Big Eight Conference

Former U.S. college athletics conference

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2025 Texas Tech made the College Football Playoff.
2025 Big 12 Conference academic year begins with 16 member schools, including Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, UCF, Utah, and West Virginia.
2025 Winter 2025–26 Big 12 Conference Equestrian champions: Not specified
2025 Winter 2025–26 Big 12 Conference Swimming & Diving champions: Not specified
2025 Fall 2025 Big 12 Conference Football champions: Texas Tech
2025 Big 12 Conference Fall 2025 Volleyball champion is Arizona State (Women)
2025 Conference teams earned 20 units (worth $40 million) in the NCAA basketball tournament.
2025 BYU wins Women's Soccer championship in the Big 12 Conference for Fall 2025.
2025 Oklahoma State wins Men's Cross Country championship in the Big 12 Conference for Fall 2025.
2025 Winter 2025-26 sports season commences for the Big 12 Conference, featuring competitions in Basketball, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Indoor Track & Field, Swimming & Diving, and Wrestling.
2025 Oklahoma State University joins the Big 12 Conference
2025 Oklahoma State won the national championship in men's golf, marking the most recent Big 12 team national title.
2025 Texas Tech wins Women's Golf, Outdoor Track & Field, and Softball championships in Spring 2025 season
2025 Florida wins Women's Lacrosse championship in Spring 2025 season
2025 West Virginia wins the first regular season baseball title in the latest conference configuration.
2025 Based on coaches' input, the conference will return to an 18-game basketball schedule.
2025 TCU wins Women's Beach Volleyball championship in Spring 2025
2025 Texas Tech wins Men's Tennis championship.
2025 Spring 2025 season: Arizona wins Men's Golf championship.
2025 West Virginia won the national championship in rifle.
2025 TCU won the national championship in rifle, marking the most recent Big 12 team national championship.
2025 Conference further expands to 16 teams, maintaining strong performance with improved RPI ranking at 3rd and KenPom ranking at 2nd. Secures 7 NCAA tournament bids and 1 NIT tournament appearance.
2025 Comprehensive standings and overall series records compiled for Big 12 Conference members through the end of the 2024–25 season.
2025 Utah wins the national championship in skiing.
2025 Utah joins the Big 12 Conference for Skiing
2025 The media rights deal is set to take effect, with provisions for potential conference expansion and an 'escalator clause' that could increase the contract's value if Power Five schools are added.
2025 ESPN will start sublicensing college football and basketball games to TNT Sports, marking a significant change in the conference's media rights distribution.
2025 Kansas and Missouri have announced they will renew their football rivalry game.
November 2025 Big 12 Conference Fall 2025 sports season begins, with Oklahoma State winning Cross Country men's championship and BYU winning women's championship.
October 24 2025 Current academic year's coaching staff roster for Big 12 Conference member schools compiled, showing comprehensive details of athletic leadership across multiple sports.
July 2025 Announced a sponsorship deal with PayPal worth about $100 million over 3 years, with PayPal and Venmo becoming the official partner for payments to student athletes across Big 12 sports championships.
July 2025 Big 12 Conference implements a new television deal extension where ESPN will hold all tier 3 broadcast rights, bundling previously individually managed TV rights for member schools.
May 2025 Utah drops beach volleyball after the spring 2025 season, potentially impacting future Big 12 conference beach volleyball sponsorship.
January 2025 West Virginia continues participation in the Big 12 Conference for rifle sports
January 22 2025 Publication of the Big 12 Conference National Championships table, listing total championships by member institutions as of this date.
2024 Conference teams earned 15 units (worth $30 million) in the NCAA basketball tournament.
2024 Big 12 Conference distributes $558 million to member universities, representing an 18.7% annual increase. Average distribution per university is $34.9 million, with a separate figure of $19.0 million noted.
2024 Following the TCU vs Baylor football game, TCU took a slight lead in their long-running 'Revivalry' series, with an all-time record of 59–54–7.
2024 Oklahoma State wins Women's Equestrian championship.
2024 Winter 2024-25 Sports Champions: Houston wins Men's Basketball. TCU wins Women's Basketball. Oklahoma State wins Women's Equestrian. Utah wins Women's Gymnastics. Texas Tech wins Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field. Arizona State sweeps Swimming & Diving. Oklahoma State wins Men's Wrestling.
2024 Oklahoma won the national championship in softball.
2024 Texas won the national championship in women's rowing.
2024 TCU won the national championship in men's tennis.
2024 Utah wins Women's Gymnastics championship in Winter 2024-25 season
2024 Houston wins its first Big 12 Tournament championship, demonstrating significant achievement in the conference.
2024 End of the 2024-25 Big 12 Tournament, with final standings and records compiled through this point for all participating teams.
2024 Iowa State wins its 6th Big 12 Tournament championship, showing continued success in the conference tournament.
2024 Kansas maintains its dominant position with 21 Big 12 Regular Season Championships and 12 Big 12 Tournament Championships, highlighting the team's historical conference supremacy.
2024 Concluded the current conference basketball competition cycle, spanning 27 years of inter-conference basketball matches between member institutions.

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