FBS conference belt
The Big 12 Belt
A companion lineage restricted to Big 12: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Big 12 members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Big 12 at the time. Caught it by beating BYU on November 8, 2025. Defended it 5 more times since.
Next Big 12 gameTexas Tech vs. Arizona State · October 16, 2026 — Arizona State takes it with a win.
85Reigns
275Belt Games
18Programs
Longest Reign
Texas — 1 yr, 350 days
November 26, 2004 – November 11, 2006
Most Defenses, One Reign
Texas — 15
starting November 26, 2004
Most Reigns, All-Time
Texas — 11 separate reigns
18 Big 12 programs have held it
| # | Team | Reign | Length | Def. | Won it | Lost it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas State | August 31, 1996 – October 5, 1996 | 35 days | 0 | Established it (first game on record) | lost to Nebraska |
| 2 | Nebraska | October 5, 1996 – December 7, 1996 | 63 days | 7 | beat Kansas State 39–3 | lost to Texas |
| 3 | Texas | December 7, 1996 – October 4, 1997 | 301 days | 0 | beat Nebraska 37–27 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | October 4, 1997 – October 25, 1997 | 21 days | 1 | beat Texas 42–16 | lost to Missouri |
| 5 | Missouri | October 25, 1997 – November 8, 1997 | 14 days | 1 | beat Oklahoma State 51–50 | lost to Nebraska |
| 6 | Nebraska | November 8, 1997 – October 10, 1998 | 336 days | 4 | beat Missouri 45–38 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 7 | Texas A&M | October 10, 1998 – November 27, 1998 | 48 days | 5 | beat Nebraska 28–21 | lost to Texas |
| 8 | Texas | November 27, 1998 – October 2, 1999 | 309 days | 1 | beat Texas A&M 26–24 | lost to Kansas State |
| 9 | Kansas State | October 2, 1999 – November 13, 1999 | 42 days | 4 | beat Texas 35–17 | lost to Nebraska |
| 10 | Nebraska | November 13, 1999 – October 28, 2000 | 350 days | 6 | beat Kansas State 41–15 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 11 | Oklahoma | October 28, 2000 – October 27, 2001 | 364 days | 9 | beat Nebraska 31–14 | lost to Nebraska |
| 12 | Nebraska | October 27, 2001 – November 23, 2001 | 27 days | 2 | beat Oklahoma 20–10 | lost to Colorado |
| 13 | Colorado | November 23, 2001 – November 2, 2002 | 344 days | 5 | beat Nebraska 62–36 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 14 | Oklahoma | November 2, 2002 – November 9, 2002 | 7 days | 0 | beat Colorado 27–11 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 15 | Texas A&M | November 9, 2002 – November 16, 2002 | 7 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma 30–26 | lost to Missouri |
| 16 | Missouri | November 16, 2002 – November 23, 2002 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas A&M 33–27 | lost to Kansas State |
| 17 | Kansas State | November 23, 2002 – October 4, 2003 | 315 days | 0 | beat Missouri 38–0 | lost to Texas |
| 18 | Texas | October 4, 2003 – October 11, 2003 | 7 days | 0 | beat Kansas State 24–20 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 19 | Oklahoma | October 11, 2003 – December 7, 2003 | 57 days | 6 | beat Texas 65–13 | lost to Kansas State |
| 20 | Kansas State | December 7, 2003 – October 2, 2004 | 300 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma 35–7 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 21 | Texas A&M | October 2, 2004 – October 30, 2004 | 28 days | 3 | beat Kansas State 42–30 | lost to Baylor |
| 22 | Baylor | October 30, 2004 – November 6, 2004 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas A&M 35–34 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 23 | Texas Tech | November 6, 2004 – November 13, 2004 | 7 days | 0 | beat Baylor 42–17 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 24 | Texas A&M | November 13, 2004 – November 26, 2004 | 13 days | 0 | beat Texas Tech 32–25 | lost to Texas |
| 25 | Texas | November 26, 2004 – November 11, 2006 | 1 yr, 350 days | 15 | beat Texas A&M 26–13 | lost to Kansas State |
| 26 | Kansas State | November 11, 2006 – November 18, 2006 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas 45–42 | lost to Kansas |
| 27 | Kansas | November 18, 2006 – November 25, 2006 | 7 days | 0 | beat Kansas State 39–20 | lost to Missouri |
| 28 | Missouri | November 25, 2006 – October 13, 2007 | 322 days | 1 | beat Kansas 42–17 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 29 | Oklahoma | October 13, 2007 – November 17, 2007 | 35 days | 3 | beat Missouri 41–31 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 30 | Texas Tech | November 17, 2007 – November 22, 2008 | 1 yr, 5 days | 6 | beat Oklahoma 34–27 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 31 | Oklahoma | November 22, 2008 – October 17, 2009 | 329 days | 3 | beat Texas Tech 65–21 | lost to Texas |
| 32 | Texas | October 17, 2009 – October 2, 2010 | 350 days | 7 | beat Oklahoma 16–13 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 33 | Oklahoma | October 2, 2010 – October 23, 2010 | 21 days | 1 | beat Texas 28–20 | lost to Missouri |
| 34 | Missouri | October 23, 2010 – October 30, 2010 | 7 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma 36–27 | lost to Nebraska |
| 35 | Nebraska | October 30, 2010 – November 20, 2010 | 21 days | 2 | beat Missouri 31–17 | lost to Texas A&M |
| 36 | Texas A&M | November 20, 2010 – September 24, 2011 | 308 days | 1 | beat Nebraska 9–6 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 37 | Oklahoma State | September 24, 2011 – November 18, 2011 | 55 days | 6 | beat Texas A&M 30–29 | lost to Iowa State |
| 38 | Iowa State | November 18, 2011 – November 26, 2011 | 8 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma State 37–31 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 39 | Oklahoma | November 26, 2011 – December 3, 2011 | 7 days | 0 | beat Iowa State 26–6 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 40 | Oklahoma State | December 3, 2011 – September 29, 2012 | 301 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma 44–10 | lost to Texas |
| 41 | Texas | September 29, 2012 – October 6, 2012 | 7 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma State 41–36 | lost to West Virginia |
| 42 | West Virginia | October 6, 2012 – October 13, 2012 | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas 48–45 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 43 | Texas Tech | October 13, 2012 – October 27, 2012 | 14 days | 1 | beat West Virginia 49–14 | lost to Kansas State |
| 44 | Kansas State | October 27, 2012 – November 17, 2012 | 21 days | 2 | beat Texas Tech 55–24 | lost to Baylor |
| 45 | Baylor | November 17, 2012 – November 23, 2013 | 1 yr, 6 days | 8 | beat Kansas State 52–24 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 46 | Oklahoma State | November 23, 2013 – December 7, 2013 | 14 days | 0 | beat Baylor 49–17 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 47 | Oklahoma | December 7, 2013 – October 4, 2014 | 301 days | 1 | beat Oklahoma State 33–24 | lost to TCU |
| 48 | TCU | October 4, 2014 – October 11, 2014 | 7 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma 37–33 | lost to Baylor |
| 49 | Baylor | October 11, 2014 – October 18, 2014 | 7 days | 0 | beat TCU 61–58 | lost to West Virginia |
| 50 | West Virginia | October 18, 2014 – November 1, 2014 | 14 days | 1 | beat Baylor 41–27 | lost to TCU |
| 51 | TCU | November 1, 2014 – November 7, 2015 | 1 yr, 6 days | 9 | beat West Virginia 31–30 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 52 | Oklahoma State | November 7, 2015 – November 21, 2015 | 14 days | 1 | beat TCU 49–29 | lost to Baylor |
| 53 | Baylor | November 21, 2015 – November 27, 2015 | 6 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma State 45–35 | lost to TCU |
| 54 | TCU | November 27, 2015 – October 1, 2016 | 309 days | 1 | beat Baylor 28–21 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 55 | Oklahoma | October 1, 2016 – October 7, 2017 | 1 yr, 6 days | 9 | beat TCU 52–46 | lost to Iowa State |
| 56 | Iowa State | October 7, 2017 – November 4, 2017 | 28 days | 3 | beat Oklahoma 38–31 | lost to West Virginia |
| 57 | West Virginia | November 4, 2017 – November 18, 2017 | 14 days | 1 | beat Iowa State 20–16 | lost to Texas |
| 58 | Texas | November 18, 2017 – November 24, 2017 | 6 days | 0 | beat West Virginia 28–14 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 59 | Texas Tech | November 24, 2017 – September 29, 2018 | 309 days | 1 | beat Texas 27–23 | lost to West Virginia |
| 60 | West Virginia | September 29, 2018 – October 13, 2018 | 14 days | 1 | beat Texas Tech 42–34 | lost to Iowa State |
| 61 | Iowa State | October 13, 2018 – November 17, 2018 | 35 days | 3 | beat West Virginia 30–14 | lost to Texas |
| 62 | Texas | November 17, 2018 – December 1, 2018 | 14 days | 1 | beat Iowa State 24–10 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 63 | Oklahoma | December 1, 2018 – October 26, 2019 | 329 days | 4 | beat Texas 39–27 | lost to Kansas State |
| 64 | Kansas State | October 26, 2019 – November 9, 2019 | 14 days | 1 | beat Oklahoma 48–41 | lost to Texas |
| 65 | Texas | November 9, 2019 – November 16, 2019 | 7 days | 0 | beat Kansas State 27–24 | lost to Iowa State |
| 66 | Iowa State | November 16, 2019 – November 30, 2019 | 14 days | 1 | beat Texas 23–21 | lost to Kansas State |
| 67 | Kansas State | November 30, 2019 – October 31, 2020 | 336 days | 4 | beat Iowa State 27–17 | lost to West Virginia |
| 68 | West Virginia | October 31, 2020 – November 7, 2020 | 7 days | 0 | beat Kansas State 37–10 | lost to Texas |
| 69 | Texas | November 7, 2020 – November 27, 2020 | 20 days | 0 | beat West Virginia 17–13 | lost to Iowa State |
| 70 | Iowa State | November 27, 2020 – December 19, 2020 | 22 days | 1 | beat Texas 23–20 | lost to Oklahoma |
| 71 | Oklahoma | December 19, 2020 – November 13, 2021 | 329 days | 6 | beat Iowa State 27–21 | lost to Baylor |
| 72 | Baylor | November 13, 2021 – October 1, 2022 | 322 days | 4 | beat Oklahoma 27–14 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 73 | Oklahoma State | October 1, 2022 – October 15, 2022 | 14 days | 1 | beat Baylor 36–25 | lost to TCU |
| 74 | TCU | October 15, 2022 – December 3, 2022 | 49 days | 6 | beat Oklahoma State 43–40 | lost to Kansas State |
| 75 | Kansas State | December 3, 2022 – October 6, 2023 | 307 days | 1 | beat TCU 31–28 | lost to Oklahoma State |
| 76 | Oklahoma State | October 6, 2023 – November 11, 2023 | 36 days | 4 | beat Kansas State 29–21 | lost to UCF |
| 77 | UCF | November 11, 2023 – November 18, 2023 | 7 days | 0 | beat Oklahoma State 45–3 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 78 | Texas Tech | November 18, 2023 – November 24, 2023 | 6 days | 0 | beat UCF 24–23 | lost to Texas |
| 79 | Texas | November 24, 2023 – January 1, 2024 | 38 days | 1 | beat Texas Tech 57–7 | vacated — left Big 12 before the 2024 season |
| 80 | Texas Tech | January 2, 2024 – October 19, 2024 | 291 days | 3 | reverted after Texas left Big 12 | lost to Baylor |
| 81 | Baylor | October 19, 2024 – September 20, 2025 | 336 days | 5 | beat Texas Tech 59–35 | lost to Arizona State |
| 82 | Arizona State | September 20, 2025 – October 11, 2025 | 21 days | 1 | beat Baylor 27–24 | lost to Utah |
| 83 | Utah | October 11, 2025 – October 18, 2025 | 7 days | 0 | beat Arizona State 42–10 | lost to BYU |
| 84 | BYU | October 18, 2025 – November 8, 2025 | 21 days | 1 | beat Utah 24–21 | lost to Texas Tech |
| 85 | Texas Tech | November 8, 2025 – Present | 331 days | 5 | beat BYU 29–7 | — present — |
No reigns match “.”
Membership is judged season by season from every game a team played, so realignment moves a team’s games with it. A holder that stays in Big 12 keeps the belt through any stretch without a game against another member; a holder that leaves vacates the belt on its last game as a member, and it reverts to the most recent earlier holder that is a member of the season it left for. If no one is left to inherit it, the belt retires with its last holder. Days count the offseason; switch to games to measure a reign by belt games only.