Oklahoma’s 8-9 bowl record since the formation of the Big 12 Conference 21 years ago is representative of the conference’s notable lack of success in bowl games.
The Big 12 is 70-75 overall in postseason bowls, and 18-19 in the last five years. The last time the Big 12 won more games than it lost in a bowl season was in 2011-12, when six of the eight conference teams that participate in postseason play that season were winners.
In the relatively short history of the Big12, only Texas, among the schools who played in five or more bowl games, has a record better than .