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Why did Mizzou leave the Big 12? ›

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By rushing the addition of the Aggies, the SEC had created a two division, 13 team conference for 2012. They needed an acceptable 14th team immediately to ease the scheduling issues created by the Aggies. While the Big 12 had strong candidates, the conference was still unstable.

Starting Aug. 2, 2024, the Conference is composed of 16 universities spanning 10 states and four time zones. The Big 12 members include Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah and West Virginia.

Recent News. Big 12 Conference, American collegiate athletic organization, composed of the Universities of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Christian, Texas Tech, and West Virginia universities.

Any team that moves ought to understand they're moving to a higher level of competition.” Nebraska, he said, does not regret its move and wasn't concerned about tougher competition when making its decision.

Texas and Oklahoma not only preferred to avoid playing the new Big 12 members, they wanted to join the SEC for Year 1 of its new TV deal with ESPN. The Big 12 eyed the substantial exit fee to supplement the new six-year media rights deal it negotiated with Fox and ESPN in October 2022.

The ACC is adding California, Stanford and SMU in 2024, giving the conference 15 full-time teams. Notre Dame is also a member in all sports but football, so that would make it 16. The Big 12 will be up to 16 teams in 2024 after two years of expansion.

The Pac-12 also reportedly offered membership to OU, OSU, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. Later the same month, Nebraska accepted an offer to join the Big Ten Conference. The move would be made official on July 1, 2011.

It was reasonable to look on from a distance and assume the invitation dropped in Cincinnati's lap after Texas and Oklahoma blindsided the Big 12 and the conference needed the Bearcats to help hold the league together.

Prior to 1960, Houston was a member of several athletic conferences including the Lone Star Conference, Gulf Coast Conference, and Missouri Valley Conference. From 1960 until 1971, Houston competed as an independent. From 1971 until 1996, Houston's sports teams were a part of the Southwest Conference.

BYU fields 21 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) varsity athletic teams. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference for all sports except men's volleyball which is a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

What conference is TCU in? ›

TCU is proud to compete at the highest level of NCAA Division I sports as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

The rivalry between Baylor University and Texas Christian University (TCU) runs deep, with an extensive history of competition in football, baseball, and several other sports. Until 1910 both TCU and Baylor called Waco their home.

Bye-bye Big 12, hello SEC: Texas and Oklahoma officially switch conferences. Members of the Texas Cowboys spirit group pose with Smokey the Cannon, Sunday, June 30, 2024, at the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, in celebration of the school's move from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference.

Missouri left the Big 12 for the SEC ahead of the 2012 season. Missouri was a founding member of the Big 12 Conference. Uncertainty in the Big 12 amid the launch of Texas' Longhorn Network caused frustration.

While it made for a good story, Mizzou Director of Athletics Desiree Reed-Francois says it didn't happen. “We did not refuse the Liberty Bowl,” Reed-Francois told PowerMizzou.com in a phone interview from Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon. “We did not refuse to play Kansas.”

Part of a larger NCAA conference realignment that began in the 2010–11 academic year and continued through 2013–14, the Big 12 was one of the more severely impacted conferences. In all, four schools left during this cycle (Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas A&M) and two joined (West Virginia, TCU).

Big 12, Mizzou, A&M reach buyout terms

Missouri's and Texas A&M's price tags for leaving the Big 12 will be $12.41 million each, the conference announced on Tuesday. In fall 2010, both schools announced they would be leaving the Big 12 on July 1, 2012.