re: Oklahoma's academic peers: B1G or SEC

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Oklahoma's academics would be the laughingstock of the Big 10. It's SEC or bust for them. Too bad they won't get it.

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I read somewhere that they were making a hard push to improve academics and gain AAU status before the Big 12 GOR expires. OU is currenlty ranked with106th and tied with Iowa State and Kansas both of which are AAU schools. So them achieving AAU status is not that unthinkable. That would put them in much better position come tv negotation. I guess they feel like that could get them into the BIG or the PAC without Texas.

I doubt it would happen, but I could see the PAC-12 jumping for Texas and TTU/Rice and then taking KSU and OSU as filler teams. The PAC does have Oregon State (138th), Arizona State (129th-tied), Washington State (138th) and University of Utah (129th-tied). Kansas State is ranked #142 and Okie State is ranked #139. The only other options for the PAC to get to 16 would be to take UNM and UNLV/Nevada. Oklahoma and Kansas have more ppl than New Mexico and Nevada and OSU and KSU are ranked higher in academics that UNM (129th), University of Nevada (189) and UNLV (tier2). college rankings

Oklahoma (assuming OU gets AAU status) and Kansas could get invited to the BIG. OU is also set to play nebraska in 2021 and 2022 and that could be there chance to make their case.