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{{short description|College football game held by the Big 12 Conference}}
{{for|the Big 12 men's basketball championship|Big 12 men's basketball tournament}}
{{Infobox NCAA conference tournament
| name = Big 12 Championship Game
| optional_subheader = 
| image = File:Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship.png
| image_size = 
| caption = 
| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| conference = [[Big 12 Conference]]
| number_of_teams = <!-- Only 2 compete in game, so it likely does not need to be put here -->
| format =
| current_stadium = [[AT&T Stadium]]
| current_location = [[Arlington, Texas]]
| years = 1996–2010; 2017–present
| most_recent = [[2024 Big 12 Championship Game|2024]]
| current_champion = [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State Sun Devils]]
| most_championships = [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]] (11)
| television = [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205680799|title=Big 12 Announces New Media Rights Deal With ESPN & FOX Sports Media Group|website=big12sports.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
| website = [http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210278760&DB_OEM_ID=10410&DB_OEM_ID=10410 Big12Sports.com – Football]
| sponsors = [[Dr Pepper]] (1996–2010, 2018–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=1565606 |title=Dr Pepper Extends Corporate Partnership with Big 12 Conference |publisher=Big12sports.com: The Big 12 Conference Official Athletic Site |date=August 22, 2008 |access-date=November 28, 2018}}</ref> <br>[[AT&T]] (2017)<br>[[WWE]] (2023)
| all_stadiums =
* [[The Dome at America's Center|Trans World Dome]] (1996, 1998)
* [[Alamodome]] (1997, 1999, 2007)
* [[Arrowhead Stadium]] (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008)
* [[Texas Stadium]] (2001)
* [[NRG Stadium|Reliant Stadium]] (2002, 2005)
* [[AT&T Stadium]] (2009–2010, 2017–2030)
| all_locations =
* [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] (1996, 1998)
* [[San Antonio]] (1997, 1999, 2007)
* [[Kansas City, Missouri]] (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008)
* [[Irving, Texas]] (2001)
* [[Houston]], [[Texas]] (2002, 2005)
* [[Arlington, Texas]] (2009, 2010, 2017–2030)
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The '''Big 12 Championship Game''' is a [[college football]] game held by the [[Big 12 Conference]] between the best and the second-best Big 12 team. The game was played each year since the conference's formation in 1996 until 2010 and returned during the 2017 season. From 1996 to 2010, the championship game pitted the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the regular season was completed. From 2017 onward, the game features the two teams with the best conference records.

In the first eight Big 12 championship games, from 1996 to 2003, the divisions split four games each, with the north champion winning in every odd-numbered year and the south champion winning in every even-numbered year. However, the North division champion did not win after No. 13 Kansas State's 35–7 upset victory over No. 1 Oklahoma in 2003.

The Big 12 is under contract to play the game at [[AT&T Stadium]] in [[Arlington, Texas]] until 2030.

==History==
The first championship game was played after the 1996 regular season, the first year of play for the Big 12 (which was created from the merger of the [[Big Eight Conference]] and four teams from the [[Southwest Conference]]). Like the [[SEC Championship Game]] (which has been played since 1992), the game matched the winners of the conference's two six-team divisions. The championship game was held at several sites within the Big 12 states, with [[Arrowhead Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], hosting more often than any other venue.
 
The [[2008 Big 12 Championship Game]] was notable for the [[2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy|controversy over choosing the South Division representative]]. The [[2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners]], [[2008 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas Longhorns]], and [[2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech Red Raiders]] all finished with identical records and had each recorded a win and loss among one another. The Sooners earned a berth to the title game because they had the highest [[Bowl Championship Series]] ranking of the three at the time of selection. Oklahoma defeated the [[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri Tigers]] and earned a berth in the [[2009 BCS National Championship Game]].

From 2009 through 2013, the game was scheduled to be played at Cowboys Stadium, now known as [[AT&T Stadium]], in [[Arlington, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=106116&SPID=13135&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=1521887 |title=Big 12 Conference Concludes Spring Meetings; Future Championship Sites Approved For Football, Basketball |publisher=Big12sports.com: The Big 12 Conference Official Athletic Site |date=May 24, 2007 |access-date=June 21, 2010}}</ref> During June 2010, however, [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Nebraska]] and [[Colorado Buffaloes|Colorado]] announced that they would [[2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment|leave the Big 12]] for other conferences (the [[Big Ten Conference]] and the [[Pac-12 Conference]], respectively) in 2011. Because NCAA rules at the time required that a conference have 12 members in order to stage a football championship game that was exempt from NCAA limits on regular-season games, the conference dropped the championship game following the 2010 season. During this time, Oklahoma and Texas had expressed that a conference title game hurt the chances of the conference to have a representative in the [[BCS National Championship Game]], and now the [[College Football Playoff]], which started in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/061610dnspobig12sider.20a83d0.html |title=UT coach Mack Brown not worried about lack of Big 12 title game |last=Carlton|first=Chuck|author2=Sabin, Rainer|date=June 16, 2010|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|access-date=June 21, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100716171636/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/061610dnspobig12sider.20a83d0.html| archive-date= 16 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In December 2014 after completing the first season with the College Football Playoff, [[2014 Baylor Bears football team|Baylor]] and [[2014 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]] both finished the season with an 8–1 conference record and were declared co-champions by the conference despite Baylor's head-to-head win over TCU. When the selection committee met to set the teams for the first playoff, both Baylor and TCU were overlooked in favor of teams that competed in and won their conference's championship game, leaving the Big 12 out of the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11992914/college-football-playoff-alabama-crimson-tide-oregon-ducks-florida-state-seminoles-ohio-state-buckeyes-inaugural-playoff | title=Ohio State bumps TCU from CFP | publisher=ESPN | date=December 12, 2014 | access-date=May 4, 2015 |author1=Rovell, Darren  |author2=Purdum, David |name-list-style=amp}}</ref> This led to criticism of how the Big 12 determined its champion.

In April 2015, legislation was developed by the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] and the Big 12 to deregulate conference championship games. It was announced by NCAA officials as being expected to pass in time for the start of the 2016 season.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12814346/ohio-state-buckeyes-lock-no-1-spot-too-early-top-25 | title=Report: Conference title game deregulation expected by 2016 | publisher=ESPN | date=April 8, 2015 | access-date=May 4, 2015}}</ref>  The legislation passed on January 14, 2016 allowing a conference with fewer than twelve teams to stage a championship game between the top two teams, so long as they play a round-robin schedule. In late 2016, the Big 12 decided to bring back the championship game in 2017 after a seven-year-long gap of having no conference championship game.

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==Results==
Below are the results from all Big 12 Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of their primary team color. Rankings are from the [[AP Poll]] released prior to the game. From 1996 to 2010, the Big 12 was divided into two divisions, North and South. Following the departures of two schools in 2010, the conference discontinued the championship game in favor of a round-robin format to determine the champion. When it resumed in 2017, the top two seeds would face off in the championship game.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width=100%
|-
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|Year}}
! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|North Division}}
! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|South Division}}
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|Site}}
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|Attendance}}
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|MVP}}
|- 
| [[1996 Big 12 Championship Game|1996]]
| {{Small|3}} [[1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] || 27
| style={{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}| '''[[1996 Texas Longhorns football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Texas}}]]''' || '''37'''
| [[The Dome at America's Center|Trans World Dome]] • [[St. Louis|St. Louis, MO]]
| 63,109 
|align=left| RB DeAngelo Evans, Nebraska
|- 
| [[1997 Big 12 Championship Game|1997]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}|{{Small|2}} '''[[1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Nebraska}}]]''' || '''54'''
| {{Small|14}} [[1997 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]] || 15
| [[Alamodome]] • [[San Antonio|San Antonio, TX]]
| 64,824
|align=left| RB [[Ahman Green]], Nebraska
|- 
| [[1998 Big 12 Championship Game|1998]]
| {{Small|2}} [[1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]] || 33
| style={{NCAA color cell|Texas A&M Aggies}}|{{Small|10}} '''[[1998 Texas A&M Aggies football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Texas A&M}}]]''' || '''36'''
| Trans World Dome • St. Louis, MO
| 60,798
|align=left| QB Branndon Stewart, Texas A&M
|- 
| [[1999 Big 12 Championship Game|1999]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}|{{Small|3}} '''[[1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Nebraska}}]]''' || '''22'''
| {{Small|12}} [[1999 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] || 6
| Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
| 65,035
|align=left| 
|- 
| [[2000 Big 12 Championship Game|2000]]
| {{Small|8}} [[2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]] || 24
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|1}} '''[[2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''27'''
| [[Arrowhead Stadium]] • [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO]]
| 79,655
|align=left| QB [[Josh Heupel]], Oklahoma
|- 
| [[2001 Big 12 Championship Game|2001]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Colorado Buffaloes}}|{{Small|9}} '''[[2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Colorado}}]]''' || '''39'''
| {{Small|3}} [[2001 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] || 37
| [[Texas Stadium]] • [[Irving, Texas|Irving, TX]]
| 65,675
|align=left| 
|- 
| [[2002 Big 12 Championship Game|2002]]
| {{Small|12}} [[2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]] || 7
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|8}} '''[[2002 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''29'''
| [[NRG Stadium|Reliant Stadium]] • [[Houston|Houston, TX]]
| 63,332
|align=left| RB [[Quentin Griffin]], Oklahoma
|- 
| [[2003 Big 12 Championship Game|2003]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Kansas State Wildcats}}|{{Small|13}} '''[[2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Kansas State}}]]''' || '''35'''
| {{Small|1}} [[2003 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] || 7
| rowspan=2| Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO
| 75,491
|align=left| QB [[Ell Roberson]], Kansas State
|- 
| [[2004 Big 12 Championship Game|2004]]
| [[2004 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]] || 3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|2}} '''[[2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''42'''
| 62,310
|align=left|  WR Malcolm Kelly, Oklahoma
|- 
| [[2005 Big 12 Championship Game|2005]]
| [[2005 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]] || 3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}|{{Small|2}} '''[[2005 Texas Longhorns football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Texas}}]]''' || '''70'''
| Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX
| 71,107
|align=left| QB [[Vince Young]], Texas
|- 
| [[2006 Big 12 Championship Game|2006]]
| {{Small|19}} [[2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] || 7
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|8}} '''[[2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''21'''
| Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO
| 80,031
|align=left| WR [[Malcolm Kelly]], Oklahoma
|- 
| [[2007 Big 12 Championship Game|2007]]
| {{Small|1}} [[2007 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]] || 17
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|9}} '''[[2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''38'''
| Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
| 62,585
| rowspan="2" align="left" |  QB [[Sam Bradford]], Oklahoma
|- 
| [[2008 Big 12 Championship Game|2008]]
| {{Small|19}} [[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]] || 21
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|4}} '''[[2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''62'''
| Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO
| 71,004
|- 
| [[2009 Big 12 Championship Game|2009]]
| {{Small|21}} [[2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] || 12
| style={{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}|{{Small|3}} '''[[2009 Texas Longhorns football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Texas}}]]''' || '''13'''
| rowspan=2 |[[AT&T Stadium|Cowboys Stadium]] • [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington, TX]]
| 76,211
|align=left| DT [[Ndamukong Suh]], Nebraska
|- 
| [[2010 Big 12 Championship Game|2010]]
| {{Small|13}} [[2010 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] || 20
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|10}} '''[[2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''23'''
| 78,802
|align=left|  QB [[Landry Jones]], Oklahoma
|-
! colspan="8" |''2011–2016: No championship game held''
|-
|-
|-
|-
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|Year}}
! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|1 Seed}}
! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|2 Seed}}
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|Site}}
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|Attendance}}
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big 12 Conference}};"|{{Color|#FFFFFF|MVP}}
|-
| [[2017 Big 12 Championship Game|2017]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|2}} '''[[2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''41'''
| {{Small|10}} [[2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]] || 17
| rowspan=8 |[[AT&T Stadium]] • Arlington, TX
| 64,104
|align=left| QB [[Baker Mayfield]], Oklahoma
|-
| [[2018 Big 12 Championship Game|2018]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|5}} '''[[2018 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''39'''
| {{Small|14}} [[2018 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] || 27
| 83,114
|align=left|QB [[Kyler Murray]], Oklahoma
|-
| [[2019 Big 12 Championship Game|2019]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|6}}''' [[2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''30'''
| {{Small|7}} [[2019 Baylor Bears football team|Baylor]] || 23
| 65,191
|align=left|QB [[Jalen Hurts]], Oklahoma
|-
| [[2020 Big 12 Championship Game|2020]]
| {{Small|8}} [[2020 Iowa State Cyclones football team|Iowa State]] || 21
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}|{{Small|12}}''' [[2020 Oklahoma Sooners football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Oklahoma}}]]''' || '''27'''
| 18,720*
|align=left|QB [[Spencer Rattler]], Oklahoma
|-
| [[2021 Big 12 Championship Game|2021]]
| {{Small|5}} [[2021 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|Oklahoma State]] || 16
| style={{NCAA color cell|Baylor Bears}}|{{Small|9}}''' [[2021 Baylor Bears football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Baylor}}]]''' || '''21'''
| 65,771
|align=left|QB [[Blake Shapen]], Baylor
|-
| [[2022 Big 12 Championship Game|2022]]
| {{Small|3}} [[2022 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]] || 28
| style={{NCAA color cell|Kansas State Wildcats}}|{{Small|10}}''' [[2022 Kansas State Wildcats football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Kansas State}}]]''' || '''31'''<sup>{{Abbr|OT|Overtime}}</sup>
| 69,335
|align=left|RB [[Deuce Vaughn]], Kansas State
|-
| [[2023 Big 12 Championship Game|2023]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Texas Longhorns}}|{{Small|7}} '''[[2023 Texas Longhorns football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Texas}}]]''' || '''49'''
| {{Small|18}} [[2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|Oklahoma State]] || 21
| 84,523
|align=left|QB [[Quinn Ewers]], Texas
|-
| [[2024 Big 12 Championship Game|2024]]
| style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}|{{Small|15}} '''[[2024 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|{{color|#FFFFFF|Arizona State}}]]''' || '''45'''
| {{Small|16}} [[2024 Iowa State Cyclones football team|Iowa State]] || 19
|55,889
|align=left|RB [[Cameron Skattebo|Cam Skattebo]], Arizona State
|-
|}

{{small|*Limited attendance due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}

==Results by team==
Eleven different teams have played in the Big 12 Championship Game, including all five former members.  29 conference championship game appearances are represented by the former members and 17 by current members. Of current members that have played at least one conference season:

===Current members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Appearances
!School
!Wins
!Losses
!PCT.
!Year(s) Won
!Year(s) Lost
|-
|align=center|4
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kansas State Wildcats}}"|Kansas State Wildcats
|2
|2
|.500
|2003, 2022
|1998, 2000
|-
|align=center|4
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Colorado Buffaloes}}"|Colorado Buffaloes
|1
|3
|.250
|2001
|2002, 2004, 2005
|-
|align=center|2
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Baylor Bears}}"|Baylor Bears
|1
|1
|.500
|2021
|2019
|-
|align=center|2
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|TCU Horned Frogs}}"|TCU Horned Frogs
|0
|2
|.000
|bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|2017, 2022
|-
|align=center|2
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma State Cowboys}}"|Oklahoma State Cowboys
|0
|2
|.000
|bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|2021, 2023
|-
|align=center|2
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa State Cyclones}}"|Iowa State Cyclones
|0
|2
|.000
|bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|2020, 2024
|-
|align=center|1
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Arizona State Sun Devils}}"|Arizona State Sun Devils
|1
|0
|1.000
|2024
|bgcolor=lightgrey|&nbsp;
|-

|}

* [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]], [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]], [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]], [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]], [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]], [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]], [[UCF Knights football|UCF]], [[Utah Utes football|Utah]], and [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]] have not yet appeared in a Big 12 Championship Game.  Of these, Kansas and Texas Tech joined the Big 12 in 1996, West Virginia in 2012, and the other six in 2023 or later.

===Former members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Appearances
!School
!Wins
!Losses
!PCT.
!Year(s) Won
!Year(s) Lost
|-
|align=center|12
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oklahoma Sooners}}"|Oklahoma Sooners
|11
|1
|.917
|2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
|2003
|-
|align=center|7
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas Longhorns}}"|Texas Longhorns
|4
|3
|.571
|1996, 2005, 2009, 2023
|1999, 2001, 2018
|-
|align=center|6
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}"|Nebraska Cornhuskers
|2
|4
|.333
|1997, 1999
|1996, 2006, 2009, 2010
|-
|align=center|2
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas A&M Aggies}}"|Texas A&M Aggies
|1
|1
|.500
|1998
|1997
|-
|align=center|2
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Missouri Tigers}}"|Missouri Tigers
|0
|2
|.000
|
|2007, 2008
|-
|}

==Common matchups==
Matchups that have occurred more than once:

'''Division era'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No. of Times
!North Division
!South Division
!Record
!Years Played
|-
|-
|3
|Nebraska
|Texas
|Texas, 2–1
|1996, 1999, 2009
|-
|2
|Nebraska
|Oklahoma
|Oklahoma, 2–0
|2006, 2010
|-
|2
|Missouri
|Oklahoma
|Oklahoma, 2–0
|2007, 2008
|-
|2
|Colorado
|Oklahoma
|Oklahoma, 2–0
|2004, 2005
|-
|2
|Kansas State
|Oklahoma
|Tied, 1–1
|2003, 2000
|-
|2
|Colorado
|Texas
|Tied, 1–1
|2005, 2001
|}

==Game records==
{{More citations needed|date=December 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Team
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Record, Team vs. Opponent
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Year
|-
|Most points scored (one team)
|70, Texas vs. Colorado
|2005
|-
|Most points scored (losing team)
|37, Texas vs. Colorado
|2001
|-
|Fewest points scored (winning team)
|13, Texas vs. Nebraska
|2009
|-
|Fewest points scored
|3, Colorado vs. Oklahoma<br>Colorado vs. Texas
|2004<br>2005
|-
|Most points scored (both teams)
|83, Oklahoma (62) vs. Missouri (21)
|2008
|-
|Fewest points scored (both teams)
|25, Texas (13) vs. Nebraska (12)
|2009
|-
|Most points scored in a half
|42, Texas (1st half) vs. Colorado
|2005
|-
|Most points scored in a half (both teams)
|49, Oklahoma State vs. Texas (1st half)
|2023
|-
|Largest margin of victory
|67, Texas (70) vs. Colorado (3)
|2005
|-
|Smallest margin of victory
|1, Texas (13) vs. Nebraska (12)
|2009
|-
|Total yards
|662, Texas (464 passing, 198 rushing) vs. Oklahoma St
|2023
|-
|Rushing yards
|335, Nebraska vs. Texas A&M
|1997
|-
|Passing yards
|464, Texas vs. Oklahoma State
|2023
|-
|First downs 
|39, Oklahoma vs. Missouri
|2008
|-
|Fewest yards allowed
|46, Oklahoma vs. Colorado (50 passing, -4 rushing)
|2004
|-
|Fewest rushing yards allowed
| −4, Oklahoma vs. Colorado
|2004
|-
|Fewest passing yards allowed
|39, Texas vs. Nebraska
|2009
|-
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Individual
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Year
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|Total Offense || 458, [[Quinn Ewers]], Texas vs. Oklahoma State || 2023
|-
|Touchdowns responsible for || 4, shared by:<br/>[[Ell Roberson]], Kansas State vs. Oklahoma<br/>[[Baker Mayfield]], Oklahoma vs. TCU<br/>[[Quinn Ewers]], Oklahoma State vs. Texas<br/>[[Sam Leavitt (American football)|Sam Leavitt]], Arizona State vs. Iowa State || &nbsp;<br/>2003<br/>2017<br/>2023<br/>2024
|-
|Rushing yards || 235, [[Darren Sproles]], Kansas State vs. Oklahoma || 2003
|-
|Rushing touchdowns || 3, shared by seven players, most recent:<br/>[[Mossis Madu]], Oklahoma vs. Missouri || &nbsp;<br/>2008
|-
|Passing yards || 452, [[Quinn Ewers]], Oklahoma State vs. Texas || 2023
|-
|Passing yards in a half|| 354, [[Quinn Ewers]], Oklahoma State vs. Texas (1st half) || 2023
|-
|Passing touchdowns || 4, shared by:<br/>[[Ell Roberson]], Kansas State vs. Oklahoma<br/>[[Baker Mayfield]], Oklahoma vs. TCU<br/>[[Quinn Ewers]], Texas vs. Oklahoma State || &nbsp;<br/>2003<br/>2017<br/>2023
|-
|Receiving yards || 177, [[Collin Johnson]], Texas vs. Oklahoma || 2018
|-
|Receiving touchdowns || 2, shared by eight players, most recent:<br/> Xavier Guillory, Arizona State vs. Iowa State || &nbsp;<br/>2024
|-
|Tackles || 17, shared by:<br/>[[Dat Nguyen]], Texas A&M vs. Kansas State<br/>[[Lavonte David]], Nebraska vs. Oklahoma || &nbsp;<br/>1998<br/>2010
|-
|Sacks || 4.5, [[Ndamukong Suh]], Nebraska vs. Texas || 2009
|-
|Interceptions || 1, shared by 44 players, most recent:<br/> Keith Abney II, Arizona State vs. Iowa State || &nbsp;<br/>2024
|-
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Long Plays
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Year
|-
|Touchdown run  || 66, [[Roy Helu]], Nebraska vs. Oklahoma || 2010
|-
|Touchdown pass  || 81, Trestan Ebner from [[Jacob Zeno]], Baylor vs. Oklahoma || 2019
|-
|Kickoff return  || 69, Roderick Sneed, Colorado vs. Oklahoma || 2003
|-
|Punt return || 80, [[Jeremy Bloom]], Colorado vs. Oklahoma || 2002
|-
|Interception return || 73, Aaron Killion, Colorado vs. Texas || 2001
|-
|Fumble return || 18, Caleb Kelly, Oklahoma vs. TCU || 2017
|-
|Punt || 67, [[Shane Lechler]], Texas A&M vs. Nebraska || 1997
|-
|Field goal || 51, [[Kris Brown]], Nebraska vs. Texas || 1996
|-
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Miscellaneous
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Record, Team vs. Team
! style="background:#ef473e; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #cfd4d8;"|Year
|-
|Game attendance || 84,523, Oklahoma State vs. Texas || 2023
|-
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==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I FBS conference championship games]]

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