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{{Short description|Junior college athletic conference in California}}
The '''Big Eight Conference''' was a [[junior college]] [[athletic conference]] with member schools located in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] and [[Central California]] that operated from 1950 to 1962. The conference began operation as the '''Big Seven Conference''' for the 1950–51 [[basketball]] season. The conference's initial seven members were [[Modesto Junior College]], [[Sacramento City College]], [[City College of San Francisco]] (CCSF), the [[College of San Mateo]], [[Santa Rosa Junior College]], Stockton College—now known as [[San Joaquin Delta College]], and West Contra Costa Junior College—now known as [[Contra Costa College]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Odds 'N' Ends; Big Seven Loop Will Be Tough |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee/150044221/ |newspaper=[[The Modesto Bee]] |location=[[Modesto, California]] |date=November 8, 1950 |page=23 |access-date=June 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> [[Oakland City College]] joined as the league's eighth member for the 1954–55 basketball season.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mustang Cage Slate Lists 21 Games |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/150045980/ |newspaper=[[Stockton Record]] |location=[[Stockton, California]] |date=November 18, 1954 |page=52 |access-date=June 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> The Big Eight Conference dissolved in 1962. Four of its members—CCSF, Contra Costa, Oakland City, and San Mateo—joined the newly-formed [[Golden Gate Conference (junior college)|Golden Gate Conference]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Comets Face New Grid Loop With Size, Moxie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/150045980/ |newspaper=[[Richmond Independent|The Independent]] |location=[[Richmond, California]] |date=August 31, 1962 |page=10 |access-date=June 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Three members—Modesto, Stockton, and Sacramento City—joined the incipient [[Valley Conference]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Remington |first=Ben |title=Mustang Officials Big Adieu To Big 8 And Discuss New Valley League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/146111966/ |newspaper=[[The Record (Stockton, California)|Stockton Record]] |location=[[Stockton, California]] |date=May 25, 1962 |page=32 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Santa Rosa joined the [[Golden Valley Conference]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bright Future For SRJC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-democrat/150046805/ |newspaper=[[The Press Democrat]] |location=[[Santa Rosa, California]] |date=December 30, 1962 |page=3C |access-date=June 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
==Yearly football standings==
{| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1951 Big Seven Conference (California) football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1952 Big Seven Conference (California) football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1953 Big Seven Conference (California) football standings}}
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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1954 Big Seven Conference (California) football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1955 Big Eight Conference (California) football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1956 Big Eight Conference (California) football standings}}
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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1957 Big Eight Conference (California) football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1958 Big Eight Conference (California) football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1959 Big Eight Conference (California) football standings}}
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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1960 Big Eight Conference (California) football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1961 Big Eight Conference (California) football standings}}
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[[Category:Defunct junior college sports conferences in the United States]]
[[Category:College sports in California]]
[[Category:Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:Central Valley (California)]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1950]]
[[Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 1962]]
[[Category:1950 establishments in California]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in California]]
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