The Big 12 has been centered around conference realignment since 2011 when Nebraska left for the Big 10 and Colorado darted for the Pac 12. The conference once again lost members in 2012 when Missouri and Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012.
To make up for those losses, the Big 12 added in-state school TCU and West Virginia, whose campus is nearly 900 miles from another conference school. By the addition of the Mountaineers, the Big 12 has proven that distance from other member schools would not be an issue when expanding.
With recent speculation about the Pac 12 possibly falling apart, some members of the conference could be looking for a new home. With the Big 12 only having 10 schools at the moment, it is the smallest of the Power 5 conferences.
Expansion has already been discussed with Group of 5 schools like Cincinnati, BYU, and even Boise State, so adding even bigger name programs to the Big 12 would benefit the conference even more.
Here are four schools from the Pac 12 the Big 12 should consider expanding with: