Big 12 expansion decision looming; Houston Cougars, BYU football in considersation

Presidents from the conference institutions were booked for all day meetings Monday in Dallas with a decision on expanding the Big 12 possible.

Among the schools under consideration for expansion are Air Force, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and Wyoming.

The Big 12 is the smallest of the major conferences - comprised of the Power 5, this includes the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference - and presidents have been split on whether to expand, and which schools to invite.

In recent years, the Big Ten poached Nebraska from the Big 12 and Missouri and Texas A&M joined the Southeastern Conference.

Oklahoma president David Borden said the league was at a "psychological" disadvantage as the smallest of the major college athletics leagues. He said in June expansion is no sure thing, while West Virginia president Gordon Gee supported adding to the conference but called the conversations "very complicated."

Sports Illustrated reported ESPN and FOX have been in talks to pay the conference to nix expansion.