Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference that is part of the NCAA's Division I. It started when the Big 8 Conference joined together with four colleges from Texas that had been part of the Southwest Conference, and the first games in the Big 12 Conference were played in 1996.

University of Texas at Austin playing football against Iowa State University

Members
SchoolLocationFoundedTypeNicknameJoined
Big 12
Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas1845PrivateBears1996
Brigham Young University (BYU)Provo, Utah1875PrivateCougars2023
University of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio1819PublicBearcats2023
University of HoustonHouston, Texas1927PublicCougars2023
Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa1858PublicCyclones1996
University of KansasLawrence, Kansas1865PublicJayhawks1996
Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas1863PublicWildcats1996
University of OklahomaNorman, Oklahoma1890PublicSooners1996
Oklahoma State University–StillwaterStillwater, Oklahoma1890PublicCowboys &
Cowgirls		1996
Texas Christian University (TCU)Fort Worth, Texas1873PrivateHorned Frogs2012
University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas1883PublicLonghorns1996
Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas1923PublicRed Raiders & Lady Raiders[lower-alpha 1]1996
University of Central Florida (UCF)Orlando, Florida[lower-alpha 2]1963PublicKnights2023
West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia1867PublicMountaineers2012
  1. Texas Tech uses the "Lady Raiders" nickname for women's basketball. All other sports, whether men's or women's, use "Red Raiders".
  2. The UCF campus has an Orlando mailing address but actually lies in unincorporated Orange County.

Future members

Four schools will join the Big 12 in 2024. One of these is Colorado, a founding Big 12 member that left for the Pac-12 Conference in 2011.

SchoolLocationFoundedTypeNicknameJoining Big 12
University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona1885PublicWildcats2024
Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona[lower-alpha 1]1885PublicSun Devils2024
University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado1876PublicBuffaloes2024
University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah1850PublicUtes2024
  1. Tempe is home to the main campus. Arizona State has three other physical campuses in the Phoenix area.

Associate members

The Big 12 also has 13 "associate members", all of which play one sport in the conference.

SchoolLocationFoundedTypeNicknameJoined
Big 12		Big 12 SportMain Conference
United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado[lower-alpha 1]1954FederalFalcons2015WrestlingMountain West
University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama1831PublicCrimson Tide2014Women's rowingSEC
California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California1950PrivateLancers2022WrestlingWAC
University of DenverDenver, Colorado1864PrivatePioneers2015Women's gymnasticsSummit League
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State)Fresno, California1911PublicBulldogs2019EquestrianMountain West
University of MissouriColumbia, Missouri1839PublicTigers2021WrestlingSEC
North Dakota State UniversityFargo, North Dakota1890PublicBison2015WrestlingSummit League
University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado1889PublicBears2015WrestlingBig Sky
University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa1876PublicPanthers2017WrestlingMissouri Valley
South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota1881PublicJackrabbits2015WrestlingSummit League
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Tennessee1794PublicVolunteers2014Women's rowingSEC
Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah1941PublicWolverines2015WrestlingWAC
University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming1886PublicCowboys2015WrestlingMountain West

Future associate members

The Big 12 will add five more associate members in July 2024. One is returning after an absence of several years.

SchoolLocationFoundedTypeNicknameJoining
Big 12		Big 12 SportMain Conference
University of FloridaGainesville, Florida1853PublicGators2024Women's lacrosseSEC
Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia1930PublicMonarchs2024[lower-alpha 2]Women's rowingSun Belt
San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California1897PublicAztecs2024Women's lacrosseMountain West
University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma1894PrivateGolden Hurricane2024Women's rowingAmerican
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)Davis, California1908PublicAggies2024Women's lacrosseBig West
  1. Basically all of the Academy grounds lie outside the city limits of Colorado Springs. The U.S. Census Bureau considers the Academy to be the census-designated place of "Air Force Academy", and the U.S. Postal Service calls it "USAF Academy".
  2. Old Dominion had been a women's rowing associate from 2014 to 2018.

Former members

Four schools have left the Big 12 since it was formed. Missouri would return to the Big 12 in 2021 as a wrestling-only member, and Colorado will return in 2024 as a full member.

SchoolLocationFoundedTypeNicknameJoined
Big 12		Left
Big 12		Current Conference
University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado1876PublicBuffaloes19962011Pac-12
University of MissouriColumbia, Missouri1839PublicTigers19962012SEC
University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, Nebraska1869PublicCornhuskers19962011Big Ten
Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, Texas1876PublicAggies19962012SEC

References
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