The Big 12 is officially adding members.
The conference made its expansion response to the departures of Oklahoma and Texas official on Friday and formally invited BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF to join the conference. The approval and invitation was procedural; the four teams applied to join the conference earlier this week with the full knowledge that they would be approved as members.
It means that the Big 12 now has a strong response to the departure of its two most high-profile schools.
“Today’s actions were in accordance with Big 12 Conference Bylaw 1.