All-time members
8
1907-1996
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference (BEC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1907-1996. 8 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 11 national title seasons and 7 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
1
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
11
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
7
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
1
Final tracked membership snapshot
Latest champion
No champion available
No champion is available yet
Most conference titles
Unavailable
No official title leader is available yet
Newest members
1925
Oklahoma State
Championship format
Standings
1995: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Big Eight Conference (BEC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1907-1996. 8 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 11 national title seasons and 7 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Big Eight Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Oklahoma State.
Major eras
- 1907-1918: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1920: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1921-1924: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1925-1927: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1996.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1907
- Last tracked season
- 1996
- Standings seasons
- 75
- Title-game seasons
- 1
- Churn score
- 50
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 1907 | 1995 | 87 | Former | 4 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 1920 | 1995 | 76 | Former | 6 | 3 |
| Iowa State | 1928 | 1995 | 68 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1928 | 1995 | 68 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas State | 1928 | 1995 | 68 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 1928 | 1995 | 68 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1948 | 1995 | 48 | Former | 1 | 1 |
| Oklahoma State | 1925 | 1996 | 40 | Former | 0 | 1 |
Membership events feed
- 1997: Oklahoma State departed
- 1996: Colorado departed
- 1996: Iowa State departed
- 1996: Kansas departed
- 1996: Kansas State departed
- 1996: Missouri departed
- 1996: Nebraska departed
- 1996: Oklahoma departed
- 1960: Colorado departed
- 1960: Iowa State departed
- 1960: Kansas departed
- 1960: Kansas State departed
- 1960: Missouri departed
- 1960: Nebraska departed
- 1960: Oklahoma departed
- 1960: Colorado joined
- 1960: Iowa State joined
- 1960: Kansas joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
1996 alignment is available, but no completed conference standings are available yet. Showing latest usable standings: 1995.
View 1996 alignment1995 standings
InferredDerived from 28 completed conference games.
Member count
8
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Nebraska
Champion inferred from best conference record.
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 | Nebraska Champion | 7-0 | 100.0 | 12-0 | 365 | 84 | 281 | AP #1 |
| 2 | Colorado | 5-2 | 71.4 | 10-2 | 226 | 178 | 48 | AP #5 |
| 3 | Kansas | 5-2 | 71.4 | 10-2 | 186 | 170 | 16 | AP #9 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 5-2 | 71.4 | 10-2 | 234 | 117 | 117 | AP #7 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 2-5 | 28.6 | 5-5-1 | 96 | 209 | -113 | — |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 2-5 | 28.6 | 4-8 | 143 | 218 | -75 | — |
| 7 | Iowa State | 1-6 | 14.3 | 3-8 | 151 | 304 | -153 | — |
| 8 | Missouri | 1-6 | 14.3 | 3-8 | 103 | 224 | -121 | — |
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|
Champion leaders
- No official title leaders are available yet.
Era breakdown
- 1907-1918: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1920: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1921-1924: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1925-1927: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1928-1947: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1948-1959: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1960-1977: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1978: 8-8 members, championship-game era
- 1979-1995: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1996: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1907-1918
Partial1907-1918: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1919: Nebraska departed
- 1907: Nebraska joined
1920-1920
Partial1920: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1921: Nebraska joined
- 1920: Oklahoma joined
1921-1924
Partial1921-1924: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1925: Oklahoma State joined
- 1921: Nebraska joined
1925-1927
Partial1925-1927: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1928: Nebraska departed
- 1928: Oklahoma departed
- 1928: Oklahoma State departed
- 1928: Iowa State joined
1928-1947
Partial1928-1947: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1948: Iowa State departed
- 1948: Kansas departed
- 1948: Kansas State departed
- 1948: Missouri departed
1948-1959
Partial1948-1959: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1960: Colorado departed
- 1960: Iowa State departed
- 1960: Kansas departed
- 1960: Kansas State departed
1960-1977
Partial1960-1977: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1960: Colorado departed
- 1960: Iowa State departed
- 1960: Kansas departed
- 1960: Kansas State departed
1978-1978
Inferred1978: 8-8 members, championship-game era
Champion inferred from standings plus postseason signal
1979-1995
Partial1979-1995: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1996: Colorado departed
- 1996: Iowa State departed
- 1996: Kansas departed
- 1996: Kansas State departed
1996-1996
Partial1996: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1997: Oklahoma State departed
- 1996: Colorado departed
- 1996: Iowa State departed
- 1996: Kansas departed
Division history
Historical division assignments are not stored in the current dataset.
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
25
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
25
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Colorado
Joined in 1948
Longest member
Nebraska
87 seasons
Shared members
Joined since start
- Oklahoma State
Departed since start
- Nebraska
Realignment timeline
- 1997: Oklahoma State departed Big Eight Conference after the 1996 season.
- 1996: Colorado departed Big Eight Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Iowa State departed Big Eight Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Kansas departed Big Eight Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Kansas State departed Big Eight Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Missouri departed Big Eight Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Nebraska departed Big Eight Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Oklahoma departed Big Eight Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1960: Colorado departed Big Eight Conference after the 1959 season.
- 1960: Iowa State departed Big Eight Conference after the 1959 season.
- 1960: Kansas departed Big Eight Conference after the 1959 season.
- 1960: Kansas State departed Big Eight Conference after the 1959 season.
- 1960: Missouri departed Big Eight Conference after the 1959 season.
- 1960: Nebraska departed Big Eight Conference after the 1959 season.
- 1960: Oklahoma departed Big Eight Conference after the 1959 season.
- 1960: Colorado joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1960: Iowa State joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1960: Kansas joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1960: Kansas State joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1960: Missouri joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1960: Nebraska joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1960: Oklahoma joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1960: Oklahoma State joined Big Eight Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1948: Iowa State departed Big Eight Conference after the 1947 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Nebraska
87 tracked seasons
Newest member
Colorado
First joined in 1948
Most reshaped metric
50
25 joins and 25 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 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 76 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 87 |
| Colorado | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 48 |
| Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
Data Sources
How CFBTrack treats membership, standings, champions, and future-season caveats.
Membership is tracked from curated CFBTrack conference tables. Standings and champions may be official, curated, or inferred depending on season. Future seasons are provisional until games are played and source records settle.
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