NCAA Conference Landscape

During the last few weeks, we thought the landscape of college sports, especially NCAA football, was changing bigger than ever before right before our eyes.  But all the speculation of super-conferences is over now - for now. 

The Big 12

The Big 12 lost two universities in the last few week when Colorado jumped ship to the Pac 10 and Nebraska defected to the Big 10. The only thing that held the Big 12 together was the University of Texas. There decision to stay convinced the other teams being recruited (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Texas A&M) to stay as well.

Conference Names

So, as of now, the Big 12 has 10 teams and the Big 10 has twelve teams. Its a little confusing, but the Big 10 has been playing with 11 teams since Penn State joined in what seems like ages ago.

The Pac 10 currently has 11 teams, but is looking to add Utah as the 12th team. It is hard to believe that Utah will turn the invitation down since they have been snubbed by the BCS quite a few times this past decade. Moving to a BCS conference will only give more creditability to one of the most powerful and successful non-BCS teams since the BCS was formed.