page_title: Big 12 Conference football
section_title: Champions
hierarchical_section_title: Big 12 Conference football / Champions
caption_attribution_description: English: Updated with grey background &amp; names written in black
context_page_description: The Big 12 Conference is a conference of 10 universities which participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football. The conference was formed in 1994 but did not begin conference play until the fall of 1996. The schools that compose the Big 12 Conference, except West Virginia, were members of either the Big Eight Conference or the Southwest Conference, and have won 21 national titles including 3 titles since the inception of the Big 12 Conference.
context_section_description: In its 22-year history, the Big 12 championship has been won by nine different schools, three of which no longer belong to the conference. From its formation in 1996 until 2010, the championship was determined in the Big 12 championship game. Following the departures of two schools in 2010, the conference discontinued the championship game in favor of a round-robin format to determine the champion. The current Big 12 champion is the University of Oklahoma Sooners who have won the most championships with 12.
caption: Locations of Big 12 conference member institutions as of 2012.
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