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Big 12 Conference Top 25 Games of the 1990s

The best games involving a Big 12 member at the time of kickoff, ranked without favoring either side.

Games
25
Top score
73/100
Overtime
0

National ranking

The conference's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1996Week 15

    Colorado at Nebraska

    Colorado 12, Nebraska 17

    Conference game

    No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 4 Nebraska · 5-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    73

    Game score

  2. 1998PostseasonNeutral site

    Kansas State vs. Texas A&M

    Kansas State 33, Texas A&M 36

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 8 Texas A&M · 3-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    72

    Game score

    Full Game · 1998 Texas A&M vs. Kansas State (Big 12 Championship Game Full Game)

  3. 1996Week 5

    Notre Dame at Texas

    Notre Dame 27, Texas 24

    Nonconference

    No. 9 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Texas · 3-point margin

    Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    69

    Game score

  4. 1999PostseasonNeutral site

    Tennessee vs. Nebraska

    Tennessee 21, Nebraska 31

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Nebraska · 10-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    68

    Game score

  5. 1998PostseasonNeutral site

    Texas A&M vs. Ohio State

    Texas A&M 14, Ohio State 24

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 10-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  6. 1997Week 5

    Nebraska at Washington

    Nebraska 27, Washington 14

    Nonconference

    No. 7 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Washington · 13-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    65

    Game score

  7. 1998PostseasonNeutral site

    Nebraska vs. Arizona

    Nebraska 20, Arizona 23

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 14 Nebraska vs. No. 5 Arizona · 3-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    65

    Game score

  8. 1996Week 4

    Michigan at Colorado

    Michigan 20, Colorado 13

    Nonconference

    No. 11 Michigan vs. No. 5 Colorado · 7-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    64

    Game score

  9. 1996PostseasonNeutral site

    Kansas State vs. BYU

    Kansas State 15, BYU 19

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 14 Kansas State vs. No. 5 BYU · 4-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    64

    Game score

  10. 1998Week 7

    Nebraska at Texas A&M

    Nebraska 21, Texas A&M 28

    Conference game

    No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 10 Texas A&M · 7-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    62

    Game score

  11. 1999Week 9

    Nebraska at Texas

    Nebraska 20, Texas 24

    Conference game

    No. 3 Nebraska vs. No. 18 Texas · 4-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    62

    Game score

  12. 1996Week 13

    Kansas State at Colorado

    Kansas State 0, Colorado 12

    Conference game

    No. 9 Kansas State vs. No. 6 Colorado · 12-point margin

    Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    60

    Game score

  13. 1998Week 12

    Missouri at Texas A&M

    Missouri 14, Texas A&M 17

    Conference game

    No. 19 Missouri vs. No. 6 Texas A&M · 3-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    59

    Game score

  14. 1998Week 12

    Nebraska at Kansas State

    Nebraska 30, Kansas State 40

    Conference game

    No. 17 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Kansas State · 10-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

    Full Game · Kansas State vs. Nebraska (Full Broadcast)

  15. 1997PostseasonNeutral site

    Tennessee vs. Nebraska

    Tennessee 17, Nebraska 42

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 2 Nebraska · 25-point margin

    Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 10/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

    Full Game · 1997 Nebraska vs. Tennessee (Bowl Full Game)

  16. 1998Week 7

    Kansas State at Colorado

    Kansas State 16, Colorado 9

    Conference game

    No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 19 Colorado · 7-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  17. 1997PostseasonNeutral site

    Texas A&M vs. UCLA

    Texas A&M 23, UCLA 29

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 20 Texas A&M vs. No. 5 UCLA · 6-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  18. 1997Week 15

    Nebraska at Colorado

    Nebraska 27, Colorado 24

    Conference game

    No. 2 Nebraska vs. Unranked Colorado · 3-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  19. 1998Week 9

    Missouri at Nebraska

    Missouri 13, Nebraska 20

    Conference game

    No. 18 Missouri vs. No. 7 Nebraska · 7-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  20. 1998Week 13

    Kansas State at Missouri

    Kansas State 31, Missouri 25

    Conference game

    No. 2 Kansas State vs. No. 24 Missouri · 6-point margin

    Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  21. 1999Week 14

    Nebraska at Colorado

    Nebraska 33, Colorado 30

    Conference game

    No. 3 Nebraska vs. Unranked Colorado · 3-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  22. 1998Week 14

    Texas A&M at Texas

    Texas A&M 24, Texas 26

    Conference game

    No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 20 Texas · 2-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  23. 1999PostseasonNeutral site

    Texas vs. Nebraska

    Texas 6, Nebraska 22

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 14 Texas vs. No. 3 Nebraska · 16-point margin

    Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

    Full Game · 1999 Nebraska vs. Texas (Big 12 Championship Game Full Game)

  24. 1996PostseasonNeutral site

    Washington vs. Colorado

    Washington 21, Colorado 33

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 13 Washington vs. No. 8 Colorado · 12-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  25. 1998PostseasonNeutral site

    Kansas State vs. Purdue

    Kansas State 34, Purdue 37

    Postseason · Neutral site

    No. 4 Kansas State vs. Unranked Purdue · 3-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Conference inclusion comes from each team's conference ID stored on the game row, so later realignment never rewrites history. Regular-season AP ranks come from the game's week; postseason ranks use the final regular-season poll before bowl and playoff results.