List of Big Eight Conference champions explained

Big Eight Conference
Titles per University
All-Time Members
Colorado 43
Drake 3
Grinnell 3
Iowa 1
Iowa State 131
Kansas 207
Kansas State 60
Missouri 109
Nebraska 230
Oklahoma 196
Oklahoma State 168
Washington 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

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Big Eight membership
School Admitted to conferenceLeft conference Readmitted
Colorado 1947
1907 1928
1919 1928
1907 1910
Iowa State 1908
Kansas 1907
Kansas State 1913
Missouri 1907
Nebraska 1907 1918 1920
Oklahoma 1920
Oklahoma State 1925 1928 1957
1907 1928
Teams in bold were members of the conference upon its dissolution in 1996
References:[1]

Baseball

See also: Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament.

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

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" 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
SeasonRegular season Tournament
MVIAA
1909Nebraska
1910Missouri
1911none
1912Missouri
1913Kansas
1914Kansas
1915Kansas
1916Kansas
Missouri
1917Missouri
1918Missouri
1919none
1920Washington
1921Kansas
1922Kansas
1923Kansas
1924Iowa State
1925Oklahoma
1926Oklahoma
1927Oklahoma
1928Kansas State
Big Six Conference
1929Nebraska
1930Kansas State
Nebraska
1931Oklahoma
Missouri
1932Missouri
1933Kansas State
Oklahoma
1934none
1935Oklahoma
1936Iowa State
Oklahoma
1937Missouri
1938Missouri
1939Oklahoma
1940Oklahoma
1941Missouri
1942Missouri
1943none
1944none
1945none
1946Oklahoma
1947Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1948Nebraska
1949Kansas
1950Nebraska
1951Oklahoma
1952Missouri
1953Oklahoma
1954Missouri
1955Oklahoma
1956Oklahoma
1957Iowa State
1958Missouri
Big Eight Conference
1959Oklahoma 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
1976MissouriMissouri
1977East: Oklahoma
West: Missouri
Oklahoma
1978East: Oklahoma
West: Missouri
Oklahoma State
1979East: Oklahoma
West: Missouri
Oklahoma
1980East: Nebraska
West: Oklahoma State
Missouri
1981MissouriOklahoma State
1982Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1983Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1984Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1985Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1986OklahomaOklahoma State
1987Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1988Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1989Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1990Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1991Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1992Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1993Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1994Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1995OklahomaOklahoma State
1996MissouriOklahoma State
Reference:[2]

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

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's basketball regular season championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
5 1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1968-69
0
0
4 1934-35 • 1940-411943-44 • 1944-45
43 1907-08 • 1908-09 • 1909-10 • 1910-11 • 1911-121913-14
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 • 1939-401940-411941-42 • 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
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
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
7 1911-12 • 1912-13 • 1913-14 • 1915-16 • 1936-371948-49
1949-50
13 1927-28 • 1928-29 • 1938-391939-401941-421943-44
1946-47 • 1948-49 • 1978-79 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1987-88 •
1999-89
2 1964-65 • 1990-91
0
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
MVIAA
1907-08Kansas
1908-09Kansas
1909-10Kansas
1910-11Kansas
1911-12Nebraska
Kansas
1912-13Nebraska
1913-14Nebraska
Kansas
1914-15Kansas
1915-16Nebraska
1916-17Kansas State
1917-18Missouri
1918-19Kansas State
1919-20Missouri
1920-21Missouri
1921-22Missouri
Kansas
1922-23Kansas
1923-24Kansas
1924-25Kansas
1925-26Kansas
1926-27Kansas
1927-28Oklahoma
Big Six Conference
1928-29Oklahoma
1929-30Missouri
1930-31Kansas
1931-32Kansas
1932-33Kansas
1933-34Kansas
1934-35Iowa State
1935-36Kansas
1936-37Kansas
Nebraska
1937-38Kansas
1938-39Missouri
Oklahoma
1939-40Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
1940-41Iowa State
Kansas
1941-42Kansas
Oklahoma
1942-43Kansas
1943-44Iowa State
Oklahoma
1944-45Iowa State
1945-46Kansas
1946-47Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1947-48Kansas State
1948-49Nebraska
Oklahoma
1949-50Kansas State
Nebraska
Kansas
1950-51Kansas State
1951-52Kansas
1952-53Kansas
1953-54Kansas
Colorado
1954-55Colorado
1955-56Kansas State
1956-57Kansas
1957-58Kansas State
Big Eight Conference
1958-59Kansas State
1959-60Kansas
Kansas State
1960-61Kansas State
1961-62Colorado
1962-63Colorado
Kansas State
1963-64Kansas State
1964-65Oklahoma State
1965-66Kansas
1966-67Kansas
1967-68Kansas State
1968-69Colorado
1969-70Kansas State
1970-71Kansas
1971-72Kansas State
1972-73Kansas State
1973-74Kansas
1974-75Kansas
1975-76Missouri
1976-77Kansas State
1977-78Kansas
1978-79Oklahoma
1979-80Missouri
1980-81Missouri
1981-82Missouri
1982-83Missouri
1983-84Oklahoma
1984-85Oklahoma
1985-86Kansas
1986-87Missouri
1987-88Oklahoma
1988-89Oklahoma
1989-90Missouri
1990-91Kansas
Oklahoma State
1991-92Kansas
1992-93Kansas
1993-94Missouri
1994-95Kansas
1995-96Kansas
Reference:[3]

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.

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's basketball holiday tournament championship summary
School Total titles Season
0
2 1955-56 • 1959-60
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
7 1947-48 • 1950-51 • 1952-53 • 1958-59 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 •
1963-64
7 1949-50 • 1954-55 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1975-76 •
1976-77
1 1967-68
2 1948-49 • 1969-70
0
SMU11946-47
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Six Conference
1946-47SMU
Big Seven Conference
1947-48Kansas State
1948-49Oklahoma
1949-50Missouri
1950-51Kansas State
1951-52Kansas
1952-53Kansas State
1953-54Kansas
1954-55Missouri
1955-56Iowa State
1956-57Kansas
1957-58Kansas
Big Eight Conference
1958-59Kansas State
1959-60Iowa State
1960-61Kansas State
1961-62Kansas State
1962-63Kansas
1963-64Kansas State
1964-65Kansas
1965-66Kansas
1966-67Kansas
1967-68Nebraska
1968-69Kansas
1969-70Oklahoma
1970-71Kansas
1971-72Missouri
1972-73Missouri
1973-74Missouri
1974-75Kansas
1975-76Missouri
1976-77Missouri
1977-78Kansas
1978-79Kansas
Reference:[4]

SMU was non-member of the conference invited to the Holiday Tournament.

Post-season tournament champions

See also: Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament.

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.

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's basketball post-season tournament championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
0
1 1995–96
4 1980–81 • 1983–84 • 1985–86 • 1991–92
2 1976–77 • 1979–80
6 1977–78 • 1981–82 • 1986–87 • 1988–89 • 1990–91 • 1992–93
1 1993–94
41978–79 • 1984–85 • 1987–88 • 1989–90
21982–83 • 1994–95
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1976–77Kansas State
1977–78Missouri
1978–79Oklahoma
1979–80Kansas State
1980–81Kansas
1981–82Missouri
1982–83Oklahoma State
1983–84Kansas
1984–85Oklahoma
1985–86Kansas
1986–87Missouri
1987–88Oklahoma
1988–89Missouri
1989–90Oklahoma
1990–91Missouri
1991–92Kansas
1992–93Missouri
1993–94Nebraska
1994–95Oklahoma State
1995–96Iowa State
Reference:[5]

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

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Women's championship summary
School Total titles Regular season titlesTournament titles
Colorado844
Iowa State000
Kansas936
Kansas State734
Missouri945
Nebraska110
Oklahoma110
Oklahoma State312
SeasonRegular seasonTournament
Big Eight Conference
1975-76noneKansas State
1976-77noneKansas State
1977-78noneMissouri
1978-79noneKansas
1979-80noneKansas
1980-81noneKansas
1981-82noneKansas State
1982-83Kansas StateMissouri
1983-84Missouri
Kansas State
Kansas State
1984-85MissouriMissouri
1985-86OklahomaMissouri
1986-87Kansas State
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas
1987-88NebraskaKansas
1988-89ColoradoColorado
189-990MissouriOklahoma State
1990-91Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
1991-92KansasColorado
1992-93ColoradoKansas
1993-94ColoradoMissouri
1994-95ColoradoColorado
1995-96KansasColorado
Reference:[6]

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

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's cross country championship summary
School Total titles Years
Colorado101962 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 •
1982 • 1985 • 1986 • 1992
Drake0
Grinnell0
Iowa State251911 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 •
1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1926 •
1930 • 1931 • 1974 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 •
1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1993 •
1994
Kansas191928 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 •
1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 •
1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1963 • 1964 • 1968 •
1969
Kansas State131924 • 1925 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1936 •
1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1965 • 1966 • 1971 •
1975
Missouri31912 • 1967 • 1970 • 1974
Nebraska11940
Oklahoma51927 • 1929 • 1935 • 1941 • 1946
Oklahoma State41960 • 1972 • 1973 • 1995
Washington (St. Louis)0
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
MVIAA
1911Iowa State
1912Missouri
1913Iowa State
1914Iowa State
1915Iowa State
1916Iowa State
1917Iowa State
1918none
1919Iowa State
1920Iowa State
1921Iowa State
1922Iowa State
1923Iowa State
1924Kansas State
1925Kansas State
1926Iowa State
1927Oklahoma
1928Kansas
Big Six Conference
1929Oklahoma
1930Iowa State
1931Iowa State
1932Kansas State
1933Kansas State
1934Kansas State
1935Oklahoma
1936Kansas State
1937Kansas State
1938Kansas State
1939Kansas State
1940Nebraska
1941Oklahoma
1942none
1943none
1944none
1945none
1946Oklahoma
1947Kansas
Big Seven Conference
1948Kansas
1949Kansas
1950Kansas
1951Kansas
1952Kansas
1953Kansas
1954Kansas
1955Kansas
1956Kansas
1957Kansas
1958Kansas
Big Eight Conference
1959Kansas
1960Oklahoma State
1961Kansas
1962Colorado
1963Kansas
1964Kansas
1965Kansas State
1966Kansas State
1967Missouri
1968Kansas
1969Kansas
1970Missouri
1971Kansas State
1972Oklahoma State
1973Oklahoma State
1974Missouri
Iowa State
1975Kansas State
1976Colorado
1977Colorado
1978Colorado
1979Colorado
1980Colorado
1981Iowa State
1982Colorado
1983Iowa State
1984Iowa State
1985Colorado
1986Colorado
1987Iowa State
1988Iowa State
1989Iowa State
1990Iowa State
1991Iowa State
1992Colorado
1993Iowa State
1994Iowa State
1995Oklahoma State 2017-12-15.
Reference:[7]

Women's cross country

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1975 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Women's cross country championship summary
School Total titles Years
Colorado41987 • 1992 • 1994 • 1995
Iowa State81975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1981 • 1983 • 1990
Kansas0
Kansas State21982 • 1992
Missouri21980 • 1984
Nebraska51985 • 1988 • 1989 • 1991 • 1993
Oklahoma0
Oklahoma State11986
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1975Iowa State
1976Iowa State
1977Iowa State
1978Iowa State
1979Iowa State
1980Missouri
1981Iowa State
1982Kansas State
1983Iowa State
1984Missouri
1985Nebraska
1986Oklahoma State
1987Colorado
1988Nebraska
1989Nebraska
1990Iowa State
1991Nebraska
1992Colorado
Kansas State
1993Nebraska
1994Colorado
1995Colorado
Reference:[8]

Denotes an AIAW title, the predecessor to the NCAA for women's athletics.

Football

See also: Big Eight Conference football.

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1907 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Football championships summary
School Total titles Years
5 1961 • 1976 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991
0
0
1 1907
2 19111912
5 1908 • 1930 • 194619471968
1 1934
12 1909 • 1913 • 1919 • 1924 • 1925 • 1927 •
1939 • 1941 • 1942 • 1945 • 19601969
41 1907 • 1910 • 191119121913 • 1914 •
1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 •
1928 • 1929 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1935 •
1936 • 1937 • 1940 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 •
1966 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 19721975
1978 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 •
1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995
341920 • 1933 • 1938 • 1943 • 1944 • 1946
1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 •
1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 •
1959 • 1962 • 1967 • 1968 • 1973 • 1974 •
19751976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 •
1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987
2 1926 • 1976
0
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
MVIAA
1907Iowa
Nebraska
1908
1909
1910Nebraska
1911Iowa State
Nebraska
1912Iowa State
Nebraska
1913Missouri
Nebraska
1914Nebraska
1915Nebraska
1916Nebraska
1917Nebraska
1918none
1919
1920Oklahoma
1921Nebraska
1922Nebraska
1923Nebraska
1924Missouri
1925Missouri
1926Oklahoma State
1927Missouri
1928Nebraska
Big Six Conference
1929Nebraska
1930
1931Nebraska
1932Nebraska
1933Nebraska
1934
1935Nebraska
1936Nebraska
1937Nebraska
1938Oklahoma
1939Missouri
1940Nebraska
1941Missouri
1942Missouri
1943Oklahoma
1944Oklahoma
1945Missouri
1946Kansas
Oklahoma
1947Kansas
Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1948Oklahoma
1949Oklahoma
1950Oklahoma
1951Oklahoma
1952Oklahoma
1953Oklahoma
1954Oklahoma
1955Oklahoma
1956Oklahoma
1957Oklahoma
1958Oklahoma
Big Eight Conference
1959Oklahoma
1960Missouri
1961Colorado
1962Oklahoma
1963Nebraska
1964Nebraska
1965Nebraska
1966Nebraska
1967Oklahoma
1968Kansas
Oklahoma
1969Missouri
Nebraska
1970Nebraska
1971Nebraska
1972Nebraska
Oklahoma
1973Oklahoma
1974Oklahoma
1975Oklahoma
Nebraska
1976Colorado
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
1977Oklahoma
1978Nebraska
Oklahoma
1979Oklahoma
1980Oklahoma
1981Nebraska
1982Nebraska
1983Nebraska
1984Nebraska
Oklahoma
1985Oklahoma
1986Oklahoma
1987Oklahoma
1988Nebraska
1989Colorado
1990Colorado
1991Colorado
Nebraska
1992Nebraska
1993Nebraska
1994Nebraska
1995Nebraska
Reference:[9] [10]

Kansas would have won the 1960 title, but after found to be using an ineligible player they were forced to forfeit their victories over Missouri and Colorado, which meant that Missouri was awarded the 1960 Big Eight title.
Oklahoma initially won the 1972 title, but after it was found that they used ineligible players, they were penalized by the NCAA, though they did not force OU to forfeit games. The Big Eight asked them to forfeit three games and awarded the title to Nebraska, but Oklahoma still claims these wins and this title.

Men's golf

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1921 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. In 1926 golf was dropped as a sponsored sport by the MVIAA and it wasn't picked up again until the 1935 season.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's golf championship summary
School Total titles Years
Colorado 3 1955 • 1956 • 1968
Drake 3 1921 • 1922 • 1923
Grinnell 0
3 1940 • 1947 • 1953
Kansas 5 1924 • 1925 • 1939 • 1947 • 1950
Kansas State 0
Missouri 2 1949 • 1984
Nebraska 2 1937 • 1938
Oklahoma 12 1935 • 1938 • 1941 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •
1951 • 1952 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1992
36 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 •
1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1970 •
1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 •
1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 •
1983 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 •
1990 • 1991 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Washington (St. Louis) 0
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
MVIAA
1921Drake
1922Drake
1923Drake
1924Kansas
1925Kansas
1926none
1927none
1928none
Big Six Conference
1929none
1930none
1931none
1932none
1933none
1934none
1935Oklahoma
1936Nebraska
1937Nebraska
1938Oklahoma
1939Kansas
1940Iowa State
1941Oklahoma
1942none
1943none
1944none
1945none
1946Oklahoma
1947Kansas
Iowa State
Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1948Oklahoma
1949Missouri
1950Kansas
1951Oklahoma
1952Oklahoma
1953Iowa State
1954Colorado
1955Colorado
Oklahoma
1956Oklahoma
1957Oklahoma
1958Oklahoma State
Big Eight Conference
1959Oklahoma State
1960Oklahoma State
1961Oklahoma State
1962Oklahoma State
1963Oklahoma State
1964Oklahoma State
1965Oklahoma State
1966Oklahoma State
1967Oklahoma State
1968Colorado
1969Oklahoma State
1970Oklahoma State
1971Oklahoma State
1972Oklahoma State
1973Oklahoma State
1974Oklahoma State
1975Oklahoma State
1976Oklahoma State
1977Oklahoma State
1978Oklahoma State
1979Oklahoma State
1980Oklahoma State
1981Oklahoma State
1982Oklahoma State
1983Oklahoma State
1984Missouri
1985Oklahoma State
1986Oklahoma State
1987Oklahoma State
1988Oklahoma State
1989Oklahoma State
1990Oklahoma State
1991Oklahoma State
1992Oklahoma
1993Oklahoma State
1994Oklahoma State
1995Oklahoma State
1996Oklahoma State
Reference:[11]

Golf dropped as a sponsored sport by the conference.
No conference meet held due to WWII.

Women's golf

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1976 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Women's golf championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado0
Iowa State11993
Kansas11990
Kansas State0
Missouri0
Nebraska21976 • 1983
Oklahoma31978 • 1981 • 1991
Oklahoma State141977 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1985 •
1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1992 • 1994 •
1995 • 1996
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1976Nebraska
1977Oklahoma State
1978Oklahoma
1979Oklahoma State
1980Oklahoma State
1981Oklahoma
1982Oklahoma State
1983Nebraska
1984Oklahoma State
1985Oklahoma State
1986Oklahoma State
1987Oklahoma State
1988Oklahoma State
1989Oklahoma State
1990Kansas
1991Oklahoma
1992Oklahoma State
1993Iowa State
1994Oklahoma State
1995Oklahoma State
1996Oklahoma State
Reference:[12] [13]

Men's gymnastics

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1964 through the 1994 season. After Iowa State dropped men's gymnastics in 1994 the league was left with only two schools sponsoring the sport, as a result the league no longer sanctioned future championships.[14]

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's gymnastics championship summary
School Total titles Years
Colorado 1 1968
Iowa State10 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 •
1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975
Kansas 0
Kansas State 0
Nebraska 13 1964 • 1976 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1985 •
1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1992 • 1993 •
1994
Oklahoma 7 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1981 • 1984 • 1987 •
1991
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1964Nebraska
1965Iowa State
1966Iowa State
1967Iowa State
1968Colorado
1969Iowa State
1970Iowa State
1971Iowa State
1972Iowa State
1973Iowa State
1974Iowa State
1975Iowa State
1976Nebraska
1977Oklahoma
1978Oklahoma
1979Oklahoma
1980Nebraska
1981Oklahoma
1982Nebraska
1983Nebraska
1984Oklahoma
1985Nebraska
1986Nebraska
1987Oklahoma
1988Nebraska
1989Nebraska
1990Nebraska
1991Oklahoma
1992Nebraska
1993Nebraska
1994Nebraska
Reference:[15] [16]

Women's gymnastics

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1975 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Women's gymnastics championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado11976
Iowa State21975 • 1977
Kansas0
Missouri11992
Nebraska121978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1987 •
1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Oklahoma51984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1991 • 1993
Oklahoma State11981
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1975Iowa State
1976Colorado
1977Iowa State
1978Nebraska
1979Nebraska
1980Nebraska
1981Oklahoma State
1982Nebraska
1983Nebraska
1984Oklahoma
1985Oklahoma
1986Oklahoma
1987Nebraska
1988Nebraska
1989Nebraska
1990Nebraska
1991Oklahoma
1992Missouri
1993Oklahoma
1994Nebraska
1995Nebraska
1996Nebraska
Reference:[17]

Softball

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1976 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Softball championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado0
Iowa State21976 • 1978
Kansas21977 • 1979
Kansas State0
Missouri11983
Nebraska61982 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988
Oklahoma0
Oklahoma State91980 • 1981 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 •
1993 • 1994 • 1995
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1976Iowa State
1977Kansas
1978Iowa State
1979Kansas
1980Oklahoma State
1981Oklahoma State
1982Nebraska
1983Missouri
1984Nebraska
1985Nebraska
1986Nebraska
1987Nebraska
1988Nebraska
1989Oklahoma State
1990Oklahoma State
1991Oklahoma State
1992Oklahoma State
1993Oklahoma State
1994Oklahoma State
1995Oklahoma State
Reference:[18]

Men's swimming & diving

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1924 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's swimming & diving championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado 0
Drake 0
Grinnell 0
Iowa State 20 1929 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1936
1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1947 •
1948 • 1949 • 1951 • 1954* • 1967 • 1976 •
1977 • 1995
Kansas 10 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 •
1974 • 1975 • 1978 • 1979
Kansas State 0
Missouri 0
Nebraska 21 1930 • 1933 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1980 •
1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 •
1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 •
1993 • 1994 • 1996
Oklahoma 15 1950 • 1952 • 1953 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 •
1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 •
1964 • 1965 • 1966
Oklahoma State 0
Washington (St. Louis) 5 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
MVIAA
1924Washington (St. Louis)
1925Washington (St. Louis)
1926Washington (St. Louis)
1927Washington (St. Louis)
1928Washington (St. Louis)
Big Six Conference
1929Iowa State
1930Nebraska
1931Iowa State
1932Iowa State
1933Iowa StateNebraska
1934Iowa State
1935Nebraska
1936Iowa StateNebraska
1937Nebraska
1938Iowa State
1939Iowa State
1940Iowa State
1941Iowa State
1942Iowa State
1943none
1944none
1945none
1946none
1947Iowa State
Big Seven Conference
1948Iowa State
1949Iowa State
1950Oklahoma
1951Iowa State
1952Oklahoma
1953Oklahoma
1954Iowa State
1955Oklahoma
1956Oklahoma
1957Oklahoma
1958Oklahoma
Big Eight Conference
1959Oklahoma
1960Oklahoma
1961Oklahoma
1962Oklahoma
1963Oklahoma
1964Oklahoma
1965Oklahoma
1966Oklahoma
1967Iowa State
1968Kansas
1969Kansas
1970Kansas
1971Kansas
1972Kansas
1973Kansas
1974Kansas
1975Kansas
1976Iowa State
1977Iowa State
1978Kansas
1979Kansas
1980Nebraska
1981Nebraska
1982Nebraska
1983Nebraska
1984Nebraska
1985Nebraska
1986Nebraska
1987Nebraska
1988Nebraska
1989Nebraska
1990Nebraska
1991Nebraska
1992Nebraska
1993Nebraska
1994Nebraska
1995Iowa State
1996Nebraska
Reference:[19]

Oklahoma was forced to forfeit the 1954 title for using an ineligible athlete, thus the title was awarded to Iowa State.

Women's swimming & diving

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1974 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Women's swimming & diving championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado0
Iowa State11974
Kansas141975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 •
1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 • 1989 •
1992 • 1993
Kansas State0
Missouri0
Nebraska81985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1990 • 1991 • 1994 •
1995 • 1996
Oklahoma0
Oklahoma State0
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1974Iowa State
1975Kansas
1976Kansas
1977Kansas
1978Kansas
1979Kansas
1980Kansas
1981Kansas
1982Kansas
1983Kansas
1984Kansas
1985Nebraska
1986Nebraska
1987Nebraska
1988Kansas
1989Kansas
1990Nebraska
1991Nebraska
1992Kansas
1993Kansas
1994Nebraska
1995Nebraska
1996Nebraska
Reference:[20]

Men's tennis

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1912 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's tennis championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado 4 1953 • 1954 • 1956 • 1993
Drake 0
Grinnell 2 1927 • 1928
Iowa State 1 1946
Kansas 13 1916 • 1924 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1937 •
1948 • 1964 • 1987 • 1988 • 1994 • 1995 •
1996
Kansas State 0
Missouri 2 1913 • 1917
Nebraska 0
Oklahoma 35 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1925 • 1926 • 1929 •
1930 • 1935 • 1936 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 •
1941 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 •
1955 • 1957 • 1960 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 •
1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 •
1974 • 1976 • 1977 • 1982 • 1992
Oklahoma State 17 1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1977
1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 •
1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991
Washington (St. Louis) 4 1912 • 1914 • 1915 • 1920
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
MVIAA
1912Washington
1913Missouri
1914Washington
1915Washington
1916Kansas
1917Missouri
1918none
1919none
1920Washington
1921Oklahoma
1922Oklahoma
1923Oklahoma
1924Kansas
1925Oklahoma
1926Oklahoma
1927Grinell
1928Grinell
Big Six Conference
1929Oklahoma
1930Oklahoma
1931Kansas
1932Kansas
1933Kansas
1934none
1935Oklahoma
1936Oklahoma
1937Kansas
1938Oklahoma
1939Oklahoma
1940Oklahoma
1941Oklahoma
1942none
1943none
1944none
1945none
1946Iowa State
1947Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1948Kansas
1949Oklahoma
1950Oklahoma
1951Oklahoma
1952Oklahoma
1953Colorado
1954Colorado
1955Oklahoma
1956Colorado
1957Oklahoma
1958Oklahoma State
Big Eight Conference
1959Oklahoma State
1960Oklahoma
1961Oklahoma State
1962Oklahoma State
1963Oklahoma State
1964Kansas
1965Kansas
1966Oklahoma
1967Oklahoma
1968Oklahoma
1969Oklahoma
1970Oklahoma
1971Oklahoma
1972Oklahoma
1973Oklahoma
1974Oklahoma
1975Missouri
1976Oklahoma
1977Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
1978Oklahoma State
1979Oklahoma State
1980Oklahoma State
1981Oklahoma State
1982Oklahoma
1983Oklahoma State
1984Oklahoma State
1985Oklahoma State
1986Oklahoma State
1987Kansas
1988Kansas
1989Oklahoma State
1990Oklahoma State
1991Oklahoma State
1992Oklahoma
1993Colorado
1994Kansas
1995Kansas
1996Kansas
Reference:[21] [22]

Women's tennis

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1975 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Women's tennis championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado0
Iowa State0
Kansas51992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Kansas State0
Missouri0
Nebraska21977 • 1978
Oklahoma31976 • 1978 • 1979
Oklahoma State121980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 •
1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1975Oklahoma
1976Oklahoma
1977Nebraska
1978Oklahoma
Nebraska
1979Oklahoma
1980Oklahoma State
1981Oklahoma State
1982Oklahoma State
1983Oklahoma State
1984Oklahoma State
1985Oklahoma State
1986Oklahoma State
1987Oklahoma State
1988Oklahoma State
1989Oklahoma State
1990Oklahoma State
1991Oklahoma State
1992Kansas
1993Kansas
1994Kansas
1995Kansas
1996Kansas
Reference:[23]

Denotes that no postseason meet took place and the champion was decided by regular-season results.

Men's track & field

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season champions from the 1908 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. Between the 1909 and 1924 seasons, the conference invited non-member schools to participate in the outdoor meets.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Men's track & field championships summary
School Total titles IndoorOutdoor
Chicago101
Colorado000
Drake000
Grinnell000
Iowa000
Iowa State21813
Kansas582632
Kansas State431
Missouri23815
Nebraska472621
Oklahoma1055
Oklahoma State505
SeasonIndoor Outdoor
MVIAA
1908Iowa State
1909Grinnell
1910Kansas
1911Missouri
1912Missouri
1913Missouri
1914Chicago
1915Missouri
1916Missouri
1917Missouri
1918Missouri
1919Kansas State
1920Missouri
1921Nebraska
1922KansasNebraska
1923KansasNebraska
1924MissouriNebraska
1925NebraskaMissouri
1926NebraskaNebraska
1927OklahomaKansas
1928OklahomaKansas
Big Six Conference
1929OklahomaNebraska
1930NebraskaKansas
1931NebraskaKansas
1932NebraskaNebraska
1933OklahomaNebraska
1934KansasKansas
1935Kansas StateOklahoma
1936NebraskaNebraska
1937NebraskaNebraska
1938NebraskaMissouri
1939MissouriNebraska
1940NebraskaNebraska
1941NebraskaNebraska
1942NebraskaNebraska
1943MissouriMissouri
1944Iowa StateIowa State
1945Iowa StateIowa State
1946Iowa StateKansas
1947MissouriMissouri
Big Seven Conference
1948MissouriMissouri
1949NebraskaMissouri
1950KansasNebraska
1951NebraskaMissouri
1952KansasKansas
1953KansasKansas
1954KansasKansas
1955KansasKansas
1956KansasKansas
1957KansasKansas
1958KansasKansas
Big Eight Conference
1959KansasKansas
1960OklahomaKansas
1961KansasOklahoma
1962KansasOklahoma
1963NebraskaKansas
1964MissouriKansas
1965MissouriKansas
1966KansasNebraska
1967KansasKansas
1968KansasKansas
1969KansasKansas
1970KansasKansas
1971KansasKansas
1972NebraskaKansas
1973NebraskaKansas
1974Kansas StateKansas
1975KansasKansas
1976Kansas StateKansas
1977KansasOklahoma
1978Nebraska¥Oklahoma
1979MissouriKansas
1980KansasKansas
1981KansasIowa State
1982KansasKansas
1983KansasIowa State
1984Iowa StateIowa State
1985NebraskaIowa State
1986Iowa StateIowa State
1987NebraskaNebraska
1988NebraskaIowa State
1989NebraskaNebraska
1990Iowa StateNebraska
1991Iowa StateIowa State
1992NebraskaIowa State
1993Iowa StateIowa State
1994NebraskaIowa State
1995NebraskaNebraska
1996NebraskaNebraska
Reference:[24] [25] [26]

Denotes school was not a member of the conference but would later join.
Kansas was forced to forfeit the 1977 title for using an ineligible athlete, thus the title was awarded to Oklahoma.
¥Kansas was forced to forfeit the 1978 indoor title for using an ineligible athlete, thus the title was awarded to Nebraska.

Women's track & field

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1974 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Women's track & field championships summary
School Total titles IndoorOutdoor
Colorado101
Iowa State936
Kansas000
Kansas State110
Missouri000
Nebraska331716
Oklahoma000
Oklahoma State000
SeasonIndoor Outdoor
Big Eight Conference
1974Iowa State
1975Iowa State
1976Kansas StateIowa State
1977Iowa StateIowa State
1978Iowa StateIowa State
1979Iowa StateIowa State
1980NebraskaNebraska
1981NebraskaNebraska
1982NebraskaNebraska
1983NebraskaNebraska
1984NebraskaNebraska
1985NebraskaNebraska
1986NebraskaNebraska
1987NebraskaNebraska
1988NebraskaNebraska
1989NebraskaNebraska
1990NebraskaNebraska
1991NebraskaNebraska
1992NebraskaNebraska
1993NebraskaNebraska
1994NebraskaNebraska
1995NebraskaNebraska
1996NebraskaColorado
Reference:[27] [28]

Volleyball

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season and post-season conference champions from the 1976 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Volleyball championship summary
School Total titles Regular season Tournament
Colorado312
Iowa State000
Kansas000
Kansas State000
Missouri000
Nebraska361917
Oklahoma101
Oklahoma State000
SeasonRegular season Tournament
Big Eight Conference
1976NebraskaNebraska
1977NebraskaNebraska
1978NebraskaNebraska
1979NebraskaNebraska
1980NebraskaNebraska
1981NebraskaNebraska
1982NebraskaNebraska
1983NebraskaNebraska
1984NebraskaNebraska
1985NebraskaNebraska
1986NebraskaNebraska
1987NebraskaOklahoma
1988NebraskaNebraska
1989NebraskaNebraska
1990NebraskaNebraska
1991NebraskaNebraska
1992NebraskaColorado
1993ColoradoColorado
1994NebraskaNebraska
1995NebraskaNebraska
Reference:[29]

Wrestling

The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1924 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. Kansas, Kansas State, and Colorado all eliminated their wrestling programs before the Big Eight conference dissolved.

Championships

+ style="background:#003300;color:white;" Wrestling championship summary
School Total titles Seasons
Colorado 0
14 1929 • 1933 • 1937 • 1941 • 1947 • 1958 •
1970 • 1976 • 1977 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 •
1987 • 1993
Kansas 0
Kansas State 3 1931 • 1939 • 1940
0
3 1924 • 1949 • 1995
21 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1938 •
1948 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 •
1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1960 • 1967 • 1968
1981 • 1985 • 1986
28 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1959 • 1961 •
1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1968
1969 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 •
1978 • 1983 • 1984 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 •
1990 • 1991 • 1992* • 1994
Washington (St. Louis) 0
Shared championships are in italics.
SeasonChampion(s)
MVIAA
1924Nebraska
1925Oklahoma State
1926Oklahoma State
1927Oklahoma State
1928Oklahoma State
Big Six Conference
1929Iowa State
1930Oklahoma
1931Kansas State
1932Oklahoma
1933Iowa State
1934Oklahoma
1935Oklahoma
1936Oklahoma
1937Iowa State
1938Oklahoma
1939Kansas State
1940Kansas State
1941Iowa State
1942none
1943none
1944none
1945none
1946none
1947Iowa State
Big Seven Conference
1948Oklahoma
1949Nebraska
1950Oklahoma
1951Oklahoma
1952Oklahoma
1953Oklahoma
1954Oklahoma
1955Oklahoma
1956Oklahoma
1957Oklahoma
1958Iowa State
Big Eight Conference
1959Oklahoma State
1960Oklahoma
1961Oklahoma State
1962Oklahoma State
1963Oklahoma State
1964Oklahoma State
1965Oklahoma State
1966Oklahoma State
1967Oklahoma
1968Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
1969Oklahoma State
1970Iowa State
1971Oklahoma State
1972Oklahoma State
1973Oklahoma State
1974Oklahoma State
1975Oklahoma State
1976Iowa State
1977Iowa State
1978Oklahoma State
1979Iowa State
1980Iowa State
1981Oklahoma
1982Iowa State
1983Oklahoma State
1984Oklahoma State
1985Oklahoma
1986Oklahoma
1987Iowa State
Oklahoma State
1988Oklahoma State
1989Oklahoma State
1990Oklahoma State
1991Oklahoma State
1992Oklahoma State
1993Iowa State
1994Oklahoma State
1995Nebraska
1996Oklahoma State
Reference:[30] [31] [32]

Oklahoma State did not accept the trophy in 1992 in order to lessen any consequences stemming from an NCAA investigation of improper payments made to its student athletes.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BigEightSports.com . August 13, 2013.
  2. Web site: Big Eight Conference Baseball Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  3. Web site: Big Eight Conference basketball history . Big 12 Conference . August 13, 2013.
  4. Web site: Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  5. Web site: Big Eight Conference Index College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-12-15.
  6. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Basketball Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  7. Web site: Big Eight Conference Men's Cross Country Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  8. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Cross Country Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  9. Web site: Big Eight Conference football record book. Big 12 Conference. August 13, 2013.
  10. Web site: Big Eight Conference Index College Football at Sports-Reference.com. College Football at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-12-15.
  11. Web site: Big Eight Conference Men's Golf Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  12. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Golf Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  13. Web site: Year-by-Year Results. Huskers.com.
  14. Web site: 2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics media guide. 2012. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 50. 25 July 2012.
  15. Web site: Big Eight Conference Men's Gymnastics Championship History.
  16. Book: 1988–89 Big Eight Conference Records Book. Big Eight Conference. 1989.
  17. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Gymnastics Championship History.
  18. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Softball Championship History.
  19. Web site: Big Eight Conference Men's Swimming Championship History.
  20. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Swimming Championship History.
  21. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-tennis/auto_pdf/2008_guide_section6.pdf
  22. Web site: Men's Year-by-Year Championship Results. MVC Sports.
  23. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Tennis Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  24. Web site: Big Eight Conference Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  25. Web site: Big Eight Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  26. Web site: Men's Indoor Year-by-Year History. MVC Sports.
  27. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  28. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  29. Web site: Big Eight Conference Women's Volleyball Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  30. Web site: Big Eight Conference Wrestling Championship History. Big Eight Sports.
  31. Web site: 2008-09 Nebraska Wrestling. Huskers.com.
  32. Web site: History.