I was looking over the AP top 25 and when I got to the bottom and looked at the teams receiving votes I noticed something kind of interesting. If the last case scenario were to happen and the Big 12 was forced to expand and went with 12 teams by adding Cincy, BYU, UCF and Houston they would have the second most teams receiving votes in the AP behind the SEC. Those teams obviously don't bring what OU or Texas do to the table but they would bring some value and would probably be better conference partners. What I found by including those four teams with the Big 12 and OU and Texas in the SEC was that the SEC would have 9 teams receiving votes, the Big 12 would have 8, the Big10 would have 7 and the PAC 12 and ACC each would have 6.
I know its just preseason voting but it does show some level of respect teams get by even receiving votes and the expanded BIG 12 would be represented fairly well. Now I'm not advocating this to be option # 1 but if the BIG10 and/or PAC don't expand and extend us an invite I do think there is some value to adding those 4 teams to the BIG 12 as long as P5 status is retained, an auto bid is included and we can get close to what we're receiving now from new media rights.
I know its just preseason voting but it does show some level of respect teams get by even receiving votes and the expanded BIG 12 would be represented fairly well. Now I'm not advocating this to be option # 1 but if the BIG10 and/or PAC don't expand and extend us an invite I do think there is some value to adding those 4 teams to the BIG 12 as long as P5 status is retained, an auto bid is included and we can get close to what we're receiving now from new media rights.
| SEC | Big 12 | Big 10 | Pac 12 | ACC |
| Alabama | Iowa State | Ohio State | Oregon | Clemson |
| Oklahoma | Cincinnati | Wisconsin | USC | Notre Dame |
| Georga | Oklahoma State | Indiana | Washington | North Carolina |
| Texas A&M | TCU | Iowa | Utah | Miami |
| Florida | BYU | Penn State | Arizona State | North Carolina State |
| LSU | Houston | Michigan | UCLA | Boston College |
| Texas | UCF | Northwestern | ||
| Ole Miss | West Virginia | |||
| Auburn | ||||
| 9 of 16 | 8 of 12 | 7 of 14 | 6 of 12 | 6 of 16 |
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