Big 12 Men’s Basketball 2026–272025–262024–25

The 2024–25 season as it finished, with the official seeding procedure applied.

The Big 12 empire

Through Week 11 · Sat, Mar 15

Arizona's home territory, held by HoustonArizona State's home territory, held by HoustonBYU's home territory, held by HoustonBaylor's home territory, held by HoustonCincinnati's home territory, held by HoustonColorado's home territory, held by HoustonHouston's home territory, held by HoustonIowa State's home territory, held by HoustonKansas's home territory, held by HoustonKansas State's home territory, held by HoustonOklahoma State's home territory, held by HoustonTCU's home territory, held by HoustonTexas Tech's home territory, held by HoustonUCF's home territory, held by HoustonUtah's home territory, held by HoustonWest Virginia's home territory, held by Houston

Every county in the lower 48 started the season with its nearest Big 12 school, measured to the home stadium; the dot in each territory is that stadium. When two Big 12 teams play, the winner takes everything the loser holds at that moment, not only the loser's own land. A team that has lost it all is out until it beats whoever holds some, and only games between two Big 12 teams count, because nobody else holds land to win. Outlined territories changed hands in the week shown. 15 of the sixteen hold nothing right now.

Who holds what

Team Share of the mapTerritories held
1Houston100.0%Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, UCF, Utah, West Virginia
Arizona0.0%none, out until it wins
Arizona State0.0%none, out until it wins
BYU0.0%none, out until it wins
Baylor0.0%none, out until it wins
Cincinnati0.0%none, out until it wins
Colorado0.0%none, out until it wins
Iowa State0.0%none, out until it wins
Kansas0.0%none, out until it wins
Kansas State0.0%none, out until it wins
Oklahoma State0.0%none, out until it wins
TCU0.0%none, out until it wins
Texas Tech0.0%none, out until it wins
UCF0.0%none, out until it wins
Utah0.0%none, out until it wins
West Virginia0.0%none, out until it wins

Share is land area, from an equal-area projection, so a county in the Mountain West counts for what it covers. Each territory is named for the school it started with.

How it moved

  1. Week 11
  2. Week 10
  3. Week 9
  4. Week 8
  5. Week 7
  6. Week 6
  7. Week 5
  8. Week 4
  9. Week 3
  10. Week 2
  11. Week 1

Share the map

An image of the map, drawn after every week of Big 12 games. Each week keeps its own address, so a post made now still shows this week later in the season.

The Big 12 Empire map, 2025
This week, permanently
https://big12ology.com/season/cards/2025/empire-week-11.png
Whatever week is current
https://big12ology.com/season/cards/empire.png

Swap .png for .svg on either. Every earlier week is there too: /season/cards/2025/ followed by empire-start or empire-week-NN, as in empire-week-11.