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Big 12 Conference:
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. The conference was officially formed on February 25, 1994, when the former Big Eight Conference merged with four Texas schools that had been members of the Southwest Conference, which had just disbanded. Athletic competition in the conference commenced on August 31, 1996. Big 12 headquarters is located in Irving, Texas, which is a suburb of Dallas. According to the Big 12 Conference's website, the use of the alternate names "Big Twelve" and "Big XII" are incorrect; the trademarked name of the conference is "Big 12 Conference" (notwithstanding the Roman numeral XII featured on the conference logo).[1]
Although the Big 12 is essentially the old Big Eight plus the four Texas schools, the Big 12 considers itself a separate conference and does not claim the Big Eight's history.
Member Schools:
Sports:
The conference sponsors championships in the following sports: baseball (m), basketball (m,w), cross-country (m,w), football (m), golf (m,w), gymnastics (w), soccer (w), softball (w), swimming and diving (m,w), tennis (m,w), track and field (m,w), volleyball (w), wrestling (m).
Among the sponsored sports, all twelve universities participate in 12 sports, while the following sports do not have full participation:
11 schools participate in volleyball (Oklahoma State does not)
11 schools participate in women's soccer (Kansas State does not)
10 schools participate in baseball (Colorado and Iowa State do not; Colorado discontinued its program following the 1980 season and Iowa State followed suit after the 2001 season)
10 schools participate in softball (Colorado and Kansas State do not)
7 schools participate in men's tennis (Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri do not)
6 schools participate in women's swimming and diving (Kansas, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, and Texas A&M)
5 schools participate in wrestling (Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State)
4 schools participate in gymnastics (Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma)
3 schools participate in men's swimming and diving (Missouri, Texas, and Texas A&M)
Nebraska, Kansas State, Iowa State, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech participate in rodeo. (Rodeo is not sanctioned by the NCAA, but instead by the NIRA.)
Kansas State, Baylor, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M participate in equestrian.
Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas participate in rowing.
Nebraska participates in women's bowling and the coeducational sport of rifle.
Colorado participates in skiing.
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