Conference champions
1892-present
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Western Inter-State Univ.
Foot Ball Association
Year Team W L T Coach
1892 Kansas 3-0-0 A.W. Shepard
1893 Kansas 2-1-0 A.R. Champlin
Missouri 2-1-0 H.O. Robinson
1894 Nebraska 2-1-0 Frank Crawford
Missouri 2-1-0 H.O. Robinson
1895 Nebraska 2-1-0 Charles Thomas
Kansas 2-1-0 Hector Cowan
Missouri 2-1-0 D.C. Bliss
1896 Iowa 2-0-1 A.E. Bull
1897 Nebraska 3-0-0 E.N. Robinson
Missouri Valley
Year Team W L T Coach
1907 Nebraska 1-0-0 W.C. Cole
Iowa 1-0-0 Mark Catlin
1908 Kansas 4-0-0 A.R. Kennedy
1909 Missouri 4-0-1 William W. Roper
1910 Nebraska 2-0-0 W.C. Cole
1911 Nebraska 2-0-1 E.O. Stiehm
Iowa State 2-0-1 Clyde Williams
1912 Nebraska 2-0-0 E.O. Stiehm
Iowa State 2-0-0 Clyde Williams
1913 Missouri 4-0-0 Chester L. Brewer
Nebraska 3-0-0 E.O. Stiehm
1914 Nebraska 3-0-0 E.O. Stiehm
1915 Nebraska 4-0-0 E.O. Stiehm
1916 Nebraska 3-1-0 E.J. Stewart
1917 Nebraska 2-0-0 E.J. Stewart
1918 (no conference standings)
1919* Missouri 4-0-1 John F. Miller
1920* Oklahoma 4-0-1 Bennie Owen
1921 Nebraska 3-0-0 Fred T. Dawson
1922 Nebraska 5-0-0 Fred T. Dawson
1923 Nebraska 3-0-2 Fred T. Dawson
1924 Missouri 5-1-0 Gwinn Henry
1925 Missouri 5-1-0 Gwinn Henry
1926 Okla. A&M 3-0-1 John F. Maulbetsch
1927 Missouri 5-1-0 Gwinn Henry
*Nebraska not a member of conference.
Big Six
Year Team W L T Coach
1928 Nebraska 5-0-0 Ernest Bearg
1929 Nebraska 3-0-2 Dana X. Bible
1930 Kansas 4-1-0 Bill Hargiss
1931 Nebraska 5-0-0 Dana X. Bible
1932 Nebraska 5-0-0 Dana X. Bible
1933 Nebraska 5-0-0 Dana X. Bible
1934 Kansas St. 5-0-0 Lynn Waldorf
1935 Nebraska 4-0-1 Dana X. Bible
1936 Nebraska 5-0-0 Dana X. Bible
1937 Nebraska 3-0-2 Biff Jones
1938 Oklahoma 5-0-0 Tom Stidham
1939 Missouri 5-0-0 Don Faurot
1940 Nebraska 5-0-0 Biff Jones
1941 Missouri 5-0-0 Don Faurot
1942 Missouri 4-0-1 Don Faurot
1943 Oklahoma 5-0-0 Dewey Luster
1944 Oklahoma 4-0-1 Dewey Luster
1945 Missouri 5-0-0 Chauncey Simpson
1946 Kansas 4-1-0 George Sauer
Oklahoma 4-1-0 Jim Tatum
1947 Kansas 4-0-1 George Sauer
Oklahoma 4-0-1 Bud Wilkinson
Big Seven
Year Team W L T Coach
1948 Oklahoma 5-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1949 Oklahoma 5-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1950 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1951 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1952 Oklahoma 5-0-1 Bud Wilkinson
1953 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1954 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1955 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1956 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1957 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1958 Oklahoma 6-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1959 Oklahoma 5-1-0 Bud Wilkinson
Big Eight
Year Team W L T Coach
1960 Missouri 7-0-0 Dan Devine
1961 Colorado 7-0-0 Sonny Grandelius
1962 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Bud Wilkinson
1963 Nebraska 7-0-0 Bob Devaney
1964 Nebraska 6-1-0 Bob Devaney
1965 Nebraska 7-0-0 Bob Devaney
1966 Nebraska 6-1-0 Bob Devaney
1967 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Chuck Fairbanks
1968 Oklahoma 6-1-0 Chuck Fairbanks
Kansas 6-1-0 Pepper Rodgers
1969 Nebraska 6-1-0 Bob Devaney
Missouri 6-1-0 Dan Devine
1970 Nebraska 7-0-0 Bob Devaney
1971 Nebraska 7-0-0 Bob Devaney
1972 Nebraska* 5-1-1 Bob Devaney
1973 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1974 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1975 Nebraska 6-1-0 Tom Osborne
Oklahoma 6-1-0 Barry Switzer
1976 Okla. St. 5-2-0 Jim Stanley
Colorado 5-2-0 Bill Mallory
Oklahoma 5-2-0 Barry Switzer
1977 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1978 Nebraska 6-1-0 Tom Osborne
Oklahoma 6-1-0 Barry Switzer
1979 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1980 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1981 Nebraska 7-0-0 Tom Osborne
1982 Nebraska 7-0-0 Tom Osborne
1983 Nebraska 7-0-0 Tom Osborne
1984 Nebraska 6-1-0 Tom Osborne
Oklahoma 6-1-0 Barry Switzer
1985 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1986 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1987 Oklahoma 7-0-0 Barry Switzer
1988 Nebraska 7-0-0 Tom Osborne
1989 Colorado 7-0-0 Bill McCartney
1990 Colorado 7-0-0 Bill McCartney
1991 Nebraska 6-0-1 Tom Osborne
Colorado 6-0-1 Bill McCartney
1992 Nebraska 6-1-0 Tom Osborne
1993 Nebraska 7-0-0 Tom Osborne
1994 Nebraska 7-0-0 Tom Osborne
1995 Nebraska 7-0-0 Tom Osborne
*Won title when Oklahoma forfeited three
conference games.
Big 12
Year Team W L T Coach
1996 Texas § 5-3-0 John Makovic
1997 Nebraska 8-0-0 Tom Osborne
1998 Texas A&M 7-1-0 R.C. Slocum
1999 Nebraska 7-1-0 Frank Solich
2000 Oklahoma 8-0-0 Bob Stoops
2001 Colorado 7-1-0 Gary Barnett
2002 Oklahoma 6-2-0 Bob Stoops
2003 Kansas St. 6-2-0 Bill Snyder
2004 Oklahoma 8-0-0 Bob Stoops
2005 Texas 8-0-0 Mack Brown
2006 Oklahoma § 7-1-0 Bob Stoops
2007 Oklahoma 6-2-0 Bob Stoops
2008 Oklahoma 7-1-0 Bob Stoops
2009 Texas** 8-0-0 Mack Brown
2010 Oklahoma § 6-2-0 Bob Stoops
Big Ten
Year Team W L T Coach
2011 Wisconsin 6-2-0 Bret Bielema
2012 Wisconsin § 4-4-0 Bret Bielema
2013 Mich. St. 8-0-0 Mark Dantonio
2014 Ohio State 8-0-0 Urban Meyer
2015 Mich. St. 7-1-0 Mark Dantonio
2016 Penn State 8-1-0 James Franklin
2017 Ohio State 8-1-0 Urban Meyer
2018 Ohio State 8-1-0 Urban Meyer
2019 Ohio State 9-0-0 Ryan Day
2020 Ohio State 5-0-0 Ryan Day
2021 Michigan 8-1-0 Jim Harbaugh
2022 Michigan 9-0-0 Jim Harbaugh
2023 Michigan 9-0-0 Jim Harbaugh
§ Nebraska was division champion,
lost conference championship game.
Championships by school
Totals during Nebraska's tenure in each conference:
Nebraska 43, Oklahoma 40, Missouri 12, Colorado 6, Ohio State 5, Kansas 5, Michigan 3, Texas 3, Wisconsin 2, Michigan State 2, Iowa State 2, Kansas State 2, Oklahoma State 2, Penn State 1, Texas A&M 1, Iowa 1.
Note: “Big Six,” “Big Seven” and, until 1964, “Big Eight” were informal names for the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. (Details here.) Oklahoma State joined the conference before the 1957 football season but did not play a league football schedule until 1960.