Tiers of the Big 12

[macallan25]

Kind of hard for me to comment to be honest. I have never visited KState, Iowa State, or Nebraska (well, I've been to some football games in Lincoln but didn't spend any time with the greeks.) I've spent some time at CU-Boulder but was only around one fraternity. It's just a different environment up there. Lot of fun though. If you can't have fun in Boulder something is wrong with you.

I'm really just throwing this out there:

Texas
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Kansas
Missouri
A&M
Baylor
Okie Lite
Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas State, Iowa State

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Kind of hard for me to comment to be honest. I have never visited KState, Iowa State, or Nebraska (well, I've been to some football games in Lincoln but didn't spend any time with the greeks.) I've spent some time at CU-Boulder but was only around one fraternity. It's just a different environment up there. Lot of fun though. If you can't have fun in Boulder something is wrong with you.

I'm really just throwing this out there:

Texas
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Kansas
Missouri
A&M
Baylor
Okie Lite
Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas State, Iowa State

co-sign.

Though Okie Lite below Kansas? I don't know. Oklahoma St. seems to be the equivalent of Miss St. to Ole Miss. So it's proper, perhaps.

After having visiting brothers from the bottom tier there...they are deservedly bottom tier. I can't imagine any of them getting into a good chapter at the UofA, much less anywhere else

[oldu]

Are you sure you are not ranking these schools on your experience with your own fraternity? Sometimes if your own fraternity is not up to your standards you tend to assume that is true of all fraternities at that institution. Several chapters at Kansas State and Nebraska have won awards from their fraternities...especially Kansas State which appears to have a very strong Greek system.

[banditone]

KSU and OSU are pretty strong in my opinion. I put CU so low because they have no university backing. I'm pretty sure the University doesn't acknowledge the fraternity system there or something (no IFC).

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by banditone

KSU and OSU are pretty strong in my opinion. I put CU so low because they have no university backing. I'm pretty sure the University doesn't acknowledge the fraternity system there or something (no IFC).

Yeah that is true about CU. Forgot about that. I just really disliked OSU when I went up there. Stillwater is just a bad college town, in my opinion. Sorry to offend anyone if they go/went there. Just thought it was boring. I have a buddy in Sigma Nu there though, and from all indications they were a very strong house, probably the best on campus......and the only house it seemed to have the type of guys that you would find at your good Souther greek schools.

[Tom Earp]

I was not aware that each of The Big XII schools had excellent Chapters of certain GLOs at each and everyone of them.

I just wonder if this is not true in any and all big conferences?

Is LXA,SAE, KA, KS, SX, SN, BTP, Etal on every campus in these conferences?

Maybe someone should check and find out.

[tallgreekalum]

Originally Posted by banditone

KSU and OSU are pretty strong in my opinion. I put CU so low because they have no university backing. I'm pretty sure the University doesn't acknowledge the fraternity system there or something (no IFC).

There IS an IFC at CU, it's just that the system as a whole withdrew from University recognition over some new regulations (I think it was deferred rush, but I'm not sure)

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by banditone

KSU and OSU are pretty strong in my opinion. I put CU so low because they have no university backing. I'm pretty sure the University doesn't acknowledge the fraternity system there or something (no IFC).

KSU has a strong Greek system, cannot speak of OSU or ISU, Un Co. is not Greek friendly at all.

While never visited any of the Texas campi, UnNe. has a strong Greek base as does Un.Mo.

Un. Tx, seems to be gobbling up houses to expand.

I do not think anyone can belittle the Big XII schools for Greeks as most that I know are pretty strong. While spread out in housing sometimes it is hard to really tell.

Un. Ak should have joined the Big 8 when they had the chance and would not miss Un Co. at all!

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Un. Ak should have joined the Big 8 when they had the chance and would not miss Un Co. at all!

If you had to shorten Arkansas, postal wise it's "AR".

Anyways, we get faaaar more money in the SEC.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

If you had to shorten Arkansas, postal wise it's "AR".

Anyways, we get faaaar more money in the SEC.

Sorry miss typed the r! Wow, I am really sorry.

I am not sure what you mean by more money?

Oh, who won the NCAA Championship and who beat an SEC school? Oh, that must have been UNC.

How many other Conferences had so many schools in the NCAA than the Big XII? Oh, it must have been 5.

So, for what ever reason you mention money, that just might change won't it!

Oh, lest we forget, how many football teams were in bowls? Oh, seems that the Big XII was very well represented compared to some.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by oldu

Are you sure you are not ranking these schools on your experience with your own fraternity? Sometimes if your own fraternity is not up to your standards you tend to assume that is true of all fraternities at that institution. Several chapters at Kansas State and Nebraska have won awards from their fraternities...especially Kansas State which appears to have a very strong Greek system.

Yep, I'm sure. I don't really have any experience with my own fraternity with any of those schools except for A&M, Tech, Oklahoma, and Baylor. However, I will say that SAE is very strong at all of those.

Like I said, I put KState, Nebraska, Iowa State and Colorado all together because I have zero experience with their Greeks. I will say though, that just because a chapter wins awards doesn't mean that they should automatically be considered one of the tops.