FWST: Here’s why the Big 12 should stay at ten teams

Expansion ramifications involve long-term legal entanglements between conference members. Methods to determine college football’s annual national champion can be altered more easily in the short term.

That is why you can expect Big 12 administrators to move at a glacial pace on the topic of expansion when compared to the warp speed preferred by college football fans. Especially the fans who cheer for Brigham Young, Cincinnati, Houston, Connecticut, Memphis, Central Florida, South Florida, SMU and other schools that clamor for Big 12 invitations to achieve membership in a Power 5 conference.

Although expansion will be a topic for discussion by Big 12 presidents at the league’s spring meetings, May 31-June 3 in Irving, there are compelling reasons to keep the 10-team status quo despite evidence that shows the league could benefit in its College Football Playoff pursuits by expanding.

Among them: …