By: Audra Thomas
In recent
years during college sports, there have been many changes throughout the
conferences. Some conferences got better and some of them became worse.
In past
years, changes to the Big 12 included both Missouri and Texas A&M leaving
to go to the South Eastern Conference. Taking the place of those teams was West
Virginia and TCU. The Big 12 is now made up of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas
State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Baylor, and TCU.
The Big 12
lost four teams and gained two in West Virginia and TCU. This is viewed as a good move for both teams
since they were leaving weaker conferences for bigger and better things. They also received a big financial increase
with TV contracts and better sponsors.
One big
change was the American Conference, which is completely new. It is made up of Cincinnati, Memphis,
Louisville, Connecticut, Southern Methodist, Houston, Rutgers, UCF, South
Florida, and Temple. These teams mostly
came from the Big East and old CUSA.
There were
also many changes in other conferences, one of them being the Big East. Three teams joined the conference, Creighton
from Missouri Valley, Xavier and Butler from Atlantic 10. In the ACC, Syracuse, Pittsburg, and Notre
Dame joined after leaving the Big East conference.
Changes to
come in the next year are Maryland leaving the ACC for the Big 10.
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