Their best move was to stick together and add new members, one of the people said. Evidently, the Big 12 Conference has keyed on four schools for expansion in Cincinnati, Houston, UCF and BYU, the latter of which could join as a football-only member. One of the people said Big 12 leaders believe it would benefit the conference to move quickly on a long-term plan to show stability and not allow speculation about the league's uncertain future to linger throughout the football season.Īfter the Pac-12 announced it was not planning to expand last week, it quickly became apparent to the remaining eight Big 12 schools - Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and West Virginia - that they had no other Power Five conference options. The biggest moves - all driven by football - will reportedly occur in the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, AAC, Conference USA and the Sun Belt, but frequent multibid basketball conferences. The Longhorns and Sooners have said they will honor their current contracts with the Big 12 and do not plan to join the SEC until 2025, when the conference's current television rights contracts with ESPN and Fox run out. In short, these additions from the Big 12 aren't robbing the Big Ten of possible. The SEC is standing pat though that could certainly change in the future. ![]() The Pac-12 has already said it will not pursue expansion. The Big 12s soon-to-be past was there, too: With. The Southeastern Conference invited Texas and Oklahoma to leave the Big 12 and join that powerhouse league in late July, a move that rocked college sports and put the Big 12's future in doubt. This won't trigger any corresponding moves from the remaining members of the Power Five. The Big 12s future was there: BYU and the conference’s three other new members participated in the spring meetings for the first time. ![]() The remaining members of the Big East split into two conferences : the American Athletic Conference (the American) and a new Big East Conference that does not sponsor football (only three of the original 10 members of the. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby declined to comment Friday in a text message to AP. The Big 12 conference is expected to add four new members in BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida. The Big 12 is expected to formally welcome four new members BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF to its ranks on Friday following a morning meeting of university chancellors and presidents. The Big 12 lost members to the SEC, the Pac-12, and the Big Ten, while the Big Ten also gained one former ACC member.
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