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The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas.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.
Nebraska announced that it would leave the Big 12 Conference for the Big Ten Conference effective in 2011. [1] [2]Colorado also announced a change in conference alignment; originally planning to transfer to the Pac-10 for the 2012–13 season, the school agreed to depart a year early after Nebraska announced its plans to depart the conference in 2011.
In November 2023, the Big 12 announced it would add two women's sports for 2024–25 and beyond—beach volleyball and lacrosse. At the time, the Big 12 had only one member that sponsored each sport—Cincinnati in women's lacrosse and TCU in beach volleyball. However, each of the incoming members for 2024 sponsored at least one of the two sports.
With the losses of Texas and Oklahoma, the Big 12 Conference was reduced from 10 to 8 teams. On September 10, the Big 12 announced that BYU, an FBS independent and full member of the non-football West Coast Conference (WCC), along with American Athletic Conference (The American) members Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF would join the conference no later than 2024–25. [12]
A further realignment in the early 2020s saw the Pac-12 left with only two members after the 2023 season; the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC now form the Power Four, with further suggestions that the Big Ten and SEC, the two conferences with the largest media contracts and many of the most prestigious programs, currently form a "Power Two" tier ...
The 2023 Big 12 Conference football season was the 28th season of the Big 12 Conference football taking place during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2023 season was the first season for the Big 12 to have 14 members, with BYU , Cincinnati , Houston , and UCF joining the conference.
Big 12 [147] BYU Cougars: Football Independent (FBS) Big 12 [147] BYU Cougars: Women's gymnastics MRGC: Big 12 [147] BYU Cougars: Men's and women's indoor track and field, and swimming & diving: MPSF: Big 12 [147] Cal State Fullerton Titans: Men's water polo: No team Big West [148] [149] California Baptist Lancers: Men's water polo: WWPA: WCC ...
The Big 12 Championship Game was first held by the Big 12 Conference each year from 1996 until 2010 and again starting with the 2017 season. The original championship game pitted the Big 12 North Division champion against the Big 12 South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed.