College Football - Big 12 Conference History

History - Important facts - Teams - Winners

The Big 12 Conference was first established in 1996 and its members are mostly from the central area of the United States. The conference headquarters are located in Irving, Texas.

The Big 12 is divided into the North Division with a total of six active members and the South division with the remaining six teams.

On a season-basis set up, the game system used by the Big 12 conference is to have each division team face the other five teams of their own division as well as three teams from the opponent division to determine the champion. But in recent years the system has faced many critics and it is very possible it will be modified, also due to the fact that there have been problems among the team rivals.

One of the strongest rivalries in the conference is that of Oklahoma-Nebraska which began since the conference was only integrated by 8 members. Others rivals we can mention are: Oklahoma-Colorado and Oklahoma State-Missouri.