Big Eight Conference Titles per University All-Time MembersColorado 43Drake 3Grinnell 3Iowa 1Iowa State 131Kansas 207Kansas State 60Missouri 109Nebraska 230Oklahoma 196Oklahoma State 168Washington U. 10 Locations 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. The conference began sponsoring women's sports in the mid-1970s under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Steven J. Hatchell.
Due to its common history with the Missouri Valley Conference, Big Eight championships from the 1907–08 through the 1927–28 academic year are also claimed by the MVC.
Membership
Big Eight membership School Admitted to conference Left conference Readmitted Colorado 1947 — — Drake 1907 1928 — Grinnell 1919 1928 — Iowa 1907 1910 — Iowa State 1908 — — Kansas 1907 — — Kansas State 1913 — — Missouri 1907 — — Nebraska 1907 1918 1920 Oklahoma 1920 — — Oklahoma State 1925 1928 1957 Washington-St. Louis 1907 1928 — Teams in bold were members of the conference upon its dissolution in 1996 References:
Baseball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season and post-season champions from the 1909 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. Starting in 1976, a post-season tournament was held in order to determine a conference champion.
Championships
Baseball championship summary School Total titles Regular season Tournament Colorado000 Drake000 Iowa State550 Kansas880 Kansas State330 Missouri26242 Nebraska550 Oklahoma27252 Oklahoma State372017 Washington (St. Louis)110
Season Regular season Tournament MVIAA1909Nebraska–1910Missouri–1911none–1912Missouri–1913Kansas–1914Kansas–1915Kansas–1916KansasMissouri–1917Missouri–1918Missouri–1919none–1920Washington–1921Kansas–1922Kansas–1923Kansas–1924Iowa State–1925Oklahoma–1926Oklahoma–1927Oklahoma–1928Kansas State– Big Six Conference1929Nebraska–1930Kansas StateNebraska–1931OklahomaMissouri–1932Missouri–1933Kansas StateOklahoma–1934none–1935Oklahoma–1936Iowa StateOklahoma–1937Missouri–1938Missouri–1939Oklahoma–1940Oklahoma–1941Missouri–1942Missouri–1943none–1944none–1945none–1946Oklahoma–1947Oklahoma– Big Seven Conference1948Nebraska–1949Kansas–1950Nebraska– 1951 Oklahoma–1952Missouri–1953Oklahoma– 1954 Missouri–1955Oklahoma–1956Oklahoma–1957Iowa State–1958Missouri– Big Eight Conference 1959 Oklahoma State–1960Oklahoma State–1961Oklahoma State–1962Missouri–1963Missouri–1964Missouri–1965Missouri–1966Oklahoma State–1967Oklahoma State–1968Oklahoma State–1969Oklahoma State–1970Iowa State–1971Iowa State–1972Oklahoma–1973Oklahoma–1974Oklahoma–1975Oklahoma–1976MissouriMissouri1977†East: OklahomaWest: MissouriOklahoma1978†East: OklahomaWest: MissouriOklahoma State1979†East: OklahomaWest: MissouriOklahoma1980†East: NebraskaWest: Oklahoma StateMissouri1981MissouriOklahoma State1982Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1983Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1984Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1985Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1986OklahomaOklahoma State1987Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1988Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1989Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1990Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1991Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1992Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1993Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1994Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1995OklahomaOklahoma State1996MissouriOklahoma StateReference:
†During these seasons, the Big Eight was split into two divisions.
Men's basketball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1907-08 through the 1995-96 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Regular season championships
Men's basketball regular season championship summary School Total titles Seasons Colorado 5 1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1968-69 Drake 0 – Grinnell 0 – Iowa State 4 1934-35 • 1940-41 • 1943-44 • 1944-45 Kansas 43 1907-08 • 1908-09 • 1909-10 • 1910-11 • 1911-12 • 1913-14 • 1914-15 • 1921-22 • 1922-23 • 1923-24 • 1924-25 • 1925-26 • 1926-27 • 1930-31 • 1931-32 • 1932-33 • 1933-34 • 1935-36 • 1936-37 • 1937-38 • 1939-40 • 1940-41 • 1941-42 • 1942-43 • 1945-46 • 1949-50 • 1951-52 • 1952-53 • 1953-54 • 1956-57 • 1959-60 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1970-71 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1977-78 • 1985-86 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 Kansas State 17 1916-17 • 1918-19 • 1947-48 • 1949-50 • 1950-51 • 1955-56 • 1957-58 • 1958-59 • 1959-60 • 1960-61 • 162-963 • 1963-64 • 1967-68 • 1969-70 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1976-77 Missouri 15 1917-18 • 1919-20 • 1920-21 • 1921-22 • 1929-30 • 1938-39 • 1939-40 • 1975-76 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1986-87 • 1989-90 • 1993-94 Nebraska 7 1911-12 • 1912-13 • 1913-14 • 1915-16 • 1936-37 • 1948-49 • 1949-50 Oklahoma 13 1927-28 • 1928-29 • 1938-39 • 1939-40 • 1941-42 • 1943-44 • 1946-47 • 1948-49 • 1978-79 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1987-88 • 1999-89 Oklahoma State 2 1964-65 • 1990-91 Washington (St. Louis) 0 –Shared championships are in italics.
Season Champion(s) MVIAA1907-08† Kansas1908-09† Kansas1909-10†Kansas1910-11Kansas1911-12NebraskaKansas1912-13† Nebraska1913-14 NebraskaKansas1914-15 Kansas1915-16 Nebraska1916-17 Kansas State1917-18 Missouri1918-19 Kansas State1919-20 Missouri1920-21 Missouri1921-22 MissouriKansas1922-23 Kansas1923-24 Kansas1924-25 Kansas1925-26 Kansas 1926-27 Kansas1927-28 Oklahoma Big Six Conference1928-29 Oklahoma1929-30 Missouri 1930-31 Kansas1931-32 Kansas1932-33 Kansas1933-34 Kansas1934-35 Iowa State1935-36 Kansas1936-37 KansasNebraska1937-38 Kansas1938-39 MissouriOklahoma1939-40 KansasMissouriOklahoma1940-41 Iowa StateKansas1941-42 KansasOklahoma1942-43 Kansas1943-44 Iowa StateOklahoma1944-45 Iowa State1945-46 Kansas1946-47 Oklahoma Big Seven Conference1947-48 Kansas State1948-49 NebraskaOklahoma1949-50 Kansas StateNebraskaKansas1950-51 Kansas State 1951-52 Kansas1952-53 Kansas1953-54 KansasColorado1954-55 Colorado 1955-56 Kansas State1956-57 Kansas1957-58 Kansas State Big Eight Conference1958-59 Kansas State1959-60 KansasKansas State1960-61 Kansas State1961-62 Colorado1962-63 ColoradoKansas State1963-64 Kansas State1964-65 Oklahoma State1965-66 Kansas1966-67 Kansas1967-68 Kansas State1968-69 Colorado1969-70 Kansas State1970-71 Kansas1971-72 Kansas State1972-73 Kansas State1973-74 Kansas1974-75 Kansas1975-76 Missouri1976-77 Kansas State1977-78 Kansas1978-79 Oklahoma1979-80 Missouri1980-81 Missouri1981-82 Missouri1982-83 Missouri1983-84 Oklahoma1984-85 Oklahoma1985-86 Kansas1986-87 Missouri1987-88 Oklahoma1988-89 Oklahoma1989-90 Missouri1990-91 KansasOklahoma State1991-92 Kansas1992-93 Kansas1993-94 Missouri1994-95 Kansas1995-96 KansasReference:
†During these seasons, a playoff was held to determine the conference regular season champion.
Holiday tournament champions
From the 1946-47 through the 1978-79 season, the Big Eight hosted a mid-season holiday tournament in which all of the league teams participated. From the 1946-47 through the 1957-58 season when the conference had fewer than eight members, non-member schools would be invited in order to field an 8-team tournament. Among teams invited from outside the conference, only SMU during the 1946-47 season ever won the tournament.
Men's basketball holiday tournament championship summary School Total titles Season Colorado 0 – Iowa State 2 1955-56 • 1959-60 Kansas 13 1951-52 • 1953-54 • 1956-57 • 1957-58 • 1962-63 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1968-69 • 1970-71 • 1974-75 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 Kansas State 7 1947-48 • 1950-51 • 1952-53 • 1958-59 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1963-64 Missouri 7 1949-50 • 1954-55 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 Nebraska 1 1967-68 Oklahoma 2 1948-49 • 1969-70 Oklahoma State 0 – SMU 1 1946-47
Season Champion(s) Big Six Conference1946-47† SMU Big Seven Conference1947-48 Kansas State1948-49 Oklahoma1949-50 Missouri1950-51 Kansas State 1951-52 Kansas1952-53 Kansas State1953-54 Kansas1954-55 Missouri 1955-56 Iowa State1956-57 Kansas1957-58 Kansas Big Eight Conference1958-59 Kansas State1959-60 Iowa State1960-61 Kansas State1961-62 Kansas State1962-63 Kansas 1963-64 Kansas State1964-65 Kansas1965-66 Kansas1966-67 Kansas1967-68 Nebraska1968-69 Kansas1969-70 Oklahoma1970-71 Kansas1971-72 Missouri1972-73 Missouri1973-74 Missouri1974-75 Kansas1975-76 Missouri1976-77 Missouri1977-78 Kansas1978-79 KansasReference:
†SMU was non-member of the conference invited to the Holiday Tournament.
Post-season tournament champions
Starting during the 1976-77 season, the conference held a post-season tournament in order to determine the conference bid to the NCAA tournament. All Big Eight men's basketball post-season tournaments were held at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO. However, from the 1976-77 to 1984-85 season, quarterfinal rounds were played on the home courts of the top four seeds in the tournament.
Men's basketball post-season tournament championship summary School Total titles Seasons Colorado 0 – Iowa State 1 1995–96 Kansas 4 1980–81 • 1983–84 • 1985–86 • 1991–92 Kansas State 2 1976–77 • 1979–80 Missouri 6 1977–78 • 1981–82 • 1986–87 • 1988–89 • 1990–91 • 1992–93 Nebraska 1 1993–94 Oklahoma 4 1978–79 • 1984–85 • 1987–88 • 1989–90 Oklahoma State 2 1982–83 • 1994–95
Season Champion(s) Big Eight Conference 1976–77 Kansas State 1977–78 Missouri 1978–79 Oklahoma 1979–80 Kansas State 1980–81 Kansas 1981–82 Missouri 1982–83 Oklahoma State 1983–84 Kansas 1984–85 Oklahoma 1985–86 Kansas 1986–87 Missouri 1987–88 Oklahoma 1988–89 Missouri 1989–90 Oklahoma 1990–91 Missouri 1991–92 Kansas 1992–93 Missouri 1993–94 Nebraska 1994–95 Oklahoma State 1995–96 Iowa StateReference:
Women's basketball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season and post-season champions from the 1975-76 through the 199596 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. The conference sponsored a mid-season tournament from the 1975–1976 season through the 1981–1982 season, before switching to a post-season tournament in 1983.
Championships
Women's championship summary School Total titles Regular season titles Tournament titles Colorado 8 4 4 Iowa State 0 0 0 Kansas 9 3 6 Kansas State 7 3 4 Missouri 9 4 5 Nebraska 1 1 0 Oklahoma 1 1 0 Oklahoma State 3 1 2
Season Regular season Tournament Big Eight Conference1975-76noneKansas State1976-77noneKansas State1977-78noneMissouri1978-79noneKansas1979-80noneKansas1980-81noneKansas1981-82noneKansas State1982-83Kansas StateMissouri1983-84MissouriKansas StateKansas State1984-85MissouriMissouri1985-86OklahomaMissouri1986-87Kansas StateKansasMissouriKansas1987-88NebraskaKansas1988-89ColoradoColorado189-990MissouriOklahoma State1990-91Oklahoma StateOklahoma State1991-92KansasColorado1992-93ColoradoKansas1993-94ColoradoMissouri1994-95ColoradoColorado1995-96KansasColoradoReference:
Men's cross country
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1911 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Men's cross country championship summary School Total titles Years Colorado 10 1962 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1985 • 1986 • 1992 Drake 0 – Grinnell 0 – Iowa State 25 1911 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1926 • 1930 • 1931 • 1974 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1993 • 1994 Kansas 19 1928 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1963 • 1964 • 1968 • 1969 Kansas State 13 1924 • 1925 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1965 • 1966 • 1971 • 1975 Missouri 3 1912 • 1967 • 1970 • 1974 Nebraska 1 1940 Oklahoma 5 1927 • 1929 • 1935 • 1941 • 1946 Oklahoma State 4 1960 • 1972 • 1973 • 1995 Washington (St. Louis) 0 –Shared championships are in italics.