This is the last season of the Big 12 as we know it. Next year, the league will add BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF to bring the count to 14 in preparation for the eventual departure of Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC for the 2025-26 school year.
We knew all of that, but a report that was released on Friday should help us understand how that 14-team football scheduling could work, and give an answer to murmurings that the two departing schools might try to exit early.
The Big 12 is finalizing a workable temporary 14-team football scheduling model for 2023 and 2024, according to a report by Chip Patterson and Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports released on Friday.