Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA were all targeting 2023 to make the switch from C-USA to the American. The new-look AAC is also preparing to have 14 teams in 2023, with six schools from Conference USA having already accepted invitations. Houston won the American men’s basketball title last season and reached the Final Four in 2021. Houston, which lost to Cincinnati in last season’s title game, has one conference title. UCF has also won two AAC football titles (2017-18). Oats steers Alabama to March Madness in a turbulent seasonĬincinnati has won the last two AAC football championships and reached the College Football Playoff last season.
Both spoke on condition of anonymity because neither the conference nor the schools are releasing terms of the agreement. The AAC said its remaining members agreed to terminate the memberships of Cincinnati, Houston and UCF, effective July 1, 2023.Įach departing school agreed to pay the AAC $18 million, with more than half paid out by 2024 and the rest due over a period of 12 years, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
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The American requires its members give more than two years’ notice before they can leave the conference, plus a $10 million exit fee.
The three schools announced in September they had accepted invitations to join the Big 12, which moved quickly to a rebuild its membership after Texas and Oklahoma revealed they planned to join the Southeastern Conference in 2025.Īlong with the addition of BYU in 2023, the Big 12 is set to be a 14-team conference for two years.
The Big 12’s decision to add teams comes shortly after the Pac-12 Conference announced that it is not seeking to expand from its current 12-school membership.The American Athletic Conference announced an agreement Friday with Cincinnati, Houston and UCF that paves the way for the schools to join the Big 12 in 2023. UCF doesn’t have a swimming & diving program. (BYU is in the West Coast Conference for sports other than football).Ĭincinnati and BYU each sponsor men’s and women’s teams in swimming & diving, while Houston sponsors a women’s-only team. If they were to leave sooner, they could pay an increased penalty. The schools are required to give 27-month notice should they want to exit, and would each pay a $10 million exit fee. UCF, Houston and Cincinnati are currently all part of the American Athletic Conference. The news comes less than two months after powerhouses Texas and Oklahoma announced they are leaving the Big 12 for the SEC by July 2025, so there could be a couple of years of overlap with the new teams, leading to a temporary 14-team league. The new teams are expected to join the conference by the 2024-25 season at the latest - BYU, which is an independent school in football - will join for the 2023-24 season. Presidents and chancellors from the eight other continuing members unanimously approved the additions in a vote on Friday, and all four schools accepted their invitations shortly thereafter, the conference announced. The Big 12 is officially poised to add BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and the University of Central Florida to its ranks just over a week after it indicated it was planning to expand. Share Big 12 Conference Approves Expansion With BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF on LinkedIn.Share Big 12 Conference Approves Expansion With BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF on Pinterest.Submit Big 12 Conference Approves Expansion With BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF to Reddit.Tweet Big 12 Conference Approves Expansion With BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF.Share Big 12 Conference Approves Expansion With BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF on Facebook.
September 10th, 2021 AAC, Big 12, College, News
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