FBS conference belt

The Big 8 Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Big 8: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Big 8 members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Big 8 at the time. This belt is retired. Nebraska held it when Big 8 played its last game on November 24, 1995, and the reign is closed as of August 30, 1996: the Big Eight formally dissolved on August 30, 1996; its members began Big 12 play that fall. The conference has also been recorded as Big 6, Big 7; those seasons count here too.

68Reigns

424Belt Games

8Programs

Longest Reign

Oklahoma — 12 yrs, 349 days

November 16, 1946 – October 31, 1959

Most Defenses, One Reign

Oklahoma — 73

starting November 16, 1946

Most Reigns, All-Time

Nebraska — 17 separate reigns

8 Big 8 programs have held it

#	Team	Reign	Length	Def.	Won it	Lost it
1	Nebraska	October 6, 1928 – October 11, 1930	2 yrs, 5 days	9	Established it (first game on record)	lost to Oklahoma
2	Oklahoma	October 11, 1930 – November 15, 1930	35 days	2	beat Nebraska 20–7	lost to Kansas
3	Kansas	November 15, 1930 – October 17, 1931	336 days	1	beat Oklahoma 13–0	lost to Kansas State
4	Kansas State	October 17, 1931 – November 7, 1931	21 days	1	beat Kansas 13–0	lost to Iowa State
5	Iowa State	November 7, 1931 – November 21, 1931	14 days	0	beat Kansas State 7–6	lost to Nebraska
6	Nebraska	November 21, 1931 – November 29, 1934	3 yrs, 8 days	14	beat Iowa State 23–0	lost to Kansas State
7	Kansas State	November 29, 1934 – October 26, 1935	331 days	1	beat Nebraska 19–7	lost to Kansas
8	Kansas	October 26, 1935 – November 9, 1935	14 days	1	beat Kansas State 9–2	lost to Nebraska
9	Nebraska	November 9, 1935 – October 8, 1938	2 yrs, 333 days	10	beat Kansas 19–13	lost to Iowa State
10	Iowa State	October 8, 1938 – November 19, 1938	42 days	3	beat Nebraska 8–7	lost to Oklahoma
11	Oklahoma	November 19, 1938 – November 18, 1939	364 days	3	beat Iowa State 10–0	lost to Missouri
12	Missouri	November 18, 1939 – October 26, 1940	343 days	3	beat Oklahoma 7–6	lost to Nebraska
13	Nebraska	October 26, 1940 – October 25, 1941	364 days	5	beat Missouri 20–7	lost to Missouri
14	Missouri	October 25, 1941 – November 13, 1943	2 yrs, 19 days	10	beat Nebraska 6–0	lost to Oklahoma
15	Oklahoma	November 13, 1943 – November 17, 1945	2 yrs, 4 days	10	beat Missouri 20–13	lost to Missouri
16	Missouri	November 17, 1945 – November 16, 1946	364 days	4	beat Oklahoma 14–6	lost to Oklahoma
17	Oklahoma	November 16, 1946 – October 31, 1959	12 yrs, 349 days	73	beat Missouri 27–6	lost to Nebraska
18	Nebraska	October 31, 1959 – November 7, 1959	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma 25–21	lost to Iowa State
19	Iowa State	November 7, 1959 – November 21, 1959	14 days	0	beat Nebraska 18–6	lost to Oklahoma
20	Oklahoma	November 21, 1959 – October 29, 1960	343 days	2	beat Iowa State 35–12	lost to Colorado
21	Colorado	October 29, 1960 – November 5, 1960	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma 7–0	lost to Missouri
22	Missouri	November 5, 1960 – November 19, 1960	14 days	1	beat Colorado 16–6	lost to Kansas
23	Kansas	November 19, 1960 – October 7, 1961	322 days	0	beat Missouri 23–7	lost to Colorado
24	Colorado	October 7, 1961 – October 6, 1962	364 days	6	beat Kansas 20–19	lost to Kansas
25	Kansas	October 6, 1962 – October 20, 1962	14 days	1	beat Colorado 35–8	lost to Oklahoma
26	Oklahoma	October 20, 1962 – November 23, 1963	1 yr, 34 days	11	beat Kansas 13–7	lost to Nebraska
27	Nebraska	November 23, 1963 – November 21, 1964	364 days	6	beat Oklahoma 29–20	lost to Oklahoma
28	Oklahoma	November 21, 1964 – October 30, 1965	343 days	3	beat Nebraska 17–7	lost to Colorado
29	Colorado	October 30, 1965 – November 6, 1965	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma 13–0	lost to Missouri
30	Missouri	November 6, 1965 – October 29, 1966	357 days	5	beat Colorado 20–7	lost to Nebraska
31	Nebraska	October 29, 1966 – November 24, 1966	26 days	2	beat Missouri 35–0	lost to Oklahoma
32	Oklahoma	November 24, 1966 – December 3, 1966	9 days	0	beat Nebraska 10–9	lost to Oklahoma State
33	Oklahoma State	December 3, 1966 – October 21, 1967	322 days	0	beat Oklahoma 15–14	lost to Kansas
34	Kansas	October 21, 1967 – November 11, 1967	21 days	2	beat Oklahoma State 26–15	lost to Colorado
35	Colorado	November 11, 1967 – October 12, 1968	336 days	2	beat Kansas 12–8	lost to Missouri
36	Missouri	October 12, 1968 – November 16, 1968	35 days	4	beat Colorado 27–14	lost to Oklahoma
37	Oklahoma	November 16, 1968 – October 25, 1969	343 days	3	beat Missouri 28–14	lost to Kansas State
38	Kansas State	October 25, 1969 – November 1, 1969	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma 59–21	lost to Missouri
39	Missouri	November 1, 1969 – October 10, 1970	343 days	4	beat Kansas State 41–38	lost to Nebraska
40	Nebraska	October 10, 1970 – November 23, 1972	2 yrs, 44 days	19	beat Missouri 21–7	lost to Oklahoma
41	Oklahoma	November 23, 1972 – November 8, 1975	2 yrs, 350 days	19	beat Nebraska 17–14	lost to Kansas
42	Kansas	November 8, 1975 – November 15, 1975	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma 23–3	lost to Colorado
43	Colorado	November 15, 1975 – October 9, 1976	329 days	1	beat Kansas 24–21	lost to Nebraska
44	Nebraska	October 9, 1976 – October 23, 1976	14 days	1	beat Colorado 24–12	lost to Missouri
45	Missouri	October 23, 1976 – October 30, 1976	7 days	0	beat Nebraska 34–24	lost to Oklahoma State
46	Oklahoma State	October 30, 1976 – November 6, 1976	7 days	0	beat Missouri 20–19	lost to Nebraska
47	Nebraska	November 6, 1976 – November 13, 1976	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma State 14–10	lost to Iowa State
48	Iowa State	November 13, 1976 – November 20, 1976	7 days	0	beat Nebraska 37–28	lost to Oklahoma State
49	Oklahoma State	November 20, 1976 – October 8, 1977	322 days	0	beat Iowa State 42–21	lost to Colorado
50	Colorado	October 8, 1977 – October 22, 1977	14 days	1	beat Oklahoma State 29–13	lost to Nebraska
51	Nebraska	October 22, 1977 – November 25, 1977	34 days	3	beat Colorado 33–15	lost to Oklahoma
52	Oklahoma	November 25, 1977 – November 11, 1978	351 days	5	beat Nebraska 38–7	lost to Nebraska
53	Nebraska	November 11, 1978 – November 18, 1978	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma 17–14	lost to Missouri
54	Missouri	November 18, 1978 – October 13, 1979	329 days	0	beat Nebraska 35–31	lost to Oklahoma State
55	Oklahoma State	October 13, 1979 – October 20, 1979	7 days	0	beat Missouri 14–13	lost to Nebraska
56	Nebraska	October 20, 1979 – November 24, 1979	35 days	4	beat Oklahoma State 36–0	lost to Oklahoma
57	Oklahoma	November 24, 1979 – November 14, 1981	1 yr, 355 days	11	beat Nebraska 17–14	lost to Missouri
58	Missouri	November 14, 1981 – November 21, 1981	7 days	0	beat Oklahoma 19–14	lost to Kansas
59	Kansas	November 21, 1981 – October 16, 1982	329 days	1	beat Missouri 19–11	lost to Oklahoma
60	Oklahoma	October 16, 1982 – November 26, 1982	41 days	4	beat Kansas 38–14	lost to Nebraska
61	Nebraska	November 26, 1982 – November 17, 1984	1 yr, 357 days	13	beat Oklahoma 28–24	lost to Oklahoma
62	Oklahoma	November 17, 1984 – November 19, 1988	4 yrs, 2 days	28	beat Nebraska 17–7	lost to Nebraska
63	Nebraska	November 19, 1988 – November 4, 1989	350 days	4	beat Oklahoma 7–3	lost to Colorado
64	Colorado	November 4, 1989 – October 31, 1992	2 yrs, 362 days	19	beat Nebraska 27–21	lost to Nebraska
65	Nebraska	October 31, 1992 – November 14, 1992	14 days	1	beat Colorado 52–7	lost to Iowa State
66	Iowa State	November 14, 1992 – November 21, 1992	7 days	0	beat Nebraska 19–10	lost to Colorado
67	Colorado	November 21, 1992 – October 30, 1993	343 days	3	beat Iowa State 31–10	lost to Nebraska
68	Nebraska	October 30, 1993 – August 30, 1996	2 yrs, 305 days	17	beat Colorado 21–17	— belt retired —

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 8 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.

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