The Big 12 Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference each year. The championship game pits the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed.

The Big 12 South currently holds an overall lead of 9-4 over the Big 12 North in the game.

History

The first championship game was played after the 1996 regular season, which was the first year of play for the Big 12 (which was created from the Big Eight Conference and four teams from the Southwest Conference). The game was slightly modeled after the SEC Championship Game (which had been played since 1992) in the 6-team division format with the winner playing the winner of the other division. Since the 1996 season, the most football championships have been held at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

The 2008 Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 6, 2008. Per Big 12 policy, the Big 12 South Champion was declared the home team because the game was scheduled to take place in the home state of a Big 12 North team. Designated "home" teams were 8-4 in Big 12 Championship Games prior to the contest, and with the win of the Oklahoma Sooners over the Missouri Tigers, the record was extended to 9-4. Due to a 3-way tie in the South division, Oklahoma represented the South over both Texas and Texas Tech, with whom they tied. (see South Division 3-way-tie controversy)

In both 2009 and 2010, the game will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Results

• Winners are listed in bold.
• Rankings from the AP Poll released prior to the game.

Year	AP Ranking	North Division	Score	AP Ranking	South Division	Location	Notes
1996	3	Nebraska	27-37	N/A		Trans World Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
1997	2	Nebraska	54-15	14	Texas A&M	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
1998	2	Kansas State	33-362OT	10	Texas A&M	Trans World Dome, St. Louis, Missouri	notes
1999	2	Nebraska	22-6	12		Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
2000	8	Kansas State	24-27	1	Oklahoma	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri	notes
2001	9		39-37	3		Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas
2002	12		7-29	8	Oklahoma	Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
2003	15	Kansas State	35-7	1	Oklahoma	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri	notes
2004	N/A		3-42	2	Oklahoma	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
2005	N/A	Colorado	3-70	2	Texas	Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
2006	19	Nebraska	7-21	8	Oklahoma	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri	notes
2007	1	Missouri	17-38	9	Oklahoma	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas	notes
2008	19	Missouri	21-62	4	Oklahoma	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri	notes
2009	21	Nebraska		3	Texas	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas	notes
Totals		4 Wins	292-427		9 Wins

Results by team

Appearances	School	Wins	Losses	Pct	Notes
7	Oklahoma	6	1	.857
5	Nebraska	2	2	.500
5	Texas	2	2	.500
4	Colorado	1	3	.250
3	Kansas State	1	2	.333
2	Texas A&M	1	1	.500
2	Missouri	0	2	.000
0	Baylor	0	0	N/A
0	Iowa State	0	0	N/A
0	Kansas	0	0	N/A
0	Oklahoma State	0	0	N/A
0	Texas Tech	0	0	N/A

References

1. http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=106116&SPID=13135&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=1521887
2. The Big 12 South leads the series 9-4 and has outscored the Big 12 North 292-427, through the 2008 contest.

External links

• Big 12 Football official site