Is conference re-alignment and expansion heading for another round? Will the Big Ten be a part?
You said 14, right?
And you’re right. At least for now.
But the Big 12, with it’s ten schools (a least they can’t make jokes about the Big Ten = 14) is talking expansion. And they’re talking from a position that some would say is desperation.
Of all the P5 conferences, the Big 12 is the smallest and the weakest, in terms of money, numbers, and influence. And there are more than a few people within the conference who feel that other conferences (read B1G and SEC) could look to the south and west to start picking off its members to strengthen their own positions.