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Something not mentioned in all of this back and forth.
The Big 10 has very strict accredition standards in order to be offered as a member. The University has to be AAU accredited at the time of there offer.
Note: PAC12 also has this but might not be as strict.
So of the current Big 12 schools only KU and Iowa State are AAU schools. Which is why all of a sudden that is who the Big 10 is looking at.
Texas and OU are not hence no invite in the past.
Univ. of Neb is the only current Big 10 school without the active AAU standard however they were accredited in 2010 when accepted. Also why there is so much current drama with the Huskers and Big 10.
Baylor, TT, OSU, K State, TCU and WV will all be left without a spot and based on the past way conferences handled expansion, That leaves the AAC or ACC as only current options that would take them if the Big 12 goes away. Which is why I think the Big 12 stays with KU and Iowa State. Fences are mended with Houston and SMU from the Big 8 days to get back to 10 teams. If they want 12 teams UC and UCF will be the other 2 in my opinion. WV is happy that UC is there as a rival. The UCF is the only way to at least get into deep SEC land for some players.
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