Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference begins its 27th year as one of the nation’s premier athletic conferences under the direction of first-year commissioner Brett Yormark. West Virginia and TCU joined the league on July 1, 2012, and became the Big 12’s first additions since inception, joining Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech. With 10 members, the Big 12 remains as the only autonomy conference to determine its champions in all sports directly on the field of play with a full roundrobin schedule. Since it began competition in 1996-97, the league boasts 63 NCAA team titles and 689 individual national championships.