The Big 12 has left the door open for expansion by two or four teams in the near future and there are a number of schools hoping to be added to the conference, including BYU, which is currently an independent in football.
According to Fox Sports' Stewart Mandel, Athlete Ally and the National Center for Lesbian Rights wrote a letter to the Big 12 -- one co-signed by 23 other LGBT advocacy groups -- urging the Big 12 to remove BYU from consideration for expansion due to the school's Honor Code, which they believe includes discriminatory policies.