'We were unified about it, based on what it would do for our competitive position and what it would do to our financial position,' said Boren, who has been the biggest advocate in the league for a championship game.īig 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said a championship game could net the league an additional $27-28 million in revenue a year. Oklahoma president and Big 12 board chair David Boren said the data showing that a championship game would help the Big 12 get into the playoff 'was very convincing.' The league failed to make the playoff in 2014, although Oklahoma did make the CFP last year despite not playing on the final weekend of the regular season. As a result, the Big 12 has also been the only Power 5 league that hasn't given its champion the opportunity to play a 13th game.ĭata consultants hired by the league have argued that the Big 12's current format has diminished its opportunity of putting a team in the College Football Playoff. Since contracting to 10 members in 2011, the Big 12 has staged a round-robin format and has been the only Power 5 league without a championship game.

The conference will implement a championship game for 2017. IRVING, Texas - The Big 12 Conference unanimously voted Friday to bring back a conference championship game. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserīig 12 unanimously votes to bring back conference title game in 2017

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