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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