Who is in the Big 12? Full list of conference teams for 2024 college football season

The college football season is well and truly underway as Week 2 competition gets started on Friday.

And in a year where conference realignment has changed the landscape of college athletics, the question of which teams are in which conference become more prevalent by the week. So it is with the Big 12, which the season has added four teams from the now-defunct Pac-12.

That question will certainly be posed throughout Week 2, including on Friday night, when BYU travels to Dallas for a “Power Four” non-conference matchup with SMU at 7 p.m. ET. The Cougars, who are led by ninth-year coach Kalani Sitake, are in their second season as a member of the Big 12 after competing as independents from 2011-22.

REQUIRED READING: College football Week 1 winners and losers: Georgia dominates Clemson and Florida flops

Another notable game on the docket for Week 2 among Big 12 members is the nonconference matchup between Nebraska and Deion Sanders-led Colorado. What would have been a Pac-12-Big Ten meeting last year — and a Big 12 game as recently as 2010 — is now a meeting between the Big 12 and Big Ten.

Elsewhere, Baylor will travel to Salt Lake City to face No. 12 Utah in the Utes’ first Big 12 regular season game.

Here’s what to know on who is in the Big 12, including the conference’s Week 2 schedule for college football:

Who is in the Big 12?

Here’s a full look at who is a member of the Big 12, including their first years competing in the conference:

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

Arizona (2024)

Arizona State (2024)

Baylor (1996)

BYU (2023)

Cincinnati (2023)

Colorado (1996, 2024)

Houston (2023)

Iowa State (1996)

Kansas (1996)

Kansas State (1996)

Oklahoma State (1996)

TCU (2012)

Texas Tech (1996)

UCF (2023)

Utah (2024)

West Virginia (2012)

How many teams are in the Big 12?

There are currently 16 members of the Big 12 Conference with the additions of four Pac-12 programs over the offseason.

The conference previously had 14 members last season, which then included Texas and Oklahoma before they…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/big-12-full-list-conference-100032608.html

Author : USA TODAY Sports

Publish date : 2024-09-06 10:00:32

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.