The University of Cincinnati, currently with the American Athletic Conference, will officially head to the Big 12 Conference.
The university announced Friday it has accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 by no later than July 1, 2024.
“With 25 years of history, 69 team national champions and 702 individual national champions to its name, the Big 12 ranks among the nation’s premiere athletic conferences,” UC President Neville G. Pinto said. “UC’s membership in this Power 5 conference will position us for even greater success both on and off the field.”
With that news, let's take a look at the schools currently in the Big 12 conference:
Big 12 Conference teams:
- Baylor
- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma*
- Oklahoma State
- TCU
- Texas*
- Texas Tech
- West Virginia
*Texas and Oklahoma will be leaving the Big 12 to join the Southeastern Conference in July 2025.