Big 12 invites Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, UCF to join conference

The Big 12 Conference announced Friday that they person extended rank invitations to Cincinnati, Houston, Brigham Young University, and Central Florida to articulation its conference.

The Big 12 said the 8 continuing members unanimously approved the determination of the conference.

According to the Associated Press, BYU is slated to articulation the Big 12 successful each its sports by 2023.

UCF, Houston, and Cincinnati are successful the American Athletic Conference, which according to the AP, requires its schools to springiness the league 27 months’ announcement if they program to leave.

"Today’s quality confirms what we person said each on regarding our presumption arsenic a powerfulness conference," AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco said successful a statement. "The irony that 3 of our schools are being asked to instrumentality the spot of the 2 marquee schools which are leaving the Big 12 is not mislaid connected us. Our league was targeted for exceeding expectations successful a strategy that wasn’t designed to accommodate our success."

The news comes aft the University of Oklahoma and Texas announced successful July that they were leaving the Big 12 to articulation the Southeastern Conference.

OU and Texas are acceptable to articulation the SEC successful 2025.