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1892-present
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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.