Big 12 to release availability reports for all football conference games

The Big 12 will begin releasing public availability reports for all football conference games starting this season, sources told On3. The Big 12’s athletic directors voted Wednesday to start using availability reports in football, men’s and women’s basketball league games, a source said.

The Big 12 joins the other power conferences – ACC, Big Ten and SEC – in requiring its football teams to provide availability reports, similar to the NFL’s injury reports.

The Big 12 will require football teams to provide daily reports three days before game day and a final one 90 minutes before kickoff, sources said.

Big 12 football programs will designate players as “available, probable, questionable, doubtful or out.” Basketball programs will indicate if players are “available, game-time decision or out.”

In 2023, the Big Ten was the first power league to require football availability reports. The SEC did so in 2024. 

“The reporting policy is intended to reduce pressure from outside entities seeking participation information and represents a commitment of our 16 institutions to provide enhanced transparency to support efforts to protect our student-athletes and the integrity of competition,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said.

SEC designations are “available, probable, questionable, doubtful or out” before game day. On day of the game, players are listed as “game time decision” or “out.”

Like the Big 12, this season will be the first the ACC will utilize availability reports.

The ACC will list players as “available, questionable, doubtful or out,” at least 48 hours before a game with an update day before the game and then two hours before kickoff, when they are classified as “available, game time decision or out.”

“There’s stresses on our student-athletes from individuals who are trying to garner information,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said at ACC media days. “Sometimes it’s pretty innocent. They just want to know because they’re a big fan. But other times it leads into the gambling and sports wagering path.”

All of the power conferences will release their updates on their respective conference websites.