Will the new Big 12 still be a Power Five conference? Former Big 12 Commissioner, Chuck Neinas recently said, I’m confident the Big 12 is going to retain Power Five status The SEC taking Oklahoma State and TCU at some point would be another blow to the Big 12.Īnother issue is in play with these college football changes. So would Dallas’ neighbor city, Fort Worth. Stillwater, with its close proximity to Oklahoma City and Tulsa would add value to the SEC. A threat that will continue to worry the Big 12 is a future move by the SEC to 16 teams. The Pac 12 announcing it has no intention of expanding gives the Big 12 a degree of security. Will the Big 12 look to becoming a 14-team league in the near future? The unknown answer is tied to other college football conferences. As reported by Bill Bender of the Sporting News, over the past 10 seasons, the record of the four teams against ranked Power Five teams is 10-21. The four new Big 12 programs don’t have stellar on-field records. However, the Texas and Oklahoma football brands dwarf the four future Big 12 programs.
The four cities have many more combined eyeballs than Austin and Norman (plus Oklahoma City). Adding four large markets in Salt Lake City, Houston, Orlando and Cincinnati is a strong move. The Big 12 decided being the Big Eight was not good enough to ensure future high-dollar media deals. BYU, Houston, Central Florida and Cincinnati are expected to be officially approved to join the conference. This week the Big 12 Conference attempts to heal its wounds caused by the departure of Texas and Oklahoma. The ‘expansion world’ of college football spins again this week. By Ronald Evans 11 months ago Follow Tweet
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