Big 12 Expansion Candidates, Ranked

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesHello friends. Welcome to the longest part of the offseason. I don’t know why but this one feels especially long and lacking in things to talk about. We all know what’s about to drop. In fact, I’d probably “parlay” some bad news for the football program with some news about the conference coming soon. But that’s been the story for months. We’re on week 5 or 6 of being about a week away from news dropping. So what are we supposed to do while we wait? How about a little old fashioned debate? Conference realignment is all the rage right now, and the Big 12 is in a position of strength for once. There’s been a number of schools linked to the conference, and I say it’s time to actually power rank them. There’s no ACC schools on the list right now. Once that looks like a possibility, Louisville and Pittsburgh will immediately jump a bunch of these schools.

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