The Big 12 Conference is a Texas-based college athletic conference of 10 universities in the Central United States. Its headquarters is located in Las Colinas in Dallas, Texas. It is a current member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I for all sports divisions. Its football teams are a regular competitor for the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Current universities under the Big 12 Conference are Baylor University (Joy and Lady / Judge / Bruiser), Iowa State University (Cy the Cardinal), University of Kansas (Big Jay/Baby Jay), Kansas State University (Willie the Wildcat), University of Missouri (Truman the Tiger), University of Oklahoma (Sooner Schooner/Boomer and Sooner), Oklahoma State University (Pistol Pete/Bullet), University of Texas (Bevo/Hook’em), Texas A&M University (Aggies), and Texas Tech University (Masked).

Members of the Big 12 Conference compete in baseball (men division), basketball (men and women’s division), cross country (men and women’s division), equestrian (women’s division), football (men’s division), golf (men and women’s division), gymnastics (women’s division), rowing (women’s division), soccer (women’s division), softball (women’s division), swimming and diving (men and women’s division), tennis (men and women’s division), track and field (men and women’s division), volleyball (women’s division), and wrestling (men’s division).