It included ASU and Arizona as options.Īrizona State (62.5%) and Arizona (61.9%) received the most votes as potential expansion candidates, ahead of Memphis (45.9%), Boise State (30.9%), SMU (29.8%) and Colorado State (21%) in the site's poll. The Athletic recently published a survey of fans in the Big 12 conference regarding conference expansion. More: Are Pac-12 schools ASU, Arizona a package deal in college conference realignment? Survey: ASU, Arizona favorites among favorites to join Big 12 Plus, who wouldn’t want to see a night game in Tempe, Arizona in October? The football program is in a bit of turmoil right now with the NCAA investigation, which almost convinced me to leave them off this list, but adding the national runner-ups in Golf and a Top 10 softball program gives them the nod." Adding ASU gives Arizona a proper boarding partner and it adds another upper echelon athletic program to the conference. Of ASU, he wrote: "I’m going to take the Sun Devils here for a lot of the same reasons that I took Utah. More: Pac-12 has been 'fractured' by Big Ten, Big 12 conference realignment, expansion chatter Heartland Sports: Top Big 12 expansion candidates from Pac-12īryan Clinton listed Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado as top candidates to join the Big 12. The Wildcats would also bring a nationally established brand to the table in basketball and a competitive baseball program." Meanwhile, the upside to getting Arizona into the Big 12 would be adding the valuable Phoenix-area TV market and the recruiting grounds in that state. Sustainable success was a hard ask in the last few decades for the Arizona football program. The Arizona Wildcats do get the bottom spot on this list thanks to the poor state of the football program. I also don’t believe that there is much of a gap in terms of the attractiveness between the two Arizona schools. Miller wrote of Arizona: "Since the Arizona schools would essentially come as a package deal for the Big 12 in the expansion conversation, it makes sense to keep them together on this list. 6 among possible Pac-12 expansion teams for the Big 12, with ASU No. More: Ranking Pac-12 expansion candidates: Best fits to join conference amid college realignment Fansided: Ranking the six Pac-12 candidates for expansionĪndrew Miller ranked Arizona No. More: Ranking Big Ten expansion candidates: Best fits to join conference in college realignment More: ASU's Michael Crow slammed for 2019 Pac-12 comments amid college conference realignment Take a look at who those sites say are the best options to join the Big 12. Several sites have ranked potential candidates to join the conference, should it decide to expand. Speculation and rumors surrounding the future of the Big 12 continues to run rampant. The Big 12 is already set to add Cincinnati, Houston, BYU and UCF upon losing Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC.īut could the conference further expand amid college conference realignment?
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