Big 12 Championship Game

Big 12 Championship Game
Sport	Football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Current stadium	AT&T Stadium
Current location	Arlington, Texas
Played	1996–2010; 2017–present
Last contest	2023
Current champion	Texas Longhorns
Most championships	Oklahoma Sooners (11)
TV partner(s)	ABC[1]
Official website	big12sports.com
Sponsors
Dr Pepper (1996–2010, 2018–present)[2] AT&T (2017) WWE (2023)
Host stadiums
Trans World Dome (1996, 1998) Alamodome (1997, 1999, 2007) Arrowhead Stadium (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008) Texas Stadium (2001) Reliant Stadium (2002, 2005) AT&T Stadium (2009–2010, 2017–2030)
Host locations
St. Louis, Missouri (1996, 1998) San Antonio (1997, 1999, 2007) Kansas City, Missouri (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008) Irving, Texas (2001) Houston, Texas (2002, 2005) Arlington, Texas (2009, 2010, 2017–2030)

Big 12 Conference Members

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Location of Big 12 members:

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Arizona State

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Baylor

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BYU

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Cincinnati

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Colorado

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Houston

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Iowa State

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Kansas

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Kansas State

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Oklahoma State

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Texas Tech

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TCU

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UCF

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Utah

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West Virginia

The Big 12 Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference between the best and the second-best Big 12 team. The game was played each year since the conference's formation in 1996 until 2010 and returned during the 2017 season. From 1996 to 2010, the championship game pitted the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the regular season was completed. From 2017 onward, the game features the two teams with the best conference records.

In the first eight Big 12 championship games, from 1996 to 2003, the divisions split four games each, with the north champion winning in every odd-numbered year and the south champion winning in every even-numbered year. However, the North division champion did not win after No. 13 Kansas State's 35–7 upset victory over No. 1 Oklahoma in 2003.

The Big 12 is under contract to play the game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas until 2030.