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Big 12 is a 10: Bowlsby says no talk of expanding league

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bob Bowlsby sat on the podium at midfield of the massive NFL stadium where the Big 12 plays its championship game, talking about the successes of the smallest Power Five conference before getting a familiar question about the possibility of expansion.

The commissioner said there is no talk about adding to the league's current 10 schools.

"We have had no expansion discussion at any level. We like the 10 we have," Bowlsby said Monday at the start of the conference's football media days. "I don't expect that to be an active topic on anybody's agenda within the conference anytime in the foreseeable future.