# Which Big 12 schools use Opendorse? 2 of the 15 Big 12 athletic departments covered by Whistle (13%) use Opendorse, the nIL marketplace and disclosure, as of 4 Nov 2026: Texas Christian University, Texas Tech University. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 83 use Opendorse (8%), so the Big 12 is above the national adoption rate. Among nil vendors detected in the Big 12, Opendorse ranks No. 2 of 2. _Data as of 4 Nov 2026._ Source: automated detection on each Big 12 department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 15 covered Big 12 schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-12_ ## Opendorse in the Big 12 at a glance - **Vendor:** [Opendorse](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse) — NIL marketplace and disclosure - **Category:** NIL - **Conference:** [Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12) - **Big 12 schools using it:** 2 of 15 covered (13%) - **All NCAA schools using it:** 83 of 1,085 covered (8%) - **Rank among nil vendors in the Big 12:** No. 2 of 2 ## Which Big 12 schools use Opendorse? | School | Division | Location | Tracked staff positions | Directory last read | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | | [Texas Christian University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tcu) | Division I | Fort Worth, Texas | 290 | 2026-10-25 | | [Texas Tech University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/texastech) | Division I | Lubbock, Texas | 320 | 2026-11-03 | ## Which other nil vendors do Big 12 schools use? Vendors in the same category detected at covered Big 12 departments. A school can appear under more than one vendor when it runs, say, one system for season tickets and another for single-game sales. | Vendor | Big 12 schools | Share of covered schools | | --- | ---: | ---: | | [INFLCR](https://gowhistle.io/technology/inflcr/big-12) | 6 | 40% | | **Opendorse** | 2 | 13% | ## Where else is Opendorse used? - [Opendorse in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-east) — 5 schools - [Opendorse in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-ten) — 4 schools - [Opendorse in the America East](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/america-east) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Ivy League](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/ivy-league) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the MAAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/maac) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Ohio Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/ohio-athletic) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Pac-12](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/pac-12) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Presidents' Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/presidents-athletic) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/sec) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-sky) — 2 schools - [Opendorse in the California Collegiate Athletic Association](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/california-collegiate-athletic-association) — 2 schools - [Opendorse in the Great American](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/great-american) — 2 schools ## Method A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references Opendorse with at least medium confidence. Detection is automated and re-run as directories refresh: absence means not detected, not not used, and contracts change, so confirm with the department before relying on a single listing. This page is published when at least 2 covered Big 12 schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is [Big 12 Athletics Staff Directory](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12); every Opendorse school nationally is on [Which colleges use Opendorse?](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse). ## Frequently asked questions **How many Big 12 schools use Opendorse?** 2 of the 15 covered Big 12 athletic departments (13%) as of 4 Nov 2026: Texas Christian University, Texas Tech University. **Is Opendorse more common in the Big 12 than elsewhere?** 13% of covered Big 12 schools use Opendorse against 8% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments. **Who at these schools buys or runs nil?** The nil staff listed in each department's directory. Whistle shows their names, titles, emails and phones (where published) on [paid plans](https://gowhistle.io/pricing), with alerts when the role changes hands. **Where does this technology data come from?** From the staff directories athletic departments publish on their official websites, read automatically on a rolling schedule (NCAA Division I roughly weekly, Division II and III every three to four weeks). Whistle never publishes names, emails or phone numbers on public pages; staff can remove their details at any time at [gowhistle.io/remove-my-info](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info). Selling against Opendorse in the Big 12, or integrating with it? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) gives you the current nil contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over. --- Whistle (Whistle Athletics) is a collegiate athletics sales-intelligence platform: staff directories, hiring signals and contact data for vendors selling into NCAA athletic departments. 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