The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences have announced that their top non-conference challenge series will be moving to January, beginning with the 2015-16 season. All contests in next season’s Big 12 /SEC Challenge will move from December to January 30, 2016.

“We are excited to move this event to January to provide the Big 12 a unique showcase and help ESPN give the Big 12 /SEC Challenge the attention it deserves, ” said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will combine to televise every game of the third annual event matching each Big 12 squad with 10 members from the Southeastern Conference. Each conference will host five games, with the matchups and participating teams to be determined.

For 2015-16, both conferences are creating a common open date during conference play to showcase the Challenge, with late January ( or early February ) becoming a fixture moving forward.

This season’s challenge was held from Dec. 3-6, with the Big 12 winning the event after recording six victories.