The Big 12 conference has seen a big shakeup over the last couple of months. Arguably, no conference has been hit harder by realignment than the Big 12. Before the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns made their joint announcement that they’d be leaving the conference for the SEC, the Big 12 had already been robbed of four of their programs.
Amidst the last round of realignment, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas A&M, and Missouri left for the Pac-12, Big 10, and SEC. Two major brands in college football walked out the door and the Big 12 was left struggling for answers.
With just eight schools left, they decided expanding to 10 was the only move that made sense at the time and added TCU and West Virginia to their ranks. It was a move they had to make, but in light of who left, the Big 12 certainly took a net loss.
And here we are a decade later and the Big 12 is looking at the loss of their two premier programs, but are getting a bit more proactive at expansion to replace Oklahoma and Texas.
According to a report from The Athletic (subscription required), the Big 12 is looking at adding BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF to their ranks.
They’re moving swiftly to respond to the loss of OU and Texas and here are five thoughts on the latest talks of Big 12 expansion.