Big 12 Conference is an inter collegiate athletic conference. The board of the Big 12 Conference consists of 12 schools. It encourages and funds the football championship and other athletic events being the active member of NCAA. The Big 12 Conference was introduced in the year 1994 along with four Texas schools. The main office of the Big 12 Conference is situated in Dallas.
The renowned teams participating in the Big 12 Conference athletic events are:
- Texas A and M Aggies
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Colorado Buffaloes
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Texas Longhorns
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Missouri Tigers
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Baylor Bears
- Iowa State Cyclones
The
Big 12 Conference mainly features American football. Besides football, the Big 12 Conference encourages and sponsors other sports events like:
- Men's baseball
- Men's and women's basketball
- Men's and women's cross-country
- Men's football
- Men's and women's golf
- Women's gymnastics
- Women's soccer
- Women's softball
- Men's and women's swimming and diving
- Men's and women's tennis
- Men's and women's outdoor track and field
- Women's volleyball
- Men's wrestling
The American universities that are the members of the
Big 12 Conference and sponsor the various events at the athletic meet are:
- University of Kansas Lawrence
- Iowa State University Ames
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Missouri Columbia
- Kansas State University Manhattan
- Texas A and M University College Station
- Oklahoma State University Stillwater
- University of Oklahoma Norman
- Baylor University
- University of Texas Austin
- University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Texas Tech University
