All-time members
21
1996-2026
Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference is a active FBS conference record spanning 1996-2026. 21 programs appear in the tracked membership history, with 16 in the latest snapshot. 2 national title seasons and 8 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
16
Latest active snapshot
National title seasons
2
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
8
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
Big 12 Conference is a active FBS conference record spanning 1996-2026. 21 programs appear in the tracked membership history, with 16 in the latest snapshot. 2 national title seasons and 8 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Major eras
- 1996: 11-11 members, championship-game division era
- 1997-2010: 12-12 members, championship-game division era
- 2011-2016: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
- 2017-2022: 10-10 members, championship-game era
Current/final status
Active through 2026.
Latest champion: Texas Tech
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1996
- Last tracked season
- 2026
- Standings seasons
- 30
- Title-game seasons
- 24
- Churn score
- 28
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 1996 | Present | 31 | Current | 0 | 1 |
| Iowa State | 1996 | Present | 31 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1996 | Present | 31 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas State | 1996 | Present | 31 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Texas Tech | 1996 | Present | 31 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | 1997 | Present | 30 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1996 | Present | 18 | Current | 0 | 1 |
| TCU | 2012 | Present | 15 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 2012 | Present | 15 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| BYU | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Houston | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| UCF | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 2024 | Present | 3 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona State | 2024 | Present | 3 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 2024 | Present | 3 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1996 | 2023 | 28 | Former | 1 | 4 |
| Texas | 1996 | 2023 | 28 | Former | 1 | 1 |
| Missouri | 1996 | 2011 | 16 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Texas A&M | 1996 | 2011 | 16 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 1996 | 2010 | 15 | Former | 0 | 1 |
Membership timeline
Membership events feed
- 2024: Oklahoma departed
- 2024: Texas departed
- 2024: Arizona joined
- 2024: Arizona State joined
- 2024: Colorado joined
- 2024: Utah joined
- 2023: BYU joined
- 2023: Cincinnati joined
- 2023: Houston joined
- 2023: UCF joined
- 2012: Missouri departed
- 2012: Texas A&M departed
- 2012: TCU joined
- 2012: West Virginia joined
- 2011: Colorado departed
- 2011: Nebraska departed
- 1997: Oklahoma State joined
- 1996: Baylor joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
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2026 standings
UnavailableDerived from 0 completed conference games.
Member count
16
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
N/A
No champion inferred
How this season was decided
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Win % | Overall | PF | PA | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Arizona State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Baylor | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | BYU | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Colorado | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Houston | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Iowa State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Kansas | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Kansas State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | TCU | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Texas Tech | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | UCF | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Utah | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | West Virginia | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | — | No. 1 seed: Texas Tech · No. 2 seed: BYU | Texas Tech def. BYU (34-7) | — |
| 2024 | Arizona State | — | No. 1 seed: Arizona State · No. 2 seed: Iowa State | Arizona State def. Iowa State (45-19) | — |
| 2023 | Texas | — | No. 1 seed: Texas · No. 2 seed: Oklahoma State | Texas def. Oklahoma State (49-21) | — |
| 2022 | Kansas State | — | No. 1 seed: Kansas State · No. 2 seed: TCU | Kansas State def. TCU (31-28) | — |
| 2021 | Baylor | — | No. 1 seed: Baylor · No. 2 seed: Oklahoma State | Baylor def. Oklahoma State (21-16) | — |
| 2020 | Oklahoma | — | No. 1 seed: Oklahoma · No. 2 seed: Iowa State | Oklahoma def. Iowa State (27-21) | — |
| 2019 | Oklahoma | — | No. 1 seed: Oklahoma · No. 2 seed: Baylor | Oklahoma def. Baylor (30-23) | — |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | — | No. 1 seed: Oklahoma · No. 2 seed: Texas | Oklahoma def. Texas (39-27) | — |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | — | No. 1 seed: Oklahoma · No. 2 seed: TCU | Oklahoma def. TCU (41-17) | — |
| 2016 | Oklahoma | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | Oklahoma | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Baylor, TCU | Baylor, TCU | — | — | Official co-champions from curated conference records. |
| 2013 | Baylor | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Kansas State, Oklahoma | Kansas State, Oklahoma | — | — | Official co-champions from curated conference records. |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Oklahoma | — | North: Nebraska · South: Oklahoma | Oklahoma def. Nebraska (23-20) | — |
| 2009 | Texas | — | North: Nebraska · South: Texas | Texas def. Nebraska (13-12) | — |
| 2008 | Oklahoma | — | North: Missouri · South: Oklahoma | Oklahoma def. Missouri (62-21) | — |
| 2007 | Oklahoma | — | North: Missouri · South: Oklahoma | Oklahoma def. Missouri (38-17) | — |
| 2006 | Oklahoma | — | North: Nebraska · South: Oklahoma | Oklahoma def. Nebraska (21-7) | — |
| 2005 | Texas | — | North: Colorado · South: Texas | Texas def. Colorado (70-3) | — |
| 2004 | Oklahoma | — | North: Colorado · South: Oklahoma | Oklahoma def. Colorado (42-3) | — |
| 2003 | Kansas State | — | North: Kansas State · South: Oklahoma | Kansas State def. Oklahoma (35-7) | — |
| 2002 | Oklahoma | — | North: Colorado · South: Oklahoma | Oklahoma def. Colorado (29-7) | — |
| 2001 | Colorado | — | North: Colorado · South: Texas | Colorado def. Texas (39-37) | — |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | — | North: Kansas State · South: Oklahoma | Oklahoma def. Kansas State (27-24) | — |
| 1999 | Nebraska | — | North: Nebraska · South: Texas | Nebraska def. Texas (22-6) | — |
| 1998 | Texas A&M | — | North: Kansas State · South: Texas A&M | Texas A&M def. Kansas State (36-33) | — |
| 1997 | Nebraska | — | North: Nebraska · South: Texas A&M | Nebraska def. Texas A&M (54-15) | — |
| 1996 | Texas | — | North: Nebraska · South: Texas | Texas def. Nebraska (37-27) | — |
Champion leaders
- Oklahoma: 14 conference titles
- Texas: 4 conference titles
- Baylor: 3 conference titles
- Kansas State: 3 conference titles
- Nebraska: 2 conference titles
- Colorado: 1 conference titles
Era breakdown
- 1996: 11-11 members, championship-game division era
- 1997-2010: 12-12 members, championship-game division era
- 2011-2016: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
- 2017-2022: 10-10 members, championship-game era
- 2023: 14-14 members, championship-game era
- 2024-2025: 16-16 members, championship-game era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1996-1996
Official1996: 11-11 members, championship-game division era
North / South
- 1997: Oklahoma State joined
- 1996: Baylor joined
- 1996: Colorado joined
- 1996: Iowa State joined
1997-2010
Official1997-2010: 12-12 members, championship-game division era
North / South
- 2011: Colorado departed
- 2011: Nebraska departed
- 1997: Oklahoma State joined
2011-2016
Official2011-2016: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2012: Missouri departed
- 2012: Texas A&M departed
- 2012: TCU joined
- 2012: West Virginia joined
2017-2022
Official2017-2022: 10-10 members, championship-game era
No divisions; top two teams
- 2023: BYU joined
- 2023: Cincinnati joined
- 2023: Houston joined
- 2023: UCF joined
2023-2023
Official2023: 14-14 members, championship-game era
No divisions; top two teams
- 2024: Oklahoma departed
- 2024: Texas departed
- 2024: Arizona joined
- 2024: Arizona State joined
2024-2025
Official2024-2025: 16-16 members, championship-game era
No divisions; top two teams
- 2024: Oklahoma departed
- 2024: Texas departed
- 2024: Arizona joined
- 2024: Arizona State joined
Division history
Division winners or qualifier groups are stored for 15 tracked seasons.
Selected season tiebreak summary
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
Realignment
Membership changes and before/after conference snapshots.
Join events
22
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
6
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Arizona
Joined in 2024
Longest member
Baylor
31 seasons
Shared members
- Baylor
- Colorado
- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Texas Tech
Joined since start
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- BYU
- Cincinnati
- Houston
- Oklahoma State
- TCU
- UCF
- Utah
- West Virginia
Departed since start
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Texas A&M
Realignment timeline
- 2024: Oklahoma departed Big 12 Conference after the 2023 season.
- 2024: Texas departed Big 12 Conference after the 2023 season.
- 2024: Arizona joined Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season.
- 2024: Arizona State joined Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season.
- 2024: Colorado joined Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season.
- 2024: Utah joined Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season.
- 2023: BYU joined Big 12 Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Cincinnati joined Big 12 Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Houston joined Big 12 Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2023: UCF joined Big 12 Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2012: Missouri departed Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season.
- 2012: Texas A&M departed Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season.
- 2012: TCU joined Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season.
- 2012: West Virginia joined Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season.
- 2011: Colorado departed Big 12 Conference after the 2010 season.
- 2011: Nebraska departed Big 12 Conference after the 2010 season.
- 1997: Oklahoma State joined Big 12 Conference for the 1997 season.
- 1996: Baylor joined Big 12 Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: Colorado joined Big 12 Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: Iowa State joined Big 12 Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: Kansas joined Big 12 Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: Kansas State joined Big 12 Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: Missouri joined Big 12 Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: Nebraska joined Big 12 Conference for the 1996 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
Oklahoma
14 inferred title seasons
Longest membership tenure
Baylor
31 tracked seasons
Newest member
Arizona
First joined in 2024
Most reshaped metric
28
22 joins and 6 departures tracked.
Team contribution leaderboard
In-conference totals only count seasons when the program was a member. All-time totals count the full program history.
| Team | Conference titles | National title seasons (in conference) | National title seasons (all-time) | Heismans (in conference) | Heismans (all-time) | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 14 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 |
| Texas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| Baylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Kansas State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Colorado | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| TCU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| BYU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| UCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
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