For now, we know the Big 12 will now have four new teams come July 1 2023, the Cougars among them. BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston officially join on July 1, 2023. The earliest Big 12 game that could land on BYU’s schedule is the week of September 23. BYU opens the 2023 season against Sam Houston on September 2. Competitively, things are up for grabs, and that makes it really exciting. It is still undetermined what the conference alignment will look like come 2023. Non-conference games will tie up BYU’s first three weeks of the 2023 football schedule. BYU (61,647) and Iowa State (60,704) posted the largest average attendance among the new-look Big 12 teams last fall. Those games would be marquee events in Provo. To have the chance to play either of them at Lavell Edwards Stadium and the Marriott Center for two years would be huge for BYU. The Big 12 expanded from 10 to 14 teams for the 2023 season with the additions of former AAC schools Cincinnati, Houston and UCF as well as independent BYU. It’s not everyday you could have programs of that caliber come to Provo. The two programs may try to leave a year early in 2024 but it is still unknown how that will play out.įrom BYU’s perspective it would be beneficial for the Sooners and Longhorns to stay the full two years. If the Sooners and Longhorns stay until 2025 the conference will have 14 teams the for two years. The announcement of BYU, Cincinnati, UCF, and Houston being invited to the Big 12 came after news broke in 2021 that Oklahoma and Texas, the blue bloods of the conference, were set to leave and join the SEC in 2025. At the same time, this is a team that looks ready to return to Big 12 title contention after an aberration year in Brent Venables’ first in Norman. Looking forward to officially welcoming and to the Big 12 in 2023! - Texas Tech Red Raiders June 10, 2022
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