BYU will be joined by Cincinnati, UCF, and Houston entering the Big 12 on July 1, 2023. The three schools have reached exit agreements with the American Athletic Conference to leave the conference in 2023.
Each school will pay an extra $8 million as early exit fees on top of the initial $10 million that had been agreed upon to leave the AAC for the Big 12.
The newcomers received a warm welcome to the conference on social media from current members of the Big 12.
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The announcement of BYU, Cincinnati, UCF, and Houston being invited to the Big 12 came after news broke in 2021 that Oklahoma and Texas, the blue bloods of the conference, were set to leave and join the SEC in 2025.