The Big 12 has not won a national title since 2005 and has not played for one since 2009.
Talent has been a big reason why.
And the Big 12's talent discrepancy was underscored by the invites to the NFL combine, which were released this week.
The Big 12 had only 19 players receive invites. That was by far the lowest of any Power 5 conference.
NFL combine participants:
SEC- 66
ACC-60
B1G- 51
Pac12- 47
Big12- 18— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) February 13, 2017
Below are the Big 12 players who will be participating in the combine, which begins Feb.