Max Olson of The Athletic reported today that the Big 12 is discussing expansion, and if it expands, the league adding four teams. Those four are BYU, Cincinnati, UCF and Houston.
Three of those make complete sense to me. Olson’s prior reporting (he’s the most plugged-in Big 12 expansion guy; take his reporting to the bank) is that BYU would have added value in 2016. Without Texas’ opposition to BYU’s honor code, there’s no reason to exclude the Cougars. Cincinnati and UCF are additional large markets—even if that’s not as big of a factor now—and have quality football programs.