ESPN reported on June 11 that Texas , Texas Tech , and the two Oklahoma schools were prepared to accept an invitation from the Pac-10 . The report also indicated that Texas A&M was torn between the Pac-10 and SEC and was given a 72-hour deadline to decide on its future destination . Meanwhile , Baylor announced that it would wait and see what the final outcome of the Big 12 's realignment would be before making any final decision concerning where they would go if the Big 12 dissolved . On June 14 , ESPN , citing sources within the Big 12 , initially reported that Texas , Texas Tech , Oklahoma , and Oklahoma State would join the Pac-10 no later than June 15 , while Texas A&M was now most likely to opt for the SEC . The remaining Big 12 schools Baylor , Iowa State , Kansas , Kansas State , and Missouri may have been left to find new leagues , with early speculation pointing to a possible move for some of those schools to the Mountain West or Big East conferences . Kansas men 's basketball coach Bill Self stated , on the day that TCU announced its entry into the Big East , that had the Big 12 collapsed the Big East would have offered membership to Kansas , Kansas State , Iowa State , and Missouri
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment