Report: AAC attempting to take all eight remaining Big 12 members

Texas and Oklahoma seem to have their next conference destination figured out. According to Ross Dellinger of Sports Illustrated, both schools are expected to be extended invitations to the SEC and then accept. The deal is all but finished.

As for the other eight schools… They seem to be out of luck at the moment. Reports of the Big Ten calling Iowa State and Kansas turned out to be false, while West Virginia and the ACC seem to be flirting with each other.

If everything works out how the Red River schools hope, the Big 12 will be at eight members come the 2022 football season.

Unless the American Athletic Conference makes a run at them. According to Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, the AAC is attempting to take all eight remaining members of the Big 12. Earlier reports stated just three to five, but a full merge of the conferences is wanted.

As things stand, there are 11 football and basketball members in the AAC, with Navy and Wichita State switching out. SMU is as west as the conference goes, the Temple being all the way up in Philadelphia. Location does not scare the conference.

The question then becomes whether or not the AAC would become a powerhouse football conference. Oklahoma State and TCU would ideally fit in as the big boys, with UCF still on the rise with Gus Malzhan. Cincinnati and Memphis have made New Year’s Six bowl games recently as well.

From a basketball standpoint, it becomes one of the best in the country.

Sadly, football money rules all. Comparing it to the SEC, Big Ten, and even Pac-12, and the AAC would still be behind the remaining four power conferences.

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