Big 12 Conference

The Big Twelve (12) periodically deposits media guides and other publications with the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library for preservation purposes. The Big 12 is an athletic organization that promotes a regional area and is composed of the following universities: Texas Tech, Texas, Texas A and M, Baylor, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, and Missouri. The organization began after the demise of the Big 8 Conference and the Southwest Athletic Conference in 1996.

From the guide to the Big 12 Conference, Records S 1444. 1., 1995-, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, )