. . .only if they can persuade some poor sucker to join.They've floated that they want Boise State. But Boise State wants to go to the Big 12 once Missouri leaves.
Big 12:
COMMITTED
<Old Big 8>
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
<Old SWC>
Texas
Texas Tech
Baylor
OUT
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas A&M
<Missouri?>
IN
Texas Christian
<Boise State?>
<BYU?>
As long as Texas and Oklahoma stay put, it looks like the Big 12 will survive, although it might drop to a 10-team league. (But it can't become the Big 10 -- that name is taken.) The Big East, though, seems destined to become the new Conference-USA, with a similar level of prestige.