Big Eight Conference
Titles per University
All-Time Members
Colorado
43
Drake
3
Grinnell
3
Iowa
1
Iowa State
131
Kansas
207
Kansas State
60
Missouri
109
Nebraska
230
Oklahoma
196
Oklahoma State
168
Washington U.
10
Locations
The Big Eight Conference sponsored championships in 21 sports (11 men's and 10 women's) at various times during its existence from 1907 to 1996.[ 1] The conference began sponsoring women's sports in the mid-1970s under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Steven J. Hatchell .
Due to its common history with the Missouri Valley Conference , Big Eight championships from the 1907–08 through the 1927–28 academic year are also claimed by the MVC.
Membership
Baseball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season and post-season champions from the 1909 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. Starting in 1976, a post-season tournament was held in order to determine a conference champion.
Championships
Season
Regular season
Tournament
MVIAA
1909
Nebraska
–
1910
Missouri
–
1911
none
–
1912
Missouri
–
1913
Kansas
–
1914
Kansas
–
1915
Kansas
–
1916
Kansas Missouri
–
1917
Missouri
–
1918
Missouri
–
1919
none
–
1920
Washington
–
1921
Kansas
–
1922
Kansas
–
1923
Kansas
–
1924
Iowa State
–
1925
Oklahoma
–
1926
Oklahoma
–
1927
Oklahoma
–
1928
Kansas State
–
Big Six Conference
1929
Nebraska
–
1930
Kansas State Nebraska
–
1931
Oklahoma Missouri
–
1932
Missouri
–
1933
Kansas State Oklahoma
–
1934
none
–
1935
Oklahoma
–
1936
Iowa State Oklahoma
–
1937
Missouri
–
1938
Missouri
–
1939
Oklahoma
–
1940
Oklahoma
–
1941
Missouri
–
1942
Missouri
–
1943
none
–
1944
none
–
1945
none
–
1946
Oklahoma
–
1947
Oklahoma
–
Big Seven Conference
1948
Nebraska
–
1949
Kansas
–
1950
Nebraska
–
1951
Oklahoma
–
1952
Missouri
–
1953
Oklahoma
–
1954
Missouri
–
1955
Oklahoma
–
1956
Oklahoma
–
1957
Iowa State
–
1958
Missouri
–
Big Eight Conference
1959
Oklahoma State
–
1960
Oklahoma State
–
1961
Oklahoma State
–
1962
Missouri
–
1963
Missouri
–
1964
Missouri
–
1965
Missouri
–
1966
Oklahoma State
–
1967
Oklahoma State
–
1968
Oklahoma State
–
1969
Oklahoma State
–
1970
Iowa State
–
1971
Iowa State
–
1972
Oklahoma
–
1973
Oklahoma
–
1974
Oklahoma
–
1975
Oklahoma
–
1976
Missouri
Missouri
1977†
East: Oklahoma West: Missouri
Oklahoma
1978†
East: Oklahoma West: Missouri
Oklahoma State
1979†
East: Oklahoma West: Missouri
Oklahoma
1980†
East: Nebraska West: Oklahoma State
Missouri
1981
Missouri
Oklahoma State
1982
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1983
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1984
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1985
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1986
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
1987
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1988
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1989
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1990
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1991
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1992
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1993
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1994
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1995
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
1996
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Reference:[ 2]
† During these seasons, the Big Eight was split into two divisions.
Men's basketball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1907-08 through the 1995-96 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Regular season championships
Men's basketball regular season championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
5
1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1968-69
Drake
0
–
Grinnell
0
–
Iowa State
4
1934-35 • 1940-41 • 1943-44 • 1944-45
Kansas
43
1907-08 • 1908-09 • 1909-10 • 1910-11 • 1911-12 • 1913-14 • 1914-15 • 1921-22 • 1922-23 • 1923-24 • 1924-25 • 1925-26 • 1926-27 • 1930-31 • 1931-32 • 1932-33 • 1933-34 • 1935-36 • 1936-37 • 1937-38 • 1939-40 • 1940-41 • 1941-42 • 1942-43 • 1945-46 • 1949-50 • 1951-52 • 1952-53 • 1953-54 • 1956-57 • 1959-60 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1970-71 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1977-78 • 1985-86 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1994-95 • 1995-96
Kansas State
17
1916-17 • 1918-19 • 1947-48 • 1949-50 • 1950-51 • 1955-56 • 1957-58 • 1958-59 • 1959-60 • 1960-61 • 162-963 • 1963-64 • 1967-68 • 1969-70 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1976-77
Missouri
15
1917-18 • 1919-20 • 1920-21 • 1921-22 • 1929-30 • 1938-39 • 1939-40 • 1975-76 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1986-87 • 1989-90 • 1993-94
Nebraska
7
1911-12 • 1912-13 • 1913-14 • 1915-16 • 1936-37 • 1948-49 • 1949-50
Oklahoma
13
1927-28 • 1928-29 • 1938-39 • 1939-40 • 1941-42 • 1943-44 • 1946-47 • 1948-49 • 1978-79 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1987-88 • 1999-89
Oklahoma State
2
1964-65 • 1990-91
Washington (St. Louis)
0
–
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
MVIAA
1907-08†
Kansas
1908-09†
Kansas
1909-10†
Kansas
1910-11
Kansas
1911-12
Nebraska Kansas
1912-13†
Nebraska
1913-14
Nebraska Kansas
1914-15
Kansas
1915-16
Nebraska
1916-17
Kansas State
1917-18
Missouri
1918-19
Kansas State
1919-20
Missouri
1920-21
Missouri
1921-22
Missouri Kansas
1922-23
Kansas
1923-24
Kansas
1924-25
Kansas
1925-26
Kansas
1926-27
Kansas
1927-28
Oklahoma
Big Six Conference
1928-29
Oklahoma
1929-30
Missouri
1930-31
Kansas
1931-32
Kansas
1932-33
Kansas
1933-34
Kansas
1934-35
Iowa State
1935-36
Kansas
1936-37
Kansas Nebraska
1937-38
Kansas
1938-39
Missouri Oklahoma
1939-40
Kansas Missouri Oklahoma
1940-41
Iowa State Kansas
1941-42
Kansas Oklahoma
1942-43
Kansas
1943-44
Iowa State Oklahoma
1944-45
Iowa State
1945-46
Kansas
1946-47
Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1947-48
Kansas State
1948-49
Nebraska Oklahoma
1949-50
Kansas State Nebraska Kansas
1950-51
Kansas State
1951-52
Kansas
1952-53
Kansas
1953-54
Kansas Colorado
1954-55
Colorado
1955-56
Kansas State
1956-57
Kansas
1957-58
Kansas State
Big Eight Conference
1958-59
Kansas State
1959-60
Kansas Kansas State
1960-61
Kansas State
1961-62
Colorado
1962-63
Colorado Kansas State
1963-64
Kansas State
1964-65
Oklahoma State
1965-66
Kansas
1966-67
Kansas
1967-68
Kansas State
1968-69
Colorado
1969-70
Kansas State
1970-71
Kansas
1971-72
Kansas State
1972-73
Kansas State
1973-74
Kansas
1974-75
Kansas
1975-76
Missouri
1976-77
Kansas State
1977-78
Kansas
1978-79
Oklahoma
1979-80
Missouri
1980-81
Missouri
1981-82
Missouri
1982-83
Missouri
1983-84
Oklahoma
1984-85
Oklahoma
1985-86
Kansas
1986-87
Missouri
1987-88
Oklahoma
1988-89
Oklahoma
1989-90
Missouri
1990-91
Kansas Oklahoma State
1991-92
Kansas
1992-93
Kansas
1993-94
Missouri
1994-95
Kansas
1995-96
Kansas
Reference:[ 1] [ 3]
† During these seasons, a playoff was held to determine the conference regular season champion.
Holiday tournament champions
From the 1946-47 through the 1978-79 season, the Big Eight hosted a mid-season holiday tournament in which all of the league teams participated. From the 1946-47 through the 1957-58 season when the conference had fewer than eight members, non-member schools would be invited in order to field an 8-team tournament. Among teams invited from outside the conference, only SMU during the 1946-47 season ever won the tournament.
Men's basketball holiday tournament championship summary
School
Total titles
Season
Colorado
0
–
Iowa State
2
1955-56 • 1959-60
Kansas
13
1951-52 • 1953-54 • 1956-57 • 1957-58 • 1962-63 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1968-69 • 1970-71 • 1974-75 • 1977-78 • 1978-79
Kansas State
7
1947-48 • 1950-51 • 1952-53 • 1958-59 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1963-64
Missouri
7
1949-50 • 1954-55 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1975-76 • 1976-77
Nebraska
1
1967-68
Oklahoma
2
1948-49 • 1969-70
Oklahoma State
0
–
SMU
1
1946-47
Season
Champion(s)
Big Six Conference
1946-47†
SMU
Big Seven Conference
1947-48
Kansas State
1948-49
Oklahoma
1949-50
Missouri
1950-51
Kansas State
1951-52
Kansas
1952-53
Kansas State
1953-54
Kansas
1954-55
Missouri
1955-56
Iowa State
1956-57
Kansas
1957-58
Kansas
Big Eight Conference
1958-59
Kansas State
1959-60
Iowa State
1960-61
Kansas State
1961-62
Kansas State
1962-63
Kansas
1963-64
Kansas State
1964-65
Kansas
1965-66
Kansas
1966-67
Kansas
1967-68
Nebraska
1968-69
Kansas
1969-70
Oklahoma
1970-71
Kansas
1971-72
Missouri
1972-73
Missouri
1973-74
Missouri
1974-75
Kansas
1975-76
Missouri
1976-77
Missouri
1977-78
Kansas
1978-79
Kansas
Reference:[ 4]
† SMU was non-member of the conference invited to the Holiday Tournament.
Post-season tournament champions
Starting during the 1976-77 season, the conference held a post-season tournament in order to determine the conference bid to the NCAA tournament . All Big Eight men's basketball post-season tournaments were held at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO . However, from the 1976-77 to 1984-85 season, quarterfinal rounds were played on the home courts of the top four seeds in the tournament.
Men's basketball post-season tournament championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
0
–
Iowa State
1
1995–96
Kansas
4
1980–81 • 1983–84 • 1985–86 • 1991–92
Kansas State
2
1976–77 • 1979–80
Missouri
6
1977–78 • 1981–82 • 1986–87 • 1988–89 • 1990–91 • 1992–93
Nebraska
1
1993–94
Oklahoma
4
1978–79 • 1984–85 • 1987–88 • 1989–90
Oklahoma State
2
1982–83 • 1994–95
Women's basketball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season and post-season champions from the 1975-76 through the 199596 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. The conference sponsored a mid-season tournament from the 1975–1976 season through the 1981–1982 season, before switching to a post-season tournament in 1983.
Championships
Season
Regular season
Tournament
Big Eight Conference
1975-76
none
Kansas State
1976-77
none
Kansas State
1977-78
none
Missouri
1978-79
none
Kansas
1979-80
none
Kansas
1980-81
none
Kansas
1981-82
none
Kansas State
1982-83
Kansas State
Missouri
1983-84
Missouri Kansas State
Kansas State
1984-85
Missouri
Missouri
1985-86
Oklahoma
Missouri
1986-87
Kansas State Kansas Missouri
Kansas
1987-88
Nebraska
Kansas
1988-89
Colorado
Colorado
189-990
Missouri
Oklahoma State
1990-91
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
1991-92
Kansas
Colorado
1992-93
Colorado
Kansas
1993-94
Colorado
Missouri
1994-95
Colorado
Colorado
1995-96
Kansas
Colorado
Reference:[ 6]
Men's cross country
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1911 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Men's cross country championship summary
School
Total titles
Years
Colorado
10
1962 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1985 • 1986 • 1992
Drake
0
–
Grinnell
0
–
Iowa State
25
1911 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1926 • 1930 • 1931 • 1974 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1993 • 1994
Kansas
19
1928 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1963 • 1964 • 1968 • 1969
Kansas State
13
1924 • 1925 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1965 • 1966 • 1971 • 1975
Missouri
3
1912 • 1967 • 1970 • 1974
Nebraska
1
1940
Oklahoma
5
1927 • 1929 • 1935 • 1941 • 1946
Oklahoma State
4
1960 • 1972 • 1973 • 1995
Washington (St. Louis)
0
–
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
MVIAA
1911
Iowa State
1912
Missouri
1913
Iowa State
1914
Iowa State
1915
Iowa State
1916
Iowa State
1917
Iowa State
1918
none
1919
Iowa State
1920
Iowa State
1921
Iowa State
1922
Iowa State
1923
Iowa State
1924
Kansas State
1925
Kansas State
1926
Iowa State
1927
Oklahoma
1928
Kansas
Big Six Conference
1929
Oklahoma
1930
Iowa State
1931
Iowa State
1932
Kansas State
1933
Kansas State
1934
Kansas State
1935
Oklahoma
1936
Kansas State
1937
Kansas State
1938
Kansas State
1939
Kansas State
1940
Nebraska
1941
Oklahoma
1942
none
1943
none
1944
none
1945
none
1946
Oklahoma
1947
Kansas
Big Seven Conference
1948
Kansas
1949
Kansas
1950
Kansas
1951
Kansas
1952
Kansas
1953
Kansas
1954
Kansas
1955
Kansas
1956
Kansas
1957
Kansas
1958
Kansas
Big Eight Conference
1959
Kansas
1960
Oklahoma State
1961
Kansas
1962
Colorado
1963
Kansas
1964
Kansas
1965
Kansas State
1966
Kansas State
1967
Missouri
1968
Kansas
1969
Kansas
1970
Missouri
1971
Kansas State
1972
Oklahoma State
1973
Oklahoma State
1974
Missouri Iowa State
1975
Kansas State
1976
Colorado
1977
Colorado
1978
Colorado
1979
Colorado
1980
Colorado
1981
Iowa State
1982
Colorado
1983
Iowa State
1984
Iowa State
1985
Colorado
1986
Colorado
1987
Iowa State
1988
Iowa State
1989
Iowa State
1990
Iowa State
1991
Iowa State
1992
Colorado
1993
Iowa State
1994
Iowa State
1995
Oklahoma State 2017-12-15.
Reference:[ 7]
Women's cross country
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1975 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Women's cross country championship summary
School
Total titles
Years
Colorado
4
1987 • 1992 • 1994 • 1995
Iowa State
8
1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1981 • 1983 • 1990
Kansas
0
–
Kansas State
2
1982 • 1992
Missouri
2
1980 • 1984
Nebraska
5
1985 • 1988 • 1989 • 1991 • 1993
Oklahoma
0
–
Oklahoma State
1
1986
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1975
Iowa State†
1976
Iowa State†
1977
Iowa State†
1978
Iowa State†
1979
Iowa State
1980
Missouri
1981
Iowa State†
1982
Kansas State
1983
Iowa State
1984
Missouri
1985
Nebraska
1986
Oklahoma State
1987
Colorado
1988
Nebraska
1989
Nebraska
1990
Iowa State
1991
Nebraska
1992
Colorado Kansas State
1993
Nebraska
1994
Colorado
1995
Colorado
Reference:[ 8]
† Denotes an AIAW title, the predecessor to the NCAA for women's athletics.
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1907 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Football championships summary
School
Total titles
Years
Colorado
5
1961 • 1976 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991
Drake
0
–
Grinnell
0
–
Iowa
1
1907
Iowa State
2
1911 • 1912
Kansas
5
1908 • 1930 • 1946 • 1947 • 1968
Kansas State
1
1934
Missouri
12
1909 • 1913 • 1919 • 1924 • 1925 • 1927 • 1939 • 1941 • 1942 • 1945 • 1960† • 1969
Nebraska
41
1907 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1928 • 1929 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1940 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972‡ • 1975 • 1978 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995
Oklahoma
34
1920 • 1933 • 1938 • 1943 • 1944 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1962 • 1967 • 1968 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987
Oklahoma State
2
1926 • 1976
Washington (St. Louis)
0
–
Shared championships are in italics .
† Kansas would have won the 1960 title, but after found to be using an ineligible player they were forced to forfeit their victories over Missouri and Colorado , which meant that Missouri was awarded the 1960 Big Eight title.
‡ Oklahoma initially won the 1972 title, but after it was found that they used ineligible players, they were penalized by the NCAA , though they did not force OU to forfeit games. The Big Eight asked them to forfeit three games and awarded the title to Nebraska , but Oklahoma still claims these wins and this title.
Men's golf
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1921 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. In 1926 golf was dropped as a sponsored sport by the MVIAA and it wasn't picked up again until the 1935 season.
Championships
Men's golf championship summary
School
Total titles
Years
Colorado
3
1955 • 1956 • 1968
Drake
3
1921 • 1922 • 1923
Grinnell
0
–
Iowa State
3
1940 • 1947 • 1953
Kansas
5
1924 • 1925 • 1939 • 1947 • 1950
Kansas State
0
–
Missouri
2
1949 • 1984
Nebraska
2
1937 • 1938
Oklahoma
12
1935 • 1938 • 1941 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1951 • 1952 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1992
Oklahoma State
36
1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Washington (St. Louis)
0
–
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
MVIAA
1921
Drake
1922
Drake
1923
Drake
1924
Kansas
1925
Kansas
1926†
none
1927†
none
1928†
none
Big Six Conference
1929†
none
1930†
none
1931†
none
1932†
none
1933†
none
1934†
none
1935
Oklahoma
1936
Nebraska
1937
Nebraska
1938
Oklahoma
1939
Kansas
1940
Iowa State
1941
Oklahoma
1942‡
none
1943‡
none
1944‡
none
1945‡
none
1946
Oklahoma
1947
Kansas Iowa State Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1948
Oklahoma
1949
Missouri
1950
Kansas
1951
Oklahoma
1952
Oklahoma
1953
Iowa State
1954
Colorado
1955
Colorado Oklahoma
1956
Oklahoma
1957
Oklahoma
1958
Oklahoma State
Big Eight Conference
1959
Oklahoma State
1960
Oklahoma State
1961
Oklahoma State
1962
Oklahoma State
1963
Oklahoma State
1964
Oklahoma State
1965
Oklahoma State
1966
Oklahoma State
1967
Oklahoma State
1968
Colorado
1969
Oklahoma State
1970
Oklahoma State
1971
Oklahoma State
1972
Oklahoma State
1973
Oklahoma State
1974
Oklahoma State
1975
Oklahoma State
1976
Oklahoma State
1977
Oklahoma State
1978
Oklahoma State
1979
Oklahoma State
1980
Oklahoma State
1981
Oklahoma State
1982
Oklahoma State
1983
Oklahoma State
1984
Missouri
1985
Oklahoma State
1986
Oklahoma State
1987
Oklahoma State
1988
Oklahoma State
1989
Oklahoma State
1990
Oklahoma State
1991
Oklahoma State
1992
Oklahoma
1993
Oklahoma State
1994
Oklahoma State
1995
Oklahoma State
1996
Oklahoma State
Reference:[ 11]
† Golf dropped as a sponsored sport by the conference.
‡ No conference meet held due to WWII .
Women's golf
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1976 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Women's golf championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
0
–
Iowa State
1
1993
Kansas
1
1990
Kansas State
0
–
Missouri
0
–
Nebraska
2
1976 • 1983
Oklahoma
3
1978 • 1981 • 1991
Oklahoma State
14
1977 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1992 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Season
Champion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1976
Nebraska
1977
Oklahoma State
1978
Oklahoma
1979
Oklahoma State
1980
Oklahoma State
1981
Oklahoma
1982
Oklahoma State
1983
Nebraska
1984
Oklahoma State
1985
Oklahoma State
1986
Oklahoma State
1987
Oklahoma State
1988
Oklahoma State
1989
Oklahoma State
1990
Kansas
1991
Oklahoma
1992
Oklahoma State
1993
Iowa State
1994
Oklahoma State
1995
Oklahoma State
1996
Oklahoma State
Reference:[ 12] [ 13]
Men's gymnastics
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1964 through the 1994 season. After Iowa State dropped men's gymnastics in 1994 the league was left with only two schools sponsoring the sport, as a result the league no longer sanctioned future championships.[ 14]
Championships
Men's gymnastics championship summary
School
Total titles
Years
Colorado
1
1968
Iowa State
10
1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975
Kansas
0
–
Kansas State
0
–
Nebraska
13
1964 • 1976 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994
Oklahoma
7
1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1981 • 1984 • 1987 • 1991
Season
Champion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1964
Nebraska
1965
Iowa State
1966
Iowa State
1967
Iowa State
1968
Colorado
1969
Iowa State
1970
Iowa State
1971
Iowa State
1972
Iowa State
1973
Iowa State
1974
Iowa State
1975
Iowa State
1976
Nebraska
1977
Oklahoma
1978
Oklahoma
1979
Oklahoma
1980
Nebraska
1981
Oklahoma
1982
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
1984
Oklahoma
1985
Nebraska
1986
Nebraska
1987
Oklahoma
1988
Nebraska
1989
Nebraska
1990
Nebraska
1991
Oklahoma
1992
Nebraska
1993
Nebraska
1994
Nebraska
Reference:[ 15] [ 16]
Women's gymnastics
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1975 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Women's gymnastics championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
1
1976
Iowa State
2
1975 • 1977
Kansas
0
–
Missouri
1
1992
Nebraska
12
1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 • 1983 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Oklahoma
5
1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1991 • 1993
Oklahoma State
1
1981
Season
Champion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1975
Iowa State
1976
Colorado
1977
Iowa State
1978
Nebraska
1979
Nebraska
1980
Nebraska
1981
Oklahoma State
1982
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
1984
Oklahoma
1985
Oklahoma
1986
Oklahoma
1987
Nebraska
1988
Nebraska
1989
Nebraska
1990
Nebraska
1991
Oklahoma
1992
Missouri
1993
Oklahoma
1994
Nebraska
1995
Nebraska
1996
Nebraska
Reference:[ 17]
Softball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from the 1976 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Softball championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
0
–
Iowa State
2
1976 • 1978
Kansas
2
1977 • 1979
Kansas State
0
–
Missouri
1
1983
Nebraska
6
1982 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988
Oklahoma
0
–
Oklahoma State
9
1980 • 1981 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995
Season
Champion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1976
Iowa State
1977
Kansas
1978
Iowa State
1979
Kansas
1980
Oklahoma State
1981
Oklahoma State
1982
Nebraska
1983
Missouri
1984
Nebraska
1985
Nebraska
1986
Nebraska
1987
Nebraska
1988
Nebraska
1989
Oklahoma State
1990
Oklahoma State
1991
Oklahoma State
1992
Oklahoma State
1993
Oklahoma State
1994
Oklahoma State
1995
Oklahoma State
Reference:[ 18]
Men's swimming & diving
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1924 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Men's swimming & diving championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
0
–
Drake
0
–
Grinnell
0
–
Iowa State
20
1929 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1951 • 1954* • 1967 • 1976 • 1977 • 1995
Kansas
10
1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1978 • 1979
Kansas State
0
–
Missouri
0
–
Nebraska
21
1930 • 1933 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1996
Oklahoma
15
1950 • 1952 • 1953 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966
Oklahoma State
0
–
Washington (St. Louis)
5
1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
MVIAA
1924
Washington (St. Louis)
1925
Washington (St. Louis)
1926
Washington (St. Louis)
1927
Washington (St. Louis)
1928
Washington (St. Louis)
Big Six Conference
1929
Iowa State
1930
Nebraska
1931
Iowa State
1932
Iowa State
1933
Iowa State
Nebraska
1934
Iowa State
1935
Nebraska
1936
Iowa State
Nebraska
1937
Nebraska
1938
Iowa State
1939
Iowa State
1940
Iowa State
1941
Iowa State
1942
Iowa State
1943
none
1944
none
1945
none
1946
none
1947
Iowa State
Big Seven Conference
1948
Iowa State
1949
Iowa State
1950
Oklahoma
1951
Iowa State
1952
Oklahoma
1953
Oklahoma
1954
Iowa State†
1955
Oklahoma
1956
Oklahoma
1957
Oklahoma
1958
Oklahoma
Big Eight Conference
1959
Oklahoma
1960
Oklahoma
1961
Oklahoma
1962
Oklahoma
1963
Oklahoma
1964
Oklahoma
1965
Oklahoma
1966
Oklahoma
1967
Iowa State
1968
Kansas
1969
Kansas
1970
Kansas
1971
Kansas
1972
Kansas
1973
Kansas
1974
Kansas
1975
Kansas
1976
Iowa State
1977
Iowa State
1978
Kansas
1979
Kansas
1980
Nebraska
1981
Nebraska
1982
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
1984
Nebraska
1985
Nebraska
1986
Nebraska
1987
Nebraska
1988
Nebraska
1989
Nebraska
1990
Nebraska
1991
Nebraska
1992
Nebraska
1993
Nebraska
1994
Nebraska
1995
Iowa State
1996
Nebraska
Reference:[ 19]
† Oklahoma was forced to forfeit the 1954 title for using an ineligible athlete, thus the title was awarded to Iowa State.
Women's swimming & diving
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1974 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Women's swimming & diving championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
0
–
Iowa State
1
1974
Kansas
14
1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 • 1989 • 1992 • 1993
Kansas State
0
–
Missouri
0
–
Nebraska
8
1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1990 • 1991 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Oklahoma
0
–
Oklahoma State
0
–
Season
Champion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1974
Iowa State
1975
Kansas
1976
Kansas
1977
Kansas
1978
Kansas
1979
Kansas
1980
Kansas
1981
Kansas
1982
Kansas
1983
Kansas
1984
Kansas
1985
Nebraska
1986
Nebraska
1987
Nebraska
1988
Kansas
1989
Kansas
1990
Nebraska
1991
Nebraska
1992
Kansas
1993
Kansas
1994
Nebraska
1995
Nebraska
1996
Nebraska
Reference:[ 20]
Men's tennis
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1912 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Men's tennis championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
4
1953 • 1954 • 1956 • 1993
Drake
0
–
Grinnell
2
1927 • 1928
Iowa State
1
1946
Kansas
13
1916 • 1924 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1937 • 1948 • 1964 • 1987 • 1988 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Kansas State
0
–
Missouri
2
1913 • 1917
Nebraska
0
–
Oklahoma
35
1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1925 • 1926 • 1929 • 1930 • 1935 • 1936 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1955 • 1957 • 1960 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1976 • 1977 • 1982 • 1992
Oklahoma State
17
1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991
Washington (St. Louis)
4
1912 • 1914 • 1915 • 1920
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
MVIAA
1912
Washington
1913
Missouri
1914
Washington
1915
Washington
1916
Kansas
1917
Missouri
1918
none
1919
none
1920
Washington
1921
Oklahoma
1922
Oklahoma
1923
Oklahoma
1924
Kansas
1925
Oklahoma
1926
Oklahoma
1927
Grinell
1928
Grinell
Big Six Conference
1929
Oklahoma
1930
Oklahoma
1931
Kansas
1932
Kansas
1933
Kansas
1934
none
1935
Oklahoma
1936
Oklahoma
1937
Kansas
1938
Oklahoma
1939
Oklahoma
1940
Oklahoma
1941
Oklahoma
1942
none
1943
none
1944
none
1945
none
1946
Iowa State
1947
Oklahoma
Big Seven Conference
1948
Kansas
1949
Oklahoma
1950
Oklahoma
1951
Oklahoma
1952
Oklahoma
1953
Colorado
1954
Colorado
1955
Oklahoma
1956
Colorado
1957
Oklahoma
1958
Oklahoma State
Big Eight Conference
1959
Oklahoma State
1960
Oklahoma
1961
Oklahoma State
1962
Oklahoma State
1963
Oklahoma State
1964
Kansas
1965
Kansas
1966
Oklahoma
1967
Oklahoma
1968
Oklahoma
1969
Oklahoma
1970
Oklahoma
1971
Oklahoma
1972
Oklahoma
1973
Oklahoma
1974
Oklahoma
1975
Missouri
1976
Oklahoma
1977
Oklahoma Oklahoma State
1978
Oklahoma State
1979
Oklahoma State
1980
Oklahoma State
1981
Oklahoma State
1982
Oklahoma
1983
Oklahoma State
1984
Oklahoma State
1985
Oklahoma State
1986
Oklahoma State
1987
Kansas
1988
Kansas
1989
Oklahoma State
1990
Oklahoma State
1991
Oklahoma State
1992
Oklahoma
1993
Colorado
1994
Kansas
1995
Kansas
1996
Kansas
Reference:[ 21] [ 22]
Women's tennis
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1975 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Women's tennis championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
0
–
Iowa State
0
–
Kansas
5
1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996
Kansas State
0
–
Missouri
0
–
Nebraska
2
1977 • 1978
Oklahoma
3
1976 • 1978 • 1979
Oklahoma State
12
1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
Big Eight Conference
1975
Oklahoma
1976†
Oklahoma
1977
Nebraska
1978
Oklahoma Nebraska
1979
Oklahoma
1980
Oklahoma State
1981
Oklahoma State
1982
Oklahoma State
1983
Oklahoma State
1984
Oklahoma State
1985
Oklahoma State
1986
Oklahoma State
1987
Oklahoma State
1988
Oklahoma State
1989
Oklahoma State
1990
Oklahoma State
1991
Oklahoma State
1992†
Kansas
1993†
Kansas
1994
Kansas
1995
Kansas
1996
Kansas
Reference:[ 23]
† Denotes that no postseason meet took place and the champion was decided by regular-season results.
Men's track & field
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season champions from the 1908 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. Between the 1909 and 1924 seasons, the conference invited non-member schools to participate in the outdoor meets.
Championships
Season
Indoor
Outdoor
MVIAA
1908
–
Iowa State
1909
–
Grinnell†
1910
–
Kansas
1911
–
Missouri
1912
–
Missouri
1913
–
Missouri
1914
–
Chicago
1915
–
Missouri
1916
–
Missouri
1917
–
Missouri
1918
–
Missouri
1919
–
Kansas State
1920
–
Missouri
1921
–
Nebraska
1922
Kansas
Nebraska
1923
Kansas
Nebraska
1924
Missouri
Nebraska
1925
Nebraska
Missouri
1926
Nebraska
Nebraska
1927
Oklahoma
Kansas
1928
Oklahoma
Kansas
Big Six Conference
1929
Oklahoma
Nebraska
1930
Nebraska
Kansas
1931
Nebraska
Kansas
1932
Nebraska
Nebraska
1933
Oklahoma
Nebraska
1934
Kansas
Kansas
1935
Kansas State
Oklahoma
1936
Nebraska
Nebraska
1937
Nebraska
Nebraska
1938
Nebraska
Missouri
1939
Missouri
Nebraska
1940
Nebraska
Nebraska
1941
Nebraska
Nebraska
1942
Nebraska
Nebraska
1943
Missouri
Missouri
1944
Iowa State
Iowa State
1945
Iowa State
Iowa State
1946
Iowa State
Kansas
1947
Missouri
Missouri
Big Seven Conference
1948
Missouri
Missouri
1949
Nebraska
Missouri
1950
Kansas
Nebraska
1951
Nebraska
Missouri
1952
Kansas
Kansas
1953
Kansas
Kansas
1954
Kansas
Kansas
1955
Kansas
Kansas
1956
Kansas
Kansas
1957
Kansas
Kansas
1958
Kansas
Kansas
Big Eight Conference
1959
Kansas
Kansas
1960
Oklahoma
Kansas
1961
Kansas
Oklahoma
1962
Kansas
Oklahoma
1963
Nebraska
Kansas
1964
Missouri
Kansas
1965
Missouri
Kansas
1966
Kansas
Nebraska
1967
Kansas
Kansas
1968
Kansas
Kansas
1969
Kansas
Kansas
1970
Kansas
Kansas
1971
Kansas
Kansas
1972
Nebraska
Kansas
1973
Nebraska
Kansas
1974
Kansas State
Kansas
1975
Kansas
Kansas
1976
Kansas State
Kansas
1977
Kansas
Oklahoma‡
1978
Nebraska¥
Oklahoma
1979
Missouri
Kansas
1980
Kansas
Kansas
1981
Kansas
Iowa State
1982
Kansas
Kansas
1983
Kansas
Iowa State
1984
Iowa State
Iowa State
1985
Nebraska
Iowa State
1986
Iowa State
Iowa State
1987
Nebraska
Nebraska
1988
Nebraska
Iowa State
1989
Nebraska
Nebraska
1990
Iowa State
Nebraska
1991
Iowa State
Iowa State
1992
Nebraska
Iowa State
1993
Iowa State
Iowa State
1994
Nebraska
Iowa State
1995
Nebraska
Nebraska
1996
Nebraska
Nebraska
Reference:[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
† Denotes school was not a member of the conference but would later join.
‡ Kansas was forced to forfeit the 1977 title for using an ineligible athlete, thus the title was awarded to Oklahoma.
¥ Kansas was forced to forfeit the 1978 indoor title for using an ineligible athlete, thus the title was awarded to Nebraska.
Women's track & field
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1974 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Season
Indoor
Outdoor
Big Eight Conference
1974
–
Iowa State
1975
–
Iowa State
1976
Kansas State
Iowa State
1977
Iowa State
Iowa State
1978
Iowa State
Iowa State
1979
Iowa State
Iowa State
1980
Nebraska
Nebraska
1981
Nebraska
Nebraska
1982
Nebraska
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
Nebraska
1984
Nebraska
Nebraska
1985
Nebraska
Nebraska
1986
Nebraska
Nebraska
1987
Nebraska
Nebraska
1988
Nebraska
Nebraska
1989
Nebraska
Nebraska
1990
Nebraska
Nebraska
1991
Nebraska
Nebraska
1992
Nebraska
Nebraska
1993
Nebraska
Nebraska
1994
Nebraska
Nebraska
1995
Nebraska
Nebraska
1996
Nebraska
Colorado
Reference:[ 27] [ 28]
Volleyball
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season and post-season conference champions from the 1976 through the 1995 season when the Big Eight was dissolved.
Championships
Season
Regular season
Tournament
Big Eight Conference
1976
Nebraska
Nebraska
1977
Nebraska
Nebraska
1978
Nebraska
Nebraska
1979
Nebraska
Nebraska
1980
Nebraska
Nebraska
1981
Nebraska
Nebraska
1982
Nebraska
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
Nebraska
1984
Nebraska
Nebraska
1985
Nebraska
Nebraska
1986
Nebraska
Nebraska
1987
Nebraska
Oklahoma
1988
Nebraska
Nebraska
1989
Nebraska
Nebraska
1990
Nebraska
Nebraska
1991
Nebraska
Nebraska
1992
Nebraska
Colorado
1993
Colorado
Colorado
1994
Nebraska
Nebraska
1995
Nebraska
Nebraska
Reference:[ 29]
Wrestling
The following are the MVIAA/Big Eight post-season conference champions from the 1924 through the 1996 season when the Big Eight was dissolved. Kansas, Kansas State, and Colorado all eliminated their wrestling programs before the Big Eight conference dissolved.
Championships
Wrestling championship summary
School
Total titles
Seasons
Colorado
0
–
Iowa State
14
1929 • 1933 • 1937 • 1941 • 1947 • 1958 • 1970 • 1976 • 1977 • 1979 • 1980 • 1982 •1987 • 1993
Kansas
0
–
Kansas State
3
1931 • 1939 • 1940
Missouri
0
–
Nebraska
3
1924 • 1949 • 1995
Oklahoma
21
1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1938 • 1948 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1960 • 1967 • 1968 • 1981 • 1985 • 1986
Oklahoma State
28
1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1959 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1968 • 1969 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1978 • 1983 • 1984 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992* • 1994
Washington (St. Louis)
0
–
Shared championships are in italics .
Season
Champion(s)
MVIAA
1924
Nebraska
1925
Oklahoma State
1926
Oklahoma State
1927
Oklahoma State
1928
Oklahoma State
Big Six Conference
1929
Iowa State
1930
Oklahoma
1931
Kansas State
1932
Oklahoma
1933
Iowa State
1934
Oklahoma
1935
Oklahoma
1936
Oklahoma
1937
Iowa State
1938
Oklahoma
1939
Kansas State
1940
Kansas State
1941
Iowa State
1942
none
1943
none
1944
none
1945
none
1946
none
1947
Iowa State
Big Seven Conference
1948
Oklahoma
1949
Nebraska
1950
Oklahoma
1951
Oklahoma
1952
Oklahoma
1953
Oklahoma
1954
Oklahoma
1955
Oklahoma
1956
Oklahoma
1957
Oklahoma
1958
Iowa State
Big Eight Conference
1959
Oklahoma State
1960
Oklahoma
1961
Oklahoma State
1962
Oklahoma State
1963
Oklahoma State
1964
Oklahoma State
1965
Oklahoma State
1966
Oklahoma State
1967
Oklahoma
1968
Oklahoma State Oklahoma
1969
Oklahoma State
1970
Iowa State
1971
Oklahoma State
1972
Oklahoma State
1973
Oklahoma State
1974
Oklahoma State
1975
Oklahoma State
1976
Iowa State
1977
Iowa State
1978
Oklahoma State
1979
Iowa State
1980
Iowa State
1981
Oklahoma
1982
Iowa State
1983
Oklahoma State
1984
Oklahoma State
1985
Oklahoma
1986
Oklahoma
1987
Iowa State Oklahoma State
1988
Oklahoma State
1989
Oklahoma State
1990
Oklahoma State
1991
Oklahoma State
1992
Oklahoma State†
1993
Iowa State
1994
Oklahoma State
1995
Nebraska
1996
Oklahoma State
Reference:[ 30] [ 31] [ 32]
† Oklahoma State did not accept the trophy in 1992 in order to lessen any consequences stemming from an NCAA investigation of improper payments made to its student athletes.
References
MVIAA Big Six Big Seven Big Eight National championships in bold