The Big 12 Conference Reinstates Football Championship Game Starting in 2017
The Big 12 Conference will take advantage of a new NCAA rule that allows conferences with less than 12 teams to hold a football championship game.
The Big 12 Conference also announced that it will not pursue the creation of a Big 12 Network on television, and nothing definitive has been determined concerning expansion.
The 2015-16 season will be a profitable one for teams in the Big 12. Each school will receive $30.4 million, an increase of 20 percent over the previous year. All 10 league members will receive a full share of the revenue distribution. In addition to distributed revenue from the Conference, Big 12 schools also retain revenue from third-tier media rights deals (Longhorn Network, FOX Sports, Learfield Sports, etc.).
Big 12 Football Championship History
Year Site City Winner
2010 Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas Oklahoma
2009 Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas Texas
2008 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Mo. Oklahoma
2007 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Oklahoma
2006 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Mo. Oklahoma
2005 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Texas
2004 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Mo. Oklahoma
2003 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Mo. Kansas State
2002 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Oklahoma
2001 Texas Stadium Dallas, Texas Colorado
2000 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Mo. Oklahoma
1999 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Nebraska
1998 Trans World Dome St. Louis Mo. Texas A&M
1997 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Nebraska
1996 Trans World Dome St. Louis, Mo. Texas