Reports spread quickly on Thursday morning after The Athletic’s Max Olson broke the news that BYU, Cincinnati, UCF, and Houston have emerged as the frontrunners to join the Big 12 Conference.
On Friday morning two big developments occurred. First, Mark Berman of Fox 26 Houston is reporting that Big 12 Presidents will have a conference call on Monday to discuss expansion and issuing invitations to BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, and Central Florida.
Meanwhile, Brett McMurphy of Action Network HQ reported that offers to join could go out as early as next month, and BYU could join as early as next year (with the other three joining shortly thereafter).