Editing Big 12 Conference (section)

=== Championship game ===

{{Main|Big 12 Championship Game}}

The Big 12 Championship Game game was approved by all members except Nebraska.<ref>{{cite news|title=Big 12 approves playoff format|location=Harlan, Kentucky|agency=Associated Press|date=June 16, 1995|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SS5BAAAAIBAJ&pg=6967,2386120&dq=big-12+kansas-city+headquarters+irving&hl=en}}</ref> It was held each year, commencing with the first match in the 1996 season at the [[The Dome at America's Center|Trans World Dome]] in [[St. Louis]]. It pitted the division champions against each other after the regular season was completed.

Following the 2008 game, the event was moved to the new [[AT&T Stadium|Cowboys Stadium]] in [[Arlington, Texas]], being played there in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers 23–20.<ref>{{cite news|title= OU defeats Nebraska 23–20, wins Big 12 title|first=John E|last=Hoover|work=Tulsa World|date=December 5, 2010|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20101204_92_0_Thelas604128}}</ref>

After 2010, the game was moved to Arlington for 2011, 2012, and 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Football: Big 12 title game stays in Dallas|first=Lee|last=Barfknecht|date=June 4, 2010|work=Omaha World-Herald|url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20100604/SPORTS/306049864|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908001204/http://www.omaha.com/article/20100604/SPORTS/306049864|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> However, the decision became moot following the 2010 season because the league lacked sufficient members.<ref>{{cite news|title=Remaining Schools in Big 12 Close to Saving League|work=[[KBTX-TV]]|location=Bryan, Texas|date=June 14, 2011|first=Chip|last=Brown|url=http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/96310899.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616082037/http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/96310899.html|archive-date=June 16, 2010}}</ref>

In April 2015, the ACC and the Big 12 developed new rules for the NCAA to deregulate conference championship games. The measure passed on January 14, 2016, allowing a conference with fewer than 12 teams to stage a championship game that does not count against the FBS limit of 12 regular-season games under either of the following circumstances:
* The game involves the top two teams following a full round-robin conference schedule.
* The game involves two divisional winners, each having played a full round-robin schedule in its division.

Under the first criterion, the Big 12 championship game resumed at the conclusion of the 2017 regular season, and is played during the first weekend of December, the time all other FBS conference championship games are played.