Starting this season, the Big 12 will have a championship game at the end of the regular season. The move is to be put on par with the other Power 5 conference who deem a true conference champion by way of this final game.
Even though the Big 12 has all of its members play each other in the regular season, a true championship game helps determine who the best team is in an overall sense.
This weekend, no Big 12 team will face off against another Big 12 team. It’s not like the Big Ten, which has its opening game tonight as Ohio State plays Indiana.