Of all the non-Power Five teams in Texas, SMU is easily the best team able to make the jump right now. The Dallas area is also a great market to tap into even more, so this would be a win-win scenario for both. With the school in the heart of Dallas, geographically the move makes a great deal of sense. I still think SMU should be one of the teams the conference pursues. Whether they want to leave the FCS would be the issue, as why would they want to leave the great success they have, but if the Big 12 can show they are serious, money talks. The Bison have also quietly been a very solid basketball program that has made four March Madness appearances since 2009.
The Big 12 has long been lacked consistent competition throughout the league, and adding the FCS powerhouse can change that. The Bison have also beaten Iowa State, Kansas State and Kansas. They have won eight out of the last nine FCS championships and have wins against multiple Big Ten teams, one of them being Iowa in 2016 when the Hawkeyes were ranked 13th in the nation. It has control of the FCS level, and should they want to make the move up, they absolutely could provide some great competition. That is where North Dakota State comes in. Many are throwing out teams like Colorado State or Tulane, but if the Big 12 wants instant results, they should not being going after lower tier programs that are not consistently competing in their conference. Let’s take a look at the six teams that make the most sense for the Big 12 to pursue. Personally, I believe six is much more practical for the conference, as right now it is not the most appealing destination. The Big 12 needs to add, at the very minimum, four teams to get the conference back to 12 teams, but it should likely look into adding six to eight more teams to keep up with the rest of the college football world. When I first listed five teams that could join, I included USC as an honorable mention, but them joining was mutually inclusive with Texas and Oklahoma being in the conference so now that they are gone, and the Pac-12 is looking as content as ever, that is out the window. The eight teams can either stick together and join the AAC together, which I predicted at least five out of the eight would end up doing if they were to leave, or they can seek out new members to join and revive the what seems to be a barely afloat conference. Unless the Big Ten or ACC decide to open their doors, the Big 12 is standing alone in the corner at the party hoping for someone to talk to them. Realistically, this leaves the Big 12 with two plausible options. 26 that the Pac-12 is not interested in expanding the conference. The Big 12 teams hoped to join the Pac-12, but that dream was crushed when The Athletic reported on Aug. Unfortunately for the remaining eight Big 12 teams, that means they are on the outside looking in. The Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC recently announced they were forming an alliance. While many initially thought Texas and Oklahoma leaving would force the other Big 12 schools to do the same, we have recently learned that likely will not be happening either.
This announcement left the college football world in awe, and led to other conferences making similar plans to ensure their respective conference can remain as one of the powers. The two powerhouse programs kicked off the most impactful realignment ever with their plan to join the SEC.
Little did I realize, Texas and Oklahoma would inform the Big 12 of their plan to leave the conference weeks later. 14 Texas Tech falls to No.At the beginning of June, I listed a few possible suitors to join the Big 12 to help the conference get back to 12 teams. In the 2022 Big 12 Tournament, Texas Tech lost to Kansas 74-65 in the Big 12 championship. Notable Texas Tech basketball wins during the 2021-22 regular season came against nationally-ranked Texas and Baylor - in fact, the Red Raiders swept both teams. Guided by first-year head coach Mark Adams, the Red Raiders finished the 2021-22 season with an overall record of 23-8, including 12-6 in conference play. In the 2020-21 season, Texas Tech advanced to the NCAA Tournament but lost to Arkansas 68-66 in the second round of play. March Madness is back again and the Texas Tech basketball team will face Montana State in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
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