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| Conference | NCAA |
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| Founded | February 25, 1994[1] |
| Commissioner | Brett Yormark (since 2022) |
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| Division | Division I |
| Subdivision | FBS |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Headquarters | Irving, Texas |
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| Official website | www |
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The Big 12 Conference sponsors championships in 25 sports, 10 men's and 15 women's,[2] with two women's sports to be added in the 2024–25 school year.[3] The first conference championship awarded was the 1996 softball postseason tournament championship, which was won by Oklahoma.
From 2011 through 2016, the football champion was decided by regular-season play. Previously divisional titles were awarded based on regular-season conference results, with the teams with the best conference records from the North and South playing in the Big 12 Championship Game for the Big 12 title. Following changes in NCAA rules, the Big 12 will reinstate its football championship game in 2017, with the top two teams in the final conference standings advancing to the title game. Baseball, basketball, soccer, and tennis titles are awarded in both regular-season and tournament play. Cross country, golf, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling titles are awarded during an annual meet of participating teams. The volleyball and softball titles are awarded based on regular-season play. Softball previously held a post season tournament.
- ^ "Big 12 Quick Facts". Big12Sports.com. July 31, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "All-Time Big 12 Championships". Big12Sports.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ "Big 12 to Add Beach Volleyball & Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.