Houston and Brigham Young are the top Big 12 expansion candidates, according to an ESPN poll of the league's football coaches.
On the condition of anonymity, the league's 10 coaches participated in the poll. Each chose his top two candidates among schools not currently in a Power 5 program.
Houston and BYU each received five votes.
Cincinnati and Memphis tied for third with four votes each, followed by Colorado State and UCF with one vote apiece.
Other teams expected to be considered by the Big 12 include USF and UConn.