[ISUKappa]

The scuttlebutt that I've been reading is the four (possibly five depending on what TxA&M decides to do - Pac10 or SEC if they offer) BigXII South teams minus Baylor will state their intent to move to the Pac10 on Tuesday. I can't really see a conservative school like Baylor being offered if Stanford, Cal, etc... have always had issues with adding BYU. If A&M goes west with the rest of the south, then the Pac10 has their 16 teams and they're done.

The most encouraging talk for me personally is that the four schools left from the Big XII North band together and join the Big East, bringing their football schools to 12. Basketball schools would be at 20, which is getting large, but doable if you split into two 10-team conferences. There's always the chance that the conference gets raided by the Big 10 or ACC at some point in the future, but adding TV markets and schools with tradition such as KU (basketball) and those that have had recent success in FB (KSU, Mizzou and even ISU to a point) would definitely strengthen the conference and help ease the pain if some schools did decide to pursue other affiliations down the road.