Though the Big 12 and the fact that it only has ten teams remains a hot topic of conversation, what is about to be shared turn up the heat, even though it didn’t actually happen. In a report by Lee Barfknecht of the Omaha World-Herald, there was at one point talk of having Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Kansas and Iowa State depart for the Big Ten some years back and form an eight-team division along with Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Minnesota.
That ultimately didn’t happen, as Texas A&M left for the SEC with Missouri, with Nebraska and Colorado having departed the Big 12 the year before.