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The Big East, often referred to as the Classic Big East, was founded in 1979 after new NCAA basketball scheduling requirements caused the athletic directors of independent schools Providence, St. John's, Georgetown, and Syracuse to discuss the creation of a conference centered in the Northeast. [5]
This is a list of yearly Big East Conference (1979–2013) football standings. The conference first began football play in 1991. Big East standings
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in 10 men's sports and 12 women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the 11 full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and Midwest metropolitan areas.
The 2012 Big East football season was the 22nd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the conference that was known as the Big East Conference from its formation in 1979 until July 2013, and ultimately proved to be the last for the conference under the "Big East" name, as well as the last with a full round-robin schedule for conference play.
Cincinnati (12–1) was the Big East champions and received the conference's automatic bid into the BCS and went to the Sugar Bowl, losing to SEC runner-up Florida, 51–24. Five other Big East teams went to bowl games in 2010, finishing bowl play with a record of 4–2 as a conference.
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The Owls returned to Big East football in 2012, and became an all-sports member of the renamed Big East in 2013. i Michael Vick and Dion Lewis were selected as both Rookie of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year in the same season, 1999 and 2009, respectively.
This category comprises articles pertaining to football teams that won the Big East Conference. Pages in category "Big East Conference football champion seasons" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.