But after considerable discussion continuing into the football season, the Big 12 ultimately chose not to add any schools.
During this year’s event, moved to the Dallas Cowboys’ beautiful Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, Bowlsby discussed several different topics, including the Big 12's lackluster overall performance during college football’s playoff era.
In the three years since the creation of the College Football Playoff, the Big 12 has had just once participant - Oklahoma - that coming during year two of the playoffs in 2015.
In the inaugural season of the playoff era, the Big 12’s top two teams, TCU and Baylor, were left out of the equation, and last year, no team had a strong enough regular season record to merit legitimate consideration, even though Oklahoma produced an undefeated record in conference play and routed Auburn, 35-19, in the Sugar Bowl.