West Virginia University is based out of Morgantown, West Virginia (officially part of the Pittsburgh (26th) media market), the TV market encompasses the majority of West Virginia's TV viewership and also reaches well into Western Pennsylvania.

Kansas State University is in Manhattan, Kansas, which is part of the Topeka, Kansas media market, but it is close to the Wichita market, which encompasses two-thirds of the state (stretching to the border with Colorado), including the cities of Dodge City, Garden City, Hutchinson and Salina.

While the University of Kansas is in Lawrence, Kansas, it is officially part of the Kansas City television market, increasing the base into western Missouri.

StatePopulationUniversities
Arizona7,431,344* **University of Arizona**
Colorado5,773,714* **University of Colorado Boulder**
Florida22,610,726* **University of Central Florida**
Iowa3,207,004* **Iowa State University**
Kansas2,940,546* **University of Kansas**
* **Kansas State University**
Ohio11,785,935* **University of Cincinnati**
Oklahoma4,053,824* **Oklahoma State University**
Texas30,503,301* **Baylor University**
* **University of Houston**
* **Texas Christian University**
* **Texas Tech University**
Utah3,417,734* **Brigham Young University**
West Virginia1,770,071* **West Virginia University**
Total93,494,199

Grant of Rights

Member universities granted their first and second tier sports media rights to the conference for the length of their current TV deals. The Grant of Rights (GOR) deal with the leagues' TV contracts ensures that "if a Big 12 school leaves for another league in the next 13 years, that school's media rights, including revenue, would remain with the Big 12 and not its new conference".

GOR is seen by league members as a "foundation of stability" and allowed the Big 12 to be "positioned with one of the best media rights arrangements in collegiate sports, providing the conference and its members unprecedented revenue growth, and sports programming over two networks." All members agreed to the GOR and later agreed to extend the initial 6-year deal to 13 years to correspond to the length of their TV contracts.

Prior to this agreement, the Big Ten and Pac-12 also had similar GOR agreements. The Big 12 subsequently assisted the ACC in drafting its GOR agreement. Three of the four major conferences now have such agreements, with the SEC the only exception.

Tier 3 events

Historically, the Big 12 allowed members to monetize TV rights for everything not broadcast on national or regional TV channels (tier 3 rights). Currently, the conference's tier 3 broadcast rights are bundled as part of the television deal extension starting in the 2025–26 school year, with all of the Big 12's tier 3 rights held by ESPN. As such, schools no longer need to find their own broadcast partners for these events; they are all handled by ESPN. These events are primarily broadcast on Big 12 Now/ESPN+, but are also broadcast on other ESPN channels as determined by ESPN.

Business partnerships and innovation

The Big 12 has a sponsorship rights partnership with Learfield IMG College. The Big 12 announced on September 9, 2022, that it appointed WME Sports and IMG Media, Endeavor companies, to facilitate its global content and commercial strategy. Commissioner Brett Yormark stated "We have aligned with a best-in-class team to build a best-in-class business strategy for the Conference". November 14, 2022 Big 12 formed a comprehensive business advisor board composed of over three dozen entrepreneurial icons and respective industry leaders. From the likes of Monte Lipman the Founder/CEO Republic Records, Steve Stoute Founder/CEO UnitedMasters & Translation, Mark Shapiro President of Endeavor, Gary Vaynerchuk's VaynerMedia, singer Garth Brooks, NBA legend Jason Kidd, Keith Sheldon President of Entertainment for Hard Rock Cafe International, and Ross Levinsohn Chairman and CEO - The Arena Group & Sports Illustrated.

The Big 12 partnered with creative agency Translation to help build a more contemporary audience and brand. Soon after Big 12 Conference made a deal with A Bathing Ape (BAPE) for Championship games. The Conference and BAPE worked together to create limited-edition clothing and a camouflaged Big 12 logo throughout the stadium, arena, and uniforms.

The Big 12 has 11 official corporate partners: Allstate, Children's Health, Dr Pepper, Gatorade, Grand Caliber, Old Trapper, On Location, Phillips 66, Sonic Hard Seltzer, Sprouts Farmers Market, and Tickets For Less. There are dozens of other companies engaged as sponsors of the conference.

Conference Pro Day

On March 15, 2023, before the NFL draft, the Big 12 announced the first of its kind across all college conferences, being a conference-wide Pro Day. Instead of schools hosting separate pro days for their football players, there will be only one conference-wide scouting event before the 2024 NFL draft. The event will be held at the Dallas Cowboys training complex, Ford Center at The Star. What essentially would be a conference version of the NFL Combine, the Pro Day would be televised on NFL Network.

Hoops in the Park

In March, the Big 12 Conference announced a partnership with the legendary Rucker Park for a community engagement event. In June the event was officially announced as "Big 12 Hoops in the Park", to host men's and women's summer exhibition games. Throughout the event, the Big 12 is also preparing a number of entertainment activities and community engagements. The activities include youth clinics, meet-and-greets, live music, and food.

Mexico

Early June 2023, the "Big 12 Mexico" initiative was announced, which includes men's and women's soccer, baseball, basketball, and football games and an international media rights strategy. In July 2024, the Big 12 announced that it would narrow its focus in Mexico to looking at games for baseball and women's soccer.

Conference annual revenue distribution

YearTotal distributedAnnual increaseAverage per universitya
url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204955138title=Championship Sites Selectedpublisher=Big 12 Conferenceauthor=Barnhouse, Wendelldate=June 4, 2010access-date=2010-06-06}}$53.6 million$4.5 million
1998$58 million8.2%$4.8 million
1999$64 million10.3%$5.3 million
2000$72 million12.5%$6.0 million
2001$78 million8.3%$6.5 million
2002$83.5 million7.1%$7.0 million
2003$89 million6.6%$7.4 million
2004$101 million13.5%$8.4 million
2005$105.6 million4.6%$8.8 million
2006$103.1 million−2.4%$8.6 million
2007$106 million2.8%$8.8 million
2008$113.5 million7.1%$9.5 million
2009$130 million14.5%$10.8 million
2010$139 million6.9%$11.6 million
date=2011-06-03title=Spring Meetings: Friday Media Updateurl=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205157134access-date=2013-01-02location=Kansas City, Missouriquote=This is the place when we always announce the revenue distribution for the year, and we will be distributing 145 million [dollars] to our member institutions at the conclusion of this year.}}$145 million4.3%$12.1 million
url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=208032791&DB_OEM_ID=10410title=Big 12 Announces Record Revenue At Spring Meetingsdate=2013-05-31access-date=2013-06-01publisher= Big 12 Conferenceauthor=Barnhouse, Wendell}}$187 million29.0%$18.7 million
2013$198 million5.9%$19.8 million
url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209513755title=Big 12 Announces Record Revenue Distributiondate=2014-05-30access-date=2014-06-05publisher= Big 12 Conferenceauthor=Barnhouse, Wendell}}$212 million7.1%$21.2 million
2015$252 million18.9%$25.2 million
2016$304 million20.6%$30.4 million
2017$348 million14.5%$34.8 million
2018$364 million4.9%$36.5 million
url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/26864171/big-12-revenues-likely-pass-40m-per-schooltitle=Big 12 revenues likely to pass $40M per schooldate=31 May 2019}}$388 million6.3%$38.8 million
2020$377 million-2.8%$37.7 million
2021$345 million-8.5%$34.5 million
2022$426 million23.5%$42.6 million
2023$470 million10.3%$39.8 million†
$18.0 million‡
2024$558 million18.7%$40.2 million†
$19.0 million‡
a Twelve Big 12 members received disbursements each year from 1997 to 2011; ten each year afterwards. Individual universities' disbursement varied annually according to bylaw rules and entrance or withdrawal agreements.
†legacy 10-member institutions and adds from Pac-12.
‡UCF, BYU, UC & UH.

Conference revenue comes from media rights contracts, bowl games, the NCAA, merchandise, licensing, and conference-hosted sporting events.

Most of the Big 12's revenue comes from its media rights contracts. In 2012, the Big 12 announced a media rights agreement with Fox and ESPN, replacing an ABC/ESPN deal, estimated to be worth $2.6 billion through the 2025 expiration. The two deals pushed the conference per-university payout to approximately $20 million per year, while separating third-tier media rights into separate deals for each university; such contracts secured an additional $6 million to $20 million per university annually. In 2022, the conference renewed its media rights with ESPN and Fox Sports for six seasons starting in 2025–26, with an estimated US$380 million average annual fee, equating to about $31.7 million per school. The contract included a pro-rata clause that increased the conference's fee proportionately if Power conference schools were added. Subsequently, with the additions of Arizona, Arizona St, Colorado, and Utah, the value of the contract is set to increase by about $125 million per year from $380 million to $505 million.

Significant additional revenue is generated from postseason play by Big 12 teams, including the college football playoff, football bowl games, and NCAA basketball tournament revenue. For the 2023-24 football season, the Big 12 received $79.4 million for participating in the college football playoff. Bowl game revenues vary yearly with team selections; the 2024 Alamo Bowl between BYU, representing the Big 12, and Colorado, who took a Pac-12's spot, paid the conference $9.8 million. Considered perhaps the best basketball conference in the country, the Big 12 performs well in the NCAA basketball tournament. Conference teams earned 15 units (worth $30 million) in the 2024 tournament, and 20 units (worth $40 million) in the 2025 tournament.

In the era of Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) payments to student-athletes and revenue sharing directly from school athletic department budgets, the Big 12 has also maximized creative sponsorships. In July 2025, the conference announced a sponsorship deal with PayPal worth about $100 million over 3 years, roughly $2 million per school per year. Under the agreement, PayPal and Venmo will be the official partner of the Big 12 Conference for payments to student athletes and will be promoted across Big 12 football, basketball, and Olympic sports championships for both men and women. Phillips 66 is the title sponsor for Big 12 championship events, and has been for most of the conference's existence, though the contract amount has not been publicly disclosed.

Once the Big 12's new media rights deal kicks in, conference annual distributions to each school are expected to be $50 million or more. All conference members will receive a full share of revenue from the conference's media rights contracts, though payments to individual schools could differ based on postseason play.

Athletic department revenue by school

Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2023–24 academic year.

Institution2023–24 Grand Total Revenues2023–24 Grand Total Expenses2023–24 Total Expenses on Football2023–24 Total Expenses on Men's Basketball2023–24 Total Expenses on Women's Basketball
University of Kansas$215,031,889$156,040,840$31,326,379$19,736,451$5,696,097
Baylor University$148,063,513$148,063,513$38,996,269$16,264,752$8,155,007
University of Colorado Boulder$146,567,503$138,325,220$38,459,488$8,993,893$5,285,709
Texas Christian University$141,889,741$141,889,741$54,129,228$14,619,007$7,472,618
University of Arizona$138,959,027$138,959,027$37,131,453$16,316,532$5,686,443
Oklahoma State University$131,559,155$130,346,189$33,952,496$10,984,316$4,446,022
Brigham Young University$129,891,998$115,666,650$35,188,112$11,700,684$4,767,966
Arizona State University$126,892,086$126,892,086$40,162,578$9,127,982$4,409,177
Texas Tech University$115,268,119$114,344,886$34,401,458$12,389,637$6,087,857
University of Utah$111,749,094$111,749,094$43,371,848$8,294,961$4,900,796
Kansas State University$106,312,406$87,502,697$16,697,101$8,009,170$3,209,243
West Virginia University$106,013,297$106,013,297$23,220,348$11,075,724$4,586,148
Iowa State University$100,543,747$100,471,526$30,019,709$9,808,158$5,212,833
University of Houston$98,914,486$98,914,486$26,934,492$12,552,038$2,951,028
University of Central Florida$93,417,587$90,055,820$30,249,823$7,018,149$3,602,032
University of Cincinnati$89,597,392$89,597,392$30,400,338$11,950,473$5,095,686

The following table shows Big 12 Conference distributions during the fiscal year beginning 07-01-2023 ending 06-30-2024 as reported by ProPublica using Schedule A of the Big 12 Conference tax filings

Institution2022–23 Distribution
University of Texas at Austin
Left Big 12 for SEC July 1, 2024$42,053,219
University of Oklahoma
Left Big 12 for SEC July 1, 2024$40,722,249
University of Kansas$40,034,613
Oklahoma State University$39,787,284
Kansas State University$39,748,469
Iowa State University$39,611,310
Texas Tech University$38,731,177
West Virginia University$38,715,984
Baylor University$37,890,641
Texas Christian University$37,775,562
University of Central Florida$20,802,010
Brigham Young University$20,668,782
University of Cincinnati$19,884,248
University of Houston$19,571,551
Average for 14 Schools$33,999,792

Facilities

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Key personnel

SchoolAthletic DirectorFootball CoachSalaryMen's basketball coachSalaryWomen's basketball coachBaseball coachSoftball coach
ArizonaDesiree Reed-FrancoisBrent Brennan$3,400,000Tommy Lloyd$5,250,000Becky BurkeChip HaleCaitlin Lowe
Arizona StateGraham RossiniKenny Dillingham$7,442,000Bobby Hurley$3,536,000Molly MillerWillie BloomquistMegan Bartlett
BaylorJovan Overshown & Cody HallDave Aranda$4,702,570Scott Drew$5,410,061Nicki CollenMitch ThompsonGlenn Moore
BYUBrian SantiagoKalani SitakeNA†Kevin YoungNA†Lee CummardTrent PrattGordon Eakin
CincinnatiJohn CunninghamScott Satterfield$3,700,000Wes Miller$2,600,000Katrina MerriweatherJordan Bischel
ColoradoRick GeorgeDeion Sanders$8,975,000Tad Boyle$2,503,500JR Payne
HoustonEddie NuñezWillie Fritz$4,500,000Kelvin Sampson$4,604,000Matthew MitchellTodd WhittingChrissy Schoonmaker
Iowa StateJamie PollardJimmy Rogers$3,000,000T. J. Otzelberger$3,500,000Bill FennellyJamie Pinkerton
KansasTravis GoffLance Leipold$6,650,000Bill Self$8,803,800Brandon SchneiderDan FitzgeraldJennifer McFalls
Kansas StateGene TaylorCollin Klein$4,300,000Jerome Tang$3,700,000Jeff MittiePete Hughes
Oklahoma StateChad WeibergEric Morris$TBDSteve Lutz$2,400,000Jacie HoytJosh HollidayKenny Gajewski
TCUMike BuddieSonny Dykes$7,036,013Jamie DixonNA†Mark CampbellKirk Saarloos
Texas TechKirby HocuttJoey McGuire$4,554,960Grant McCasland$3,900,000Krista GerlichTim TadlockGerry Glasco
UCFTerry MohajirScott Frost$3,858,333Johnny Dawkins$2,000,000Sytia MesserRich WallaceCindy Ball-Malone
UtahMark HarlanMorgan Scalley$5,100,000Alex Jensen$3,600,000Gavin PetersenGary HendersonAmy Hogue
West VirginiaWren BakerRich Rodriguez$3,600,000Ross Hodge$2,800,000Mark KelloggSteve Sabins

;Notes:

Sources:

†Private institution not required to release coaching salaries

•Salaries based on 2025–2026 academic year

Championships

National team titles by institution

The national championships listed below are as of the 2024−25 season. Football, Helms, pre-NCAA competition and overall equestrian titles are included in the total, but excluded from the column listing NCAA and AIAW titles.

Big 12 National ChampionshipsUniversityTotal TitlesTitles as a member of the Big 12NCAA titlesMen'sWomen'sCo-ed†AIAW titlesNotesTotal28038240146484629
Oklahoma State571455550001 claimed football and equestrian title
Arizona State430251213018
Colorado30928163911 claimed football title
Utah2802629152
West Virginia24421102003 pre-NCAA rifle titles
Arizona2101971202
Iowa State1801313005
Houston1701717000
BYU1421376001 claimed football title
Kansas14312111002 Helms basketball titles
TCU93712402 claimed football titles
Baylor5552300
Texas Tech3232100
Cincinnati2022000
UCF10000001 claimed football title
Kansas State0000000

† Co-ed sports include fencing (since 1990), rifle, and skiing (since 1983). Team fencing championships before 1990 and team skiing championships before 1983 were awarded as men's or women's championships and are counted here as such.

Includes titles won under the DGWS, predecessor of the AIAW.

Most recent NCAA championship

IndicatorMeaning*
Most recent NCAA championship
UniversityYearSportOklahoma State[2025](2025-ncaa-division-i-cross-country-championships)Men's Cross Country
Arizona[2018](2018-ncaa-division-i-women-s-golf-championship)Women's Golf
Arizona State[2024](2024-ncaa-division-i-men-s-swimming-and-diving-championships)Men's Swimming & Dive
Baylor[2021](2021-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)Men's Basketball
BYU[2024](2024-ncaa-division-i-cross-country-championships)Men's cross country
Cincinnati[1962](1962-ncaa-university-division-basketball-tournament)Men's Basketball
Colorado2024Skiing
Houston[1985](1985-ncaa-division-i-men-s-golf-championship)Men's Golf
Iowa State[1994](1994-ncaa-division-i-cross-country-championships)Men's Cross Country
Kansas[2022](2022-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)Men's Basketball
Kansas State
TCU2025[Beach Volleyball](2025-ncaa-beach-volleyball-championship)
Texas Tech[2024](2024-ncaa-division-i-indoor-track-and-field-championships)Men's Indoor Track & Field
UCF
Utah2025Skiing
West Virginia*2025Rifle

National championships

The following is a list of all NCAA, equestrian, and college football championships won by teams that were representing the Big 12 Conference in NCAA-recognized sports at the time of their championship. The most recent Big 12 team to win a national title is Oklahoma State men's cross country in 2025. Only two years of the Big 12's existence has the conference not won at least one team national title, 2007 and 2020. However, in 2020 multiple National Championships were not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

One former member of the conference did not win a National Championship while a member of the Big 12, Missouri. Original members Kansas State and Iowa State have not won a championship while representing the Big 12. The only national championships won by 2012 arrival West Virginia since joining the Big 12 have been in rifle, a sport that the conference has never sponsored. Of the 2023 arrivals, Houston, UCF, and Cincinnati have not won a championship in the Big 12, but BYU has won in women's and men's cross country.

Men's swimming has the most overall championships with 10, while men's golf has the most different schools win a championship with 4.

Source:

Fall Sports

Men's Sports

Cross Country (8)YearSchool
2001Colorado
2004Colorado
2006Colorado
2009Oklahoma State
2010Oklahoma State
2012Oklahoma State
2023Oklahoma State
2024BYU
2025Oklahoma State
FootballYearSchool
**Selector(s)**
1997Nebraska**USAT/ESPN**
2000Oklahoma**AP**, **FWAA**, **NFF**, **USAT/ESPN**
2005Texas**AP**, **FWAA**, **NFF**, **USAT**

Women's Sports

Women's Cross Country (3)YearSchool
2000Colorado
2004Colorado
2024BYU
Women's Volleyball (5)
2000
2005
2012
2022
2023

Winter Sports

Men's Sports

Men's Basketball (3)YearSchool
2008Kansas
2021Baylor
2022Kansas
Men's Swimming (10)YearSchool
1996Texas
2000Texas
2001Texas
2002Texas
2010Texas
2015Texas
2016Texas
2017Texas
2018Texas
2021Texas
Men's Indoor Track (1)YearSchool
2024Texas Tech
Wrestling (4)YearSchool
2003Oklahoma State
2004Oklahoma State
2005Oklahoma State
2006Oklahoma State

Women's Sports

Women's Basketball (4)YearSchool
2005Baylor
2011Texas A&M
2012Baylor
2019Baylor
Gymnastics (6)YearSchool
2014Oklahoma
2016Oklahoma
2017Oklahoma
2019Oklahoma
2022Oklahoma
2023Oklahoma
Women's Indoor Track & Field (3)YearSchool
1998Texas
1999Texas
2006Texas

Spring Sports

Men's Sports

Baseball (2)YearSchool
2002Texas
2005Texas
Men's Golf (7)YearSchool
2000Oklahoma State
2006Oklahoma State
2009Texas A&M
2012Texas
2017Oklahoma
2018Oklahoma State
2022Texas
2025Oklahoma State
Men's Gymnastics (9)YearSchool
2002Oklahoma
2003Oklahoma
2005Oklahoma
2006Oklahoma
2008Oklahoma
2015Oklahoma
2016Oklahoma
2017Oklahoma
2018Oklahoma
Men's Tennis (3)YearSchool
2004Baylor
2019Texas
2024TCU
Outdoor Track & Field (4)YearSchool
2009Texas A&M
2010Texas A&M
2011Texas A&M
2019Texas Tech

Women's Sports

Beach Volleyball (1)YearSchool
2024TCU
Women's Outdoor Track (8)YearSchool
1998Texas
1999Texas
2005Texas
2009Texas A&M
2010Texas A&M
2011Texas A&M
2013Kansas
2023Texas
Women's Rowing (3)YearSchool
2021Texas
2022Texas
2024Texas
Softball (8)YearSchool
2000Oklahoma
2013Oklahoma
2016Oklahoma
2017Oklahoma
2021Oklahoma
2022Oklahoma
2023Oklahoma
2024Oklahoma
Women's Tennis (2)YearSchool
2021Texas
2022Texas
Women's Bowling (5)YearSchool
1999Nebraska
2001Nebraska
2004Nebraska
2005Nebraska
2009Nebraska

Combined Sports

Equestrian (3)YearSchool
2002Texas A&M (Overall)
2012Texas A&M (Overall)
2022Oklahoma State (Overall)
Rifle (7)
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2019
2024
2025

Other NCAA championships

The following are NCAA championships won by Big 12 members, but in sports not sponsored by the conference.

Combined Sports

Men's/Women's Skiing (6)YearSchool
1998Colorado
1999Colorado
2006Colorado
2011Colorado
2024Colorado
2025Utah

Conference champions

Main article: List of Big 12 Conference champions

The Conference sponsors 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's.

In football, divisional titles were awarded based on regular-season conference results, with the teams with the best conference records from the North and South playing in the Big 12 Championship Game from 1996 to 2010. Baseball, basketball, softball, tennis and women's soccer titles are awarded in both regular-season and tournament play. Cross country, golf, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling titles are awarded during an annual meet of participating teams. The volleyball title is awarded based on regular-season play.

UniversityYearsRegular SeasonPostseasonTotal
Arizona Wildcats2024–present03**3**
Arizona State Sun Devils2024–present23**5**
Baylor Bears1996–present4841**89**
BYU Cougars2023–present05**5**
Cincinnati Bearcats2023–present00**0**
Colorado Buffaloes1996–2011,
2024–present526**31**
Houston Cougars2023–present21**3**
Iowa State Cyclones1996–present427**31**
Kansas Jayhawks1996–present2520**45**
Kansas State Wildcats1996–present117**18**
Oklahoma State Cowboys1996–present1688**104**
TCU Horned Frogs2012–present1610**26**
Texas Tech Red Raiders1996–present1624**40**
UCF Knights2023–present11**2**
Utah Utes2024–present11**2**
West Virginia Mountaineers2012–present86**14**

Football

Main article: Big 12 Conference football

The first football game in conference play was Texas Tech vs. Kansas State in 1996, won by Kansas State, 21–14.

From 1996 to 2010, Big 12 Conference teams played eight conference games a season. Each team faced all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division. Inter-divisional play was a "three-on, three-off" system, where teams would play three teams from the other division on a home-and-home basis for two seasons, and then play the other three foes from the opposite side for a two-year home-and-home.

This format came under considerable criticism, especially from Nebraska and Oklahoma, who were denied a yearly match between two of college football's most storied programs. The Nebraska–Oklahoma rivalry was one of the most intense in college football history. (Until 2006, the teams had never met in the Big 12 Championship.) Due to the departure of Nebraska and Colorado in 2011, the Big 12 eliminated the divisions (and championship game) and instituted a nine-game round-robin format. With the advent of the College Football Playoff committee looking at teams' strength of schedule for picking the four playoff teams, on December 8, 2015, the Big 12 announced an annual requirement for all Big 12 teams to schedule a non-conference game against a team from the four other Power Five conferences (plus Notre Dame). Per Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby: "Schedule strength is a key component in CFP Selection Committee deliberations. This move will strengthen the resumes for all Big 12 teams. Coupled with the nine-game full round robin Conference schedule our teams play, it will not only benefit the teams at the top of our standings each season, but will impact the overall strength of the Conference." The Big 12 has made it to the Playoffs 8 times from 2014 to 2025. Five Big 12 participants have made it to the playoff: Oklahoma in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019; TCU in 2022; Texas in 2023; and Arizona State in 2024 and Texas Tech in 2025.

Championship game

Main article: Big 12 Championship Game

The Big 12 Championship Game was approved by all members except Nebraska. It was held each year, commencing with the first match in the 1996 season at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis. It pitted the division champions against each other after the regular season was completed.

Following the 2008 game, the event was moved to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, being played there in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers 23–20.

After 2010, the game was moved to Arlington for 2011, 2012, and 2013. However, the decision became moot following the 2010 season because the league lacked sufficient members.

In April 2015, the ACC and the Big 12 developed new rules for the NCAA to deregulate conference championship games. The measure passed on January 14, 2016, allowing a conference with fewer than 12 teams to stage a championship game that does not count against the FBS limit of 12 regular-season games under either of the following circumstances:

  • The game involves the top two teams following a full round-robin conference schedule.
  • The game involves two divisional winners, each having played a full round-robin schedule in its division.

Under the first criterion, the Big 12 championship game resumed at the conclusion of the 2017 regular season, and is played during the first weekend of December, the time all other FBS conference championship games are played.

Bowl affiliations

The following were bowl games for the Big 12 for the 2022 season.

PickName{{cite weburl = https://big12sports.com/news/2019/5/23/211718886.aspxtitle = 2022-2023 Bowl Selection Processpublisher = Big 12 Conferencedate = July 18, 2022LocationOpposing conference
College Football Playoff
1Sugar Bowl†New Orleans, LouisianaSEC
2Alamo BowlSan Antonio, TexasPac-12
3Cheez-It BowlOrlando, FloridaACC
4Texas BowlHouston, TexasSEC
5Liberty BowlMemphis, TennesseeSEC
6Guaranteed Rate BowlPhoenix, ArizonaBig Ten
7‡Armed Forces BowlFort Worth, TexasAAC/C-USA
7‡First Responder BowlDallas, TexasAAC/ACC/C-USA
†The Big 12 champion will go to the Sugar Bowl unless selected for the College Football Playoff. In the event that the conference champion is selected for the playoff, the conference runner-up will go to the Sugar Bowl. In years in which the Sugar Bowl is a CFP semifinal, the Big 12 champion (runner-up if the champion is selected for the CFP) is slotted to the Cotton, Fiesta or Peach Bowls.

Rivalries

The Big 12 is known for rivalries (primarily in football) that mostly predate the conference. The Kansas-Missouri rivalry was the longest running, the longest west of the Mississippi, and the second longest in college football, dating back to the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association before evolving into the Big Eight. It was played 119 times before Missouri left the Big 12. From that time, the University of Kansas' athletic department did not accept Missouri's invitations to play inter-conference rivalry games, putting the rivalry on hold, until men's basketball played in December 2021 and football in September 2025. Sports clubs sponsored by the two universities continued to play each other.

The rivalry between TCU and Baylor, known as the Revivalry, is also one of the longest running in college football, with the two universities having played each other — largely as Southwest Conference members — 120 times since 1899. Following the 2024 game, TCU leads the series 59–54–7.

After the conference's 2024 expansion, only four rivalries were "protected" (i.e., guaranteed of being played each season)—Arizona–Arizona State, Baylor–TCU, BYU–Utah, and Kansas–Kansas State. These are highlighted in bold in the table below.

Several schools within the Big 12 also maintain rivalries with schools from other conferences. Iowa State plays the University of Iowa Football Team (the latter from the Big 10 Conference) in football each year for the "Cy-Hawk" trophy. Other rivalries include the Iron Skillet football game between TCU and SMU (of the Atlantic Coast Conference-ACC); and the "War on I-4" football game between UCF and USF (of the American Athletic Conference-AAC). However, the latter two rivalry games are no longer played on an annual basis due to conference realignment and scheduling difficulties.

Some of the football rivalries between Big 12 universities include:

RivalryNameTrophyGames
played†BeganRecord
**Arizona–Arizona State**Duel in the DesertTerritorial Cup991899Arizona 52–45–1
Baylor–Houston311950Tied 15–15–1
**Baylor–TCU**Bluebonnet Battle / Revivalry1201899TCU 60–54–7
Baylor–Texas Tech831929Baylor 42–40–1
**BYU–Utah**Holy WarBeehive Boot1031896Utah 62–37–4
Cincinnati–UCF112015Cincinnati 6–5
Cincinnati–West Virginia221921West Virginia 18–3–1
Colorado–Kansas State681912Colorado 45–22–1
Colorado–UtahRumble in the Rockies721903Utah 36–33–3
Houston–Texas Tech361951Houston 18–17–1
Iowa State–Kansas StateFarmageddon1081917Iowa State 55–50–4
**Kansas–Kansas State**Sunflower ShowdownGovernor's Cup1231902Kansas 65–53–5
TCU–Texas TechWest Texas ChampionshipThe Saddle Trophy671926Texas Tech 33–31–3

Men's Basketball

Main article: Big 12 Conference men's basketball

As of the end of the 2023–2024 season, nine current Big 12 members are among the teams with the most wins and/or the highest win percentage in NCAA Division 1 men's basketball: Kansas (#2 in wins, #3 in percentage), Cincinnati (#12 wins, #19 percentage), Utah (#15 wins, #22 percentage), BYU (#17 wins, #31 percentage), Arizona (#19 wins, #10 percentage), West Virginia (#20 wins, #36 percentage), Houston (#37 percentage), Oklahoma State (#39 wins), and Kansas State (#42 wins). On the list of the most Final Four appearances, Kansas is #5 and Cincinnati, Houston, and Oklahoma State are all tied (with several other schools) at #11.

From 1996 to 2011, standings in conference play were not split among divisions, although the schedule was structured as if they were. Teams played a home-and-home against teams within their divisions and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. After Nebraska and Colorado left, Big 12 play transitioned to an 18-game, double round robin schedule. When the conference temporarily expanded to 14 members for the 2023–24 season, the 18-game schedule remained, but the double round-robin was discontinued in favor of a new scheduling formula.

In 2024–25, the Big 12 played a 20-game schedule, but due to input from coaches the league will play an 18-game schedule in 2025–26.

Conference champions

Kansas has the most Big 12 titles, winning or sharing the regular-season title 20 times in the league's 25 seasons, including 13 straight from 2004–05 to 2016–17. The 2002 Jayhawks became the first, and so far only, team to complete an undefeated Big 12 regular season, going 16–0. Though rematches between Big 12 regular season co-champions have happened in that year's Big 12 tournament, none have met in the ensuing NCAA Tournament.

SeasonRegular season championTournament champion
[1996–97](1997-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Kansas](1996-97-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team)[Kansas](1996-97-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team)
[1997–98](1998-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Kansas](1997-98-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (2)[Kansas](1997-98-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (2)
[1998–99](1999-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)Texas[Kansas](1998-99-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (3)
[1999–00](2000-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Iowa State](1999-2000-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team)[Iowa State](1999-2000-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team)
[2000–01](2001-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Iowa State](2000-01-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team) (2)Oklahoma
[2001–02](2002-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Kansas](2001-02-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (3)[Oklahoma](2001-02-oklahoma-sooners-men-s-basketball-team) (2)
[2002–03](2003-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Kansas](2002-03-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (4)Oklahoma (3)
[2003–04](2004-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Oklahoma State](2003-04-oklahoma-state-cowboys-basketball-team)[Oklahoma State](2003-04-oklahoma-state-cowboys-basketball-team)
[2004–05](2005-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)Oklahoma
[Kansas](2004-05-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (5)Oklahoma State (2)
[2005–06](2006-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Texas](2005-06-texas-longhorns-men-s-basketball-team) (2)
[Kansas](2005-06-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (6)[Kansas](2005-06-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (4)
[2006–07](2007-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Kansas](2006-07-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (7)[Kansas](2006-07-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (5)
[2007–08](2008-big-12-men-s-basketball-tournament)[Texas](2007-08-texas-longhorns-men-s-basketball-team) (3)
[Kansas](2007-08-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (8)[Kansas](2007-08-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (6)
[2008–09](2008-09-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2008-09-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (9)[Missouri](2008-09-missouri-tigers-men-s-basketball-team)
[2009–10](2009-10-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2009-10-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (10)[Kansas](2009-10-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (7)
[2010–11](2010-11-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2010-11-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (11)[Kansas](2010-11-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (8)
[2011–12](2011-12-big-12-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2011-12-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (12)[Missouri](2011-12-missouri-tigers-men-s-basketball-team) (2)
[2012–13](2012-13-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2012-13-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (13)
[Kansas State](2012-13-kansas-state-wildcats-men-s-basketball-team)[Kansas](2012-13-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (9)
[2013–14](2013-14-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2013-14-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (14)[Iowa State](2013-14-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team) (2)
[2014–15](2014-15-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2014-15-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (15)[Iowa State](2014-15-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team) (3)
[2015–16](2015-16-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2015-16-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (16)[Kansas](2015-16-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (10)
[2016–17](2016-17-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2016-17-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (17)[Iowa State](2016-17-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team) (4)
[2017–18](2017-18-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2017-18-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) [18]*[Kansas](2017-18-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) [11]*
[2018–19](2018-19-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas State](2018-19-kansas-state-wildcats-men-s-basketball-team) (2)
[Texas Tech](2018-19-texas-tech-red-raiders-basketball-team)[Iowa State](2018-19-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team) (5)
[2019–20](2019-20-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Kansas](2019-20-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (19 [18])Canceled**
[2020–21](2020-21-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[Baylor](2020-21-baylor-bears-basketball-team)[Texas](2020-21-texas-longhorns-men-s-basketball-team)
[2021](2021-22-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[–](2019-20-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)22[Kansas](2021-22-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (20 [19])
[Baylor](2021-22-baylor-bears-men-s-basketball-team) (2)[Kansas](2021-22-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (12 [11])
[2022](2022-23-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[–](2019-20-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)23[Kansas](2022-23-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) (21 [20])[Texas](2022-23-texas-longhorns-men-s-basketball-team) (2)
[2023](2023-24-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[–](2019-20-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)24[Houston](2023-24-houston-cougars-men-s-basketball-team)[Iowa State](2023-24-iowa-state-cyclones-men-s-basketball-team) (6)
[2024](2024-25-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)[–](2019-20-big-12-conference-men-s-basketball-season)25[Houston](2024-25-houston-cougars-men-s-basketball-team) (2)Houston

*Due to the use of an ineligible player, Kansas was forced to vacate 15 victories from its 2017-18 season, including the Big 12 regular season and postseason championships the Jayhawks won that year. The bracketed numbers in subsequent are the official number of titles counting those that were vacated.

**The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.}} In 2021–22, Kansas won the seeding tiebreaker over Baylor for the Big 12 Tournament, as Kansas had gone 1–1 against third place team Texas Tech, while Baylor had been swept by Texas Tech.

NCAA tournament performance

Totals through the end of the 2024–25 season.

UniversityAppearancesFinal FoursChampionships
Arizona3941
Arizona State1700
Baylor1731
BYU3200
UCF500
Cincinnati3362
Colorado1620
Houston2670
Iowa State2410
Kansas52154
Kansas State3240
Oklahoma State2962
TCU1100
Texas Tech2010
Utah2941
West Virginia3120

*Arizona has appeared in 39 tournaments; however, their 1999, 2008, 2017 and 2018 Tournament appearance was vacated by the NCAA, officially giving them 35 tournament appearances *Kansas has appeared in 52 tournaments and 16 final fours; however, their 2018 Tournament appearance was vacated by the NCAA, officially giving them 51 tournament appearances and 15 final fours

*Texas Tech has appeared in 21 tournaments; however, their 1996 Tournament appearance was vacated by the NCAA, officially giving them 20 tournament appearances.

All-time wins

Source:

TeamBig 12 RecordBig 12 Winning %Overall recordOverall winning %Big 12 regular season championshipsBig 12 tournament championships
Arizona14–61889–986–1--
Arizona State4–161468–1303--
Baylor232–2581434–13872-
BYU24–141892–1145--
UCF14–24874–688--
Cincinnati14–241911–1079--
Houston34–41435–88221
Colorado101–1701427–1271--
Iowa State228–2661460–139826
Kansas391–1032393–8962112
Kansas State221–2731740–12382-
Oklahoma State244–2501748–124912
TCU77–1571319–1476--
Texas Tech211–2821514–11801-
Utah8–121897–1081--
West Virginia111–1241855–1175--

Totals though the end of the 2024−25 regular season.

All-time series record

Totals from though the end of the 2024–25 season. Includes any regular season match up regardless of conference affiliation or postseason meetings.

Source:

Arizona Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. ArizonaArizona State Sun Devilsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. Arizona
StateBaylor Bearsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. BaylorBYU Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. BYUUCF Knightsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. UCFCincinnati Bearcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. CincinnatiColorado Buffaloesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. ColoradoHouston Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. HoustonIowa State Cyclonesborder=0color=white}};" width="75"vs. Iowa
StateKansas Jayhawksborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. KansasKansas State Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. Kansas
StateOklahoma State Cowboysborder=0color=black}}" width="75"vs. Oklahoma
StateTCU Horned Frogsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. TCUTexas Tech Red Raidersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. Texas
TechUtah Utesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. UtahWest Virginia Mountaineersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. West
VirginiaArizona Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"ArizonaArizona State Sun Devilsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"Arizona
StateBaylor Bearsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"BaylorBYU Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"BYUUCF Knightsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"UCFCincinnati Bearcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"CincinnatiColorado Buffaloesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"ColoradoHouston Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"HoustonIowa State Cyclonesborder=0color=white}};" width="75"Iowa
StateKansas Jayhawksborder=0color=white}}" width="75"KansasKansas State Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"Kansas
StateOklahoma State Cowboysborder=0color=black}}" width="75"Oklahoma
StateTCU Horned Frogsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"TCUTexas Tech Red Raidersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"Texas
TechUtah Utesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"UtahWest Virginia Mountaineersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"West
Virginia
**Total**
163–875–721–201–05–027–166–85–45–96–94–02–226–2941–324–3321–226
87–1632–822–300–11–314–163–42–26–66–63–62–419–2428–381–0186–311
5–78–26–72–02–112–1616–4125–2511–3727–2638–57110–9065–852–318–8346–406
20–2130–227–64–03–37–173–83–73–45–56–420–43–4135–1303–2253–236
0–11–00–20–46–182–211–250–31–31–34–12–21–23–01–333–67
0–53–11–23–318–68–133–174–55–58–33–57–12–14–212–13127–92
16–2716–1416–1217–72–21–83–578–7340–12648–9761–494–313–1912–191–1329–461
6–84–341–168–325–1117–335–35–55–65–510–1351–2632–281–13–0221–159
4–52–225–257–33–05–473–785–569–19195–14768–7218–1524–222–210–15410–586
9–56–637–114–33–15–5126–406–5191–69206–97126–6027–443–92–127–8818–324
9–66–626–275–53–13–897–485–5147–9597–20688–6021–1426–262–213–16551–525
0–46–357–384–61–45–349–6113–1072–6860–12660–8829–1550–285–213–13425–471
2–24–290–1104–202–21–73–426–5115–184–2714–2115–2957–8816–78–19260–406
29–2624–1985–654–32–11–219–1328–3222–249–4326–2628–5088–573–511–18379–384
32–4438–283–2130–1350–32–419–121–12–21–22–22–57–165–36–2249–259
3–40–18–182–33–113–121–10–315–108–2716–1313–1319–818–112–6120–132

Big 12 series record

1997 - 2025 as Big 12 Members

Source: Some of the values from the bottom of page 32 don't match with the detailed numbers given on pages 33–41 so that latter values were used: *

Arizona Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. ArizonaArizona State Sun Devilsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. Arizona
StateBaylor Bearsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. BaylorBYU Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. BYUUCF Knightsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. UCFCincinnati Bearcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. CincinnatiColorado Buffaloesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. ColoradoHouston Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. HoustonIowa State Cyclonesborder=0color=white}};" width="75"vs. Iowa
StateKansas Jayhawksborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. KansasKansas State Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. Kansas
StateOklahoma State Cowboysborder=0color=black}}" width="75"vs. Oklahoma
StateTCU Horned Frogsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. TCUTexas Tech Red Raidersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. Texas
TechUtah Utesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. UtahWest Virginia Mountaineersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"vs. West
VirginiaArizona Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"ArizonaArizona State Sun Devilsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"Arizona
StateBaylor Bearsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"BaylorBYU Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"BYUUCF Knightsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"UCFCincinnati Bearcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"CincinnatiColorado Buffaloesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"ColoradoHouston Cougarsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"HoustonIowa State Cyclonesborder=0color=white}};" width="75"Iowa
StateKansas Jayhawksborder=0color=white}}" width="75"KansasKansas State Wildcatsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"Kansas
StateOklahoma State Cowboysborder=0color=black}}" width="75"Oklahoma
StateTCU Horned Frogsborder=0color=white}}" width="75"TCUTexas Tech Red Raidersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"Texas
TechUtah Utesborder=0color=white}}" width="75"UtahWest Virginia Mountaineersborder=0color=white}}" width="75"West
Virginia
**Total**
2–02–01–11–01–01–00–21–11–10–11–01–02–11–01–116–8
0–20–10–20–10–12–00–10–10–11–20–10–10–20–11–04–17
0–21–01–22–02–10–10–324–2010–3428–17 *27–3121–6 *29–282–014–9160–155
1–12–02–13–01–21–00–33–12–02–12–11–10–21–13–023–14
0–11–00–20–31–31–10–30–31–31–12–12–12–12–01–214–25
0–11–01–22–13–11–00–30–30–21–21–22–11–21–11–315–23
0–10–21–00–11–10–10–20–30–20–10–12–10–10–11–15–19
0–21–03–03–03–03–02–02–13–12–03–01–12–11–03–032–4
1–11–020–241–33–03–03–01–217–4430–2920–2515–921–211–09–13 *146–171
1–11–034–100–23–12–02–01–344–1758–835–1322–3 *34–90–119–8 *256–69
1–02–117–28 *2–11–12–11–00–229–308–5819–27 *17–9 *18–24 *0–111–14127–198
0–11–031–271–21–22–11–00–325–2013–3527–19 *11–1239–241–112–11165–158
0–11–06–21 *1–11–21–21–21–19–153–229–17 *12–118–160–17–1860–130
1–22–028–292–01–22–11–01–221–219–3424–18 *24–3916–8 *1–010–15 *142–171
0–11–00–21–10–21–11–00–10–11–01–01–11–00–10–28–13
1–10–19–140–32–13–11–10–313–9 *8–19 *14–1111–1218–715–10 *0–296–94

Baseball

Main article: Big 12 Baseball Tournament

All current Big 12 members sponsor baseball except Colorado, which never sponsored baseball during its first conference tenure and still does not sponsor the sport, and Iowa State, which dropped the sport after the 2001 season. All other former Big 12 members sponsored the sport throughout their tenures in the conference.

TeamSeasonRegular SeasonTournamentTotal
Arizona2025–present01**1**
Arizona State2025–present00**0**
Baylor1997–present31**4**
BYU2024–present00**0**
Cincinnati2024–present00**0**
Houston2024–present00**0**
Iowa State1997–200100**0**
Kansas1997–present01**1**
Kansas State1997–present10**1**
*Missouri**1997–2012**0**1****1***
*Nebraska**1997–2011**3**4****7***
*Oklahoma**1997–2024**1**3****4***
Oklahoma State1997–present24**6**
TCU2013–present34**7**
*Texas**1997–2024**10**5****15***
*Texas A&M**1997–2012**4**3****7***
Texas Tech1997–present41**5**
UCF2024–present00**0**
Utah2025–present00**0**
West Virginia2013–present20**2**
SeasonRegular seasonTournament
1997Texas TechOklahoma
1998Texas A&MTexas Tech
1999Texas A&MNebraska
2000BaylorNebraska
2001NebraskaNebraska
2002TexasTexas
2003NebraskaTexas
2004TexasOklahoma State
2005Baylor†Nebraska
Nebraska†
2006TexasKansas
2007TexasTexas A&M
2008Texas A&MTexas
2009TexasTexas
2010TexasTexas A&M
2011Texas†Texas A&M
Texas A&M†
2012Baylor UniversityMissouri
2013Kansas StateOklahoma
2014Oklahoma StateTCU
2015TCUTexas
2016Texas TechTCU
2017TCU†Oklahoma State
Texas Tech†
2018TexasBaylor
2019Texas TechOklahoma State
2020*none**none*
2021Texas†TCU
TCU†
2022TCUOklahoma
2023Texas†TCU
Oklahoma State†
West Virginia†
2024OklahomaOklahoma State
2025West VirginiaArizona

NCAA tournament performance

Totals through the end of the 2025 season.

UniversityNCAA AppearancesCWS AppearancesCWS ChampionshipsChampionship Seasons
Arizona44194[1976](1976-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament), [1980](1980-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament), [1986](1986-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament), [2012](2012-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament)
Arizona State42225[1965](1965-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament), [1967](1967-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament), [1969](1969-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament), [1977](1977-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament), [1981](1981-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament)
Baylor2130-
BYU1620-
Cincinnati800-
Houston2220-
Iowa State320-
Kansas610-
Kansas State600-
Oklahoma State50201[1959](1959-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament)
TCU2060-
Texas Tech1840-
UCF1300-
Utah510-
West Virginia1600-

Broadcasting and media rights

The Big 12's media rights are controlled primarily by ESPN (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN+) and Fox Sports (Fox and FS1). Since 2012, ESPN has sublicensed college basketball games to CBS Sports. Beginning in 2025, ESPN will sublicense college football and basketball games to TNT Sports.

2012 media deal

On September 7, 2012, the Big 12 announced a 13-year agreement with ESPN and Fox valued at $2.6 billion in total. ESPN and Fox split college football rights, while the basketball inventory was held by ESPN with sublicensing options for CBS Sports and Fox Sports. The agreement also included a grant of rights for all current Big 12 teams over the period of the contract.

In addition to the national agreement, each Big 12 university maintained the right to sell its "third-tier" covering selected events per-season (including one football game, basketball games, and other events outside of those sports). The third-tier rights to the Texas Longhorns are held through a channel dedicated to the team — Longhorn Network — which is operated by ESPN. In 2019, ESPN announced that it would acquire the third-tier rights to all Big 12 teams through 2024–25 (excluding Oklahoma and Texas, which are still under long-term contracts with ESPN+ and Longhorn Network respectively), and place their content on its subscription streaming service ESPN+. ESPN also acquired exclusive rights to all future Big 12 football championship games, replacing the previous alternation between ESPN and Fox.

2025 extension deal

On October 30, 2022, the Big 12 announced that it had reached early broadcast deal to renew rights with ESPN network (includes ABC rights) and Fox. It is a six-year media rights agreement worth a total of $2.3 billion, but also reportedly includes an "escalator clause" that will raise the value of the contracts if only Power Five schools are added. By striking a deal prior to the exclusive negotiating window with ESPN and Fox, the Big 12 managed to achieve several of its primary objectives of stability and security, including the ability to consult its member schools to seek an extended grant of rights and potential future conference expansion. Fox's deal also places a slate of Big 12 college basketball games on Fox Sports for the first time.

  • ESPN:
    • Football games will primarily air in a primetime window on ESPN
    • Rights to the football Big 12 Championship Game
    • Rights to the Big 12 basketball championship
    • Rights to a slate of college basketball games
    • Primary streaming partner under the branding Big 12 Now on ESPN+
  • Fox Sports:
    • 26 football games per season:
    • Rights to a slate of college basketball games
  • TNT Sports
    • College football, men's basketball, and women's basketball games that would normally be broadcast on ESPN's streaming service ESPN+ will be licensed to TNT Sports to be broadcast on TNT and/or TBS, as well as the Max streaming service.
  • CBS
    • Sublicense rights to select college basketball games
  • NFL Network:
    • Will air conference wide Pro Day on NFL Network

Big 12 Studios

In 2024, the Big 12 announced the creation of a Free ad-supported streaming television channel, Big 12 Studios, which will show content related to the games. The channel is operated in partnership with Raycom Sports.

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