There were rumblings that the Big 12 would collapse before their recent additions, with those remaining schools swallowed up by other power conferences. The rumors are wild and anything could happen next as these conferences balance and acquire new members from each other. These resulting moves will force counter moves from other conferences and will continue to complicate this cycle of realignment on a national scale. As rumors ran rampant, the Big 12 acted last week, officially adding Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF from the AAC, while also grabbing BYU, a WCC school in basketball that plays independent FBS football. The process was kickstarted when Oklahoma and Texas announced their intentions to depart the Big 12 for the SEC.
