The college football landscape officially changed in a big way on Friday when the Big 12 presidents and chancellors voted unanimously to accept Cincinnati, BYU, Houston and UCF into the conference.
Of course, the Big 12 adding four new members follows this summer’s news of Oklahoma and Texas announcing their plans to join the SEC in the coming years. So with those two on their ways out, BYU will drop its independent status while UCF, Houston and Cincinnati will leave the American Athletic Conference for the Big 12.
Both Oklahoma and Texas said they intend to remain part of the Big 12 through the first half of 2025, BYU said it plans to join the conference in the 2023-24 season and it’s not entirely clear when the other three schools will switch conferences.
But rather than get too far into the details of what’s known and unknown — and we already explained how the new Big 12 will impact college football fans — we’re here to judge and rank how these football teams and programs reacted to Friday’s big news.
Not in press releases or official statements, but here’s how those four football teams reacted on social media to the Big 12’s acceptance, ranked.
