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The final membership change happened ten years later, when Oklahoma A&M, newly renamed Oklahoma State, joined (or rejoined, depending on the source) the conference on June 1, 1957, [9] and the conference became known as the Big Eight. However, Oklahoma State did not begin conference play until the 1958–59 season for basketball and the 1960 season for football.
List of Big Eight Conference champions. The Big Eight Conference sponsored championships in 21 sports (11 men's and 10 women's) at various times during its existence from 1907 to 1996. [1] The conference began sponsoring women's sports in the mid-1970s under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Steven J. Hatchell.
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Formation
The conference was founded as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) at a meeting on January 12, 1907, by five charter members: the University of Kansas, the University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska, Washington University in St. Louis. The University of Iowa who was also a member of the Western Conference(now the Big Ten Conference) was also a joint member of the conference. Iowa only participated in football and outdoor men's track and field.
Early membership changes
In 1908, Drake University and Iowa Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) joined the MVIAA, increasing the conferences membership to seven. Iowa who was a joint member departed in 1911 to only compete in the Western Conference, but Kansas State University joined the conference in 1913. Nebraska left in 1918 to play as an independent for two seasons before returning in 1920. In 1919, the University of Oklahoma and Saint Louis University applied for membership, but were disapproved du...
Conference split
At a meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 19, 1928, the conference split up. Six of the seven state schools (all except Oklahoma A&M) formed a conference that was initially known as the Big Six Conference. Just before the start of fall practice, the six schools announced they would retain the MVIAA name for formal purposes. However, fans and media continued to call it the Big Six. The three private schools – Drake, Grinnell, and Washington University – joined with Oklahoma A&M to form the Mis...
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Subsequent conference affiliations
Template:Refbegin 1. Colorado left the Big 12 for the Pac-12 beginning with the 2011–12 season. 2. Drake withdrew from the Missouri Valley Conference from 1951–1956. The MVC stopped sponsoring football in 1985; Drake remains a member for all non-football sports. The football program dropped to Division III in 1987, playing as an independentuntil a change in NCAA rules forced the program to play in Division I. When the new rule took effect in 1993, Drake joined the newly formed Pioneer Leag...
Reaves Peters (1947–1963) as Executive SecretaryWayne Duke(1963–1971)Chuck Neinas(1971–1980)Carl C. James (1980–1996)The following is a complete list of the 100 AIAW, NCAA and college footballchampionships won by teams that were representing the Big Eight Conference in NCAA- or AIAW-recognized sports at the time of the championship.
The history of the Big Eight Conference straddles the era of racial segregation in the United States, particularly as it relates to African Americans. Before the formation of the conference, three African-American brothers at the University of Kansas are the first known to have participated in organized sports for a league school: Sherman Haney pla...
List of Big Eight Conference championsBig Eight Conference footballJun 10, 2010 · 1925: Oklahoma State withdrew. 1960: Texas Tech admitted. 1976: Houston admitted. 1992: Arkansas withdrew to join SEC. 1996: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor withdrew to join new Big 12 ...
via Sports Logos.net. About logos. Men's Big Eight Conference. Known as: Big Eight Conference, Big Seven Conference, Big Six Conference. Record: 68 Seasons, 7014-5520, (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games) NCAA Tournament: 105 Teams (139-110), 20 Final Fours, 2 Championships. Ranked in AP Poll: 53 (Preseason), 69 (Final), 1039 (Total)
The 1996 NCAA conference realignment was initiated by the dissolution of the Southwest Conference (SWC), the formation of the Big 12 Conference and Conference USA (C-USA), and the expansion of the Western Athletic Conference to 16 teams. This "new" WAC ultimately did not last long, as eight of its 16 members left the conference in 1999 and ...
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Aug 16, 2016 · It's a trend the Big 12 helped set in motion when the Big 8 and Southwest Conference merged. On Aug. 31, 1996, Kansas State defeated Texas Tech, 21–14, in the first football game in Big 12 ...
