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 Texas Tech on October 24, 2026.
Next Big 12 gameCincinnati vs. Utah · October 31, 2026 · ESPN — Utah takes it with a win.
86Reigns
277Belt Games
19Programs
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
19 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 – October 24, 2026 | 350 days | 6 | beat BYU 29–7 | lost to Cincinnati |
| 86 | Cincinnati | October 24, 2026 – Present | 7 days | 0 | beat Texas Tech 37–24 | — 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.