Big 12

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Big 12

Established	1994
Classification	Division 1-A
National Titles	187
Commissioner	Dan Bebe
Members	12
Sports Fielded	21 (10 Mens, 11 Womens)
States	7 (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas
Website	Big12Sports.com

The Big 12 athletic conference was formed in 1994 adding four schools from the former Southwest Conference to the eight Big 8 schools. The conferences geographic region encompasses seven states and 18 million tv housholds. The Big 12 sponsors 21 sports all of which compete in NCAA divison 1 (football competes in NCAA d1-a). The 12 university conference has enjoyed a large amount of success. The conference has won 36 national titles since 1996 and it leads all BCS Conferences with five teams in the BCS national championship since its inception in 1998. The Big 12 competes in NCAA Division 1 (Divison 1a for football).

1 Members
2 History
- 2.1 Realignment
3 Big 12 Fight Songs
- 3.1 North
- 3.2 South
4 External Links

Members

North Division

Colorado	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State
Missouri	Nebraska

South Division

Baylor	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	Texas
Texas A&M	Texas Tech

Member map

History

The base conference of the Big 12, the Big 6, was formed as the in 1928 by six teams previously members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA). Colorado and Oklahoma State joined in 1948 and 1960 respectively making it the Big 8.

Realignment

In 1992 Arkansas moved from the Southwest Conference to the SEC. This sent rumours flying of Big 8 teams possibly changing their conference alignment. Oklahoma was rumoured to be looking into moving to the Southwest Conference, filling the giant void left by Arkansas (who left for the SEC in 1992). Oklahoma was a key part of the Big 8 and their absence would have been detrimental to the other seven Big 8 teams. This started up the ever present rumour of Missouri to the Big 10. The Big 8 staff needed to act to ensure it's future. With the absence of Arkansas the Southwest Conference was just a shell of its former self, so it was mutually beneficial for all all teams involved for four of the Southwest Conference teams to join the Big 8, making it the Big 12. The Big 12 started competition after the 1995-96 season.