NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Everybody in the American Athletic Conference is prepared for the storm. Publicly, nobody is panicking.
The AAC held its annual gathering in New England to eat lobster, kick off its fourth football season and start talking about what happens if the conference loses members to Big 12 expansion.
“I cannot stand here this morning and ignore the recent Big 12 news regarding realignment,” Commissioner Mike Aresco said during his state of the conference address Tuesday. “Although I do want to address it at the outset, I’m not going to dwell on it.”
Coming off a successful 2015 on the field that included 10 victories against Power Five teams and four teams ranked in the Top 25 at some point, the conference is again facing uncertainty.