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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129497224" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Cincinnati, USF, UConn and UCF in that order all rank higher than multiple BIG 12 schools in academic rankings in the Center for World University Rankings.&nbsp; All have very high research standing as well.&nbsp; For success athletically though, UConn stands out for multiple national championships in two sports, Cincinnati has multiple conference championships in football and has multiple 9 win seasons or better under several different coaches.&nbsp; Both UC and UConn stand out for basketball success--playing in the NCAA tournament and delivering millions to their conferences over the years.&nbsp; Recruiting Cincinnati and the Florida schools would have to have the upper hand, but no one has put more people into the NFL than UConn over the last several years out of that group, so they must be doing some things right on the football field.&nbsp; They all add 1 million or more new tv and cable households.&nbsp; UConn is the only state flagship left and the only school that has current networks in place similar to other BIG 12 schools.&nbsp; Geographically Cincinnati fits best.Its going to be interesting to see what they decide to do with these schools.&nbsp; Really don't expect surprises though,&nbsp; everyone knows the candidates.&nbsp; A surprise would be if they added all four, which they probably should go ahead and do.&nbsp; The ACC is not getting ready to collapse and the first conference to finish its grants of rights will be the Pac 12&nbsp; around 2024.&nbsp; That's just too far off to deal with now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129497224, member: 1428007"] Cincinnati, USF, UConn and UCF in that order all rank higher than multiple BIG 12 schools in academic rankings in the Center for World University Rankings. All have very high research standing as well. For success athletically though, UConn stands out for multiple national championships in two sports, Cincinnati has multiple conference championships in football and has multiple 9 win seasons or better under several different coaches. Both UC and UConn stand out for basketball success--playing in the NCAA tournament and delivering millions to their conferences over the years. Recruiting Cincinnati and the Florida schools would have to have the upper hand, but no one has put more people into the NFL than UConn over the last several years out of that group, so they must be doing some things right on the football field. They all add 1 million or more new tv and cable households. UConn is the only state flagship left and the only school that has current networks in place similar to other BIG 12 schools. Geographically Cincinnati fits best. Its going to be interesting to see what they decide to do with these schools. Really don't expect surprises though, everyone knows the candidates. A surprise would be if they added all four, which they probably should go ahead and do. The ACC is not getting ready to collapse and the first conference to finish its grants of rights will be the Pac 12 around 2024. That's just too far off to deal with now. [/QUOTE]

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