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Daily Bears Reports 7/20- Expansion Talk

The Big 12 seems certain to expand after the members voted unanimously to explore the next options in the process. Whether that expansion is to 12 or 14 teams remains. Expansion could also mean some members are football only- making it easier for BYU and their no Sunday games policy- or full members in all sports. The Big 12 is unpredictable, so who knows where this all ends up.

Candidates include: Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, UCF, USF, UNLV, and Tulane.

Connecticut and Cincinnati are the most preferred Big 12 expansion candidates, according to David Ubben of Sports on Earth:

Multiple Big 12 sources indicated that Cincinnati and Connecticut top the Big 12's "fluid," so-called "wish list," but Oklahoma president David Boren noted that the Big 12 is still open to expanding by two or four teams.