Just a Bunch of Info . . . unformated and pasted for BYU to the BIG XII
First time visitor here . . . but long-time college sports and BYU fan. I've lived in SEC, BigXII, Big 10, ACC, and PAC 10 country at different times in my life and have always had my pulse on college football in particular. Currently, I reside in Baton Rouge, LA and am married to a Alabama grad. I live and breath college sports . . . especially football. I liked my last trip to Big XII country for sure . . . watching my Cougs take down the Sooners at the christening of Jerry's World in Arlington was awesome. We also got around 20K fans to that game making a good showing for the travel potential of our team.
Anyways, most hard core BYU fans have felt that we'd fit better in the Big XII than the PAC 10 (the opposite of Colorado) and have pined for the last few years for such a time to come. With Nebraska and CU jumping ship we see this as our opportunity.
First, do you really believe in this 10-team conference is long-term? I know Mack and Bob have made comments about how they hate the Conf champ game, but now that the Big 10 and PAc 10 will be having them I think they have less room to complain. The revenue from the title game is hard to pass up as well, and we know that the coaches don't call these shots anyways.
Beyond that, assume that the Big XII needs to add 2 teams. Beebe has said that if teams are added, they'd be from states "outside the current footprint" of the Big XII (no TCU or Houston). Arkansas has been bantered around, but looks like they might be staying in the SEC. Jerry Jones wants his Hogs and Notre Dame in, but he doesn't always get what he wants (Does he?). If Arkansas does make the jump who would be the next team? I've heard BYU, Louisville, and Air Force are possibilities. What do y'all think of BYU as a potential Big XII member? And is "no Sunday play" gonna be a deal breaker?
At our main board http://www.cougarboard.com/ I posted convincing evidence that BYU's athletics program is much better currently and historically than Utah's and have pasted that in below for your perusal (consider it our resume). Many of the numbers will pale in comparison to powerhouse programs like yours . . . but we're definitely THE powerhouse of non-AQ schools AND much better currently than MOST BCS conference schools in many areas. We've done ourselves quite proud working from the arena of not being in a BCS conference. (plus, you'll never have to worry about NCAA sanctions against us 
. . . we've never even been investigated). So here you go . . .
University Enrollment (2009):
BYU: Over 35,000
Utah: Over 26.000
Total Alumni--living (active chapters):
BYU: 370,000 (105)
Utah: 210,000 (15)
Athletics Booster Organizations--Members (Satellite Chapters):
Cougar Club: "nearly 4,000" (15)
Crimson Club: 4,400 (ZERO) . . . Utes give free membership to all recent graduates for at least one year . . . artificially inflating their numbers.
TV markets/Fan base
This is difficult to quantify for various reasons. We all know SLC is a low-mid 30's media market and that BYU has more of a handle on this market than Utah does. But that is about the extent of the Utah fan base by in large. Being a state-run school it tends to draw in-state students that then tend to stay in state . . . all of this at a much higher rate than BYU students. BYU can claim significant fan bases (whether BYU grads, or LDS-cheerers) in the following top-50 media markets: LA #2, Bay-area #6, Phoenix #12, Seattle #14, Denver #18, Sacramento #20, Portland #23, San Diego #27, and Las Vegas #43. Then, add high concentrations of BYU fans in niche markets (Idaho, Hawaii, smaller CA markets), and respectable clusters of fans/alumni/LDS in other top media markets (Dallas/FW #5 and D.C. #9) and you truly have a national following of which TV contracts negotiators will take note. In fact, during the '90s, BYU frequently appeared on ESPN and, according to our associate athletic director, BYU had five of the top 10 highest-rated football telecasts in ESPN history (at least up until that point). As that link also shows, Utah cannot quite match BYU even in it's home market, and it pales in comparison outside the Wasatch front. One recent opinion piece summed it up nicely while suggesting that BYU take Colorado's place in the BigXII:
"BYU replaces Colorado. When it comes to the premiere sport, and what realignment is all about, the Cougars have the Buffs beat hands down. They play better football and have been a perennial top-20 team that consistently gets into, and performs well in bowls. They play in a bigger stadium (64,000+ versus 50,000) to sold out crowds. And they have much better TV ratings. Their home market, Salt Lake City, is smaller than Denver by about 35 percent and they split it with Utah. Colorado, however, also shares the Denver market with Colorado State, Air Force, the Broncos of the NFL, and until the end of September, pro baseball. Salt Lake is also one of the fastest growing markets in the country. By taking BYU the Big 12 can draw a line n the sand and compete against the PAC, who is busy grabbing Utah in said Salt Lake market. Although the Utes have performed well as of late, BYU has a larger following in the Salt Lake City market and a longer legacy of football success. With their LDS affiliation, BYU also has a big national following, and per ESPN figures is one of the best draws in the nation from a television rating standpoint. Simply stated, The Cougs draw wellat home, away, and on the tube. Therefore, the Big 12 can actually grab the premier team in the Salt Lake market, one that has a national following, defend themselves against further PAC incursions, and actually increase their revenue. Finally, the Cougars also perform well in other sports, while Colorado does not."LDS population by State
(Just as an FYI)
Arizona: 374,839 members, 784 congregations
California: 757,900 members, 1,356 congregations
Colorado: 139,887 members, 288 congregations
Idaho: 410,764 members, 1,063 congregations
Iowa: 24,229 members, 68 congregations
Kansas: 33,798 members, 75 congregations
Missouri:65,122 members, 144 congregations
Nebraska:22,372 members, 61 congregations
Nevada:174,639 members, 317 congregations
New Mexico:66187 members, 132 congregations
Oklahoma:42,515 members, 83 congregations
Oregon:146,429 members, 306 congregations
Texas: 286,902 members, 554 congregations
Utah:1,884,377 members, 4,734 congregations
Washington:263,710 members, 503 congregations
Wyoming:61,430 members, 151 congregations
Athletic Revenue (2007-8)
BYU: $36.7 million (64th nationally . . . 2nd in MWC behind TCU's 57th; but TCU, followed by BYU, were the top two non-AQ revenue teams in the nation; meaning that 62 out of the top 63 revenue earning NCAA schools were from BCS conferences . . . that revenue-sharing for TV contracts and bowl payouts goes a long way, eh?
Utah: $26.9 million (80th nationally . . . SEVENTH in the MWC, and 13th among non-AQ schools)
Additionally, this Database search of PUBLIC ONLY NCAA teams in 2004-5 had Utah at $25.5 million . . . which was behind UNM and SDSU (safely presumable that they were behind BYU, TCU, and AFA that year as well) . . . and barely ahead of UNLV.
A cash-cow Utah Althletics is not.
Athletics Budget (2009):
BYU: $30 million (spending much less than we made)
Utah: $27 million(spending a tad more than they made)
Football Attendance (2009):
BYU: 64,497 capacity . . . sold out 20 consecutive times (only 20-25 teams NATIONALLY average a sell out each year). 26-27th nationally for total average attendance per home game for the last 4 years (Source for this and below)
Utah: 45,017 capacity . . . often sell out (but usually only the bigger games or in the better years as evidenced by plenty of empty seats being plainly noticeable for games against "lesser" teams every year.) Utes came in at 49-57th nationally for total average attendance per home game for last 4 years.
Basketball Attendance (2009):
BYU: 17th nationally at 14,097 per home game (Marriott Center capacity 22,700; 62% full . . . we can definitely do better here!)
Utah: 56th nationally at 9,202 per home game (Huntsman Center capacity 15,000; 61% full)
BYU has averaged over 13K and Utah averaged UNDER 10K for the last four years running.
Now switching gears from demographics and financial matters to athletic accomplishments . . .
Sears Director's Cup Standings--total final ranking of all NCAA sports (current and incomplete 2009-2010):
BYU: 34th (should go up quite a bit with our strong softball and track finishes this year)
Utah: 67th
Average of last decade: BYU 29th-ish, Utah 60th (also, BYU averaged in the mid to high teens through most of the 1990s . . . we want Rhondo back!!)
Deseret Duel (started in 2007):
BYU 2 wins, Utah. 1 win (BYU owned Utes in 2009-10 with final tally of 45-15)
NCAA Football National Titles:
BYU: 1984
Utah: None
BCS Games/wins:
BYU: None (though snubbed at least twice and not invited to play 1995 & 2001)
Utah: 2 games and 2 wins (same BCS performance as State
Bowl Games (record):
BYU 28 (10-17-1)
Utah 15 (12-3) . . . Utes are, admittedly, amazing in Bowl games.
HARDWARE . . . (This and other BYU Hardware link here)
Heisman Trophies:
BYU: Ty Detmer (1991)
Utah: None
Doak Walker Awards:
BYU: Luke Staley (2001)
Utah: None
Davey O'Brien Award:
BYU: Four (1981-91)
Utah: None
Sammy Baugh Trophy:
BYU: Seven (1974-1996)
Utah None
Outland Trophy:
BYU: Two (1985-9)
Utah: None
(sensing a pattern here on the grid-iron?)
Wooden Award
BYU: Danny Ainge (1981) . . . oh yeah, and Jimmer Freddette will win it this year.
Utah: Andrew Bogut (2005)
All-Americans (all-time and all sports):
BYU: 1060
Utah: Couldn't find it, but I'd wager quite a hefty sum that it's much less than a thousand.
Academic All-MWConferenc 2009-10:
BYU 67
Utah 44
If you go through this data and think that Utah is/was the crown jewel of the MWC then you're just not willing to accept the facts. Two BCS bowl wins are impressive for sure, but Colorado didn't need any BCS bowl accomplishments to gain admission to the PAC-10. Therefore, the reason BYU wasn't chosen for the PAC-10 was due to being blacklisted by the California schools due to the heavy LDS involvement in Prop 8 and the fact that we will not play sports on Sunday (these factors are well known in the highest circles at BYU and the PAC 10, but have not been aired to the media outlets). The "Academic profile/Med School/Research School" issue is a load of crud . . . ASU, OSU, and WSU don't have med schools and stink academically on the national scale; plus, BYU has a WAY better academic ranking for the undergraduate school than Utah.) The religious issue is what it is and we are what we are. I guess we can complain about non-athletic factors impacting and limiting our academic access, but it's a reality that's not changing for us and we can only hope that it will continue to be respected by the NCAA and whatever conference we belong to.
Well, I guess we shouldn't have our feelings hurt TOO badly, because Cal also looks like they blacklisted Baylor from the PAC-10 due to them being a religious school.
Baylor officials were hoping beyond hope that some 11th-hour change would happen to either save the Big 12 or allow them to get on the train out west.So if those nasty Utes or pompous PAC-10ers try to say that we just have a persecution complex about religious bigotry, we can cite, not only sources that leaked that BYU had been blacklisted by Cal/Stanford . . . but that Cal's so anti-religious that they couldn't stand the thought of being in a conference (even in another division that they would almost never have to play) with a BAPTIST school . . . let alone an LDS one.
But one Baylor official told Orangebloods.com, "It's probably 90 percent sure the other Texas schools are gone, but we have to hold onto that 10 percent that something could change."
Orangebloods.com was the first to report Wednesday that Baylor, which has strong ties to the Baptist church, was being met with some resistance in the Pac-10, namely Cal-Berkeley, because of its religious affiliation.
| Texas | 101,175 |
| Oklahoma | 84,778 |
| Texas A&M | 76,800 |
| Missouri | 64,120 |
| Oklahoma St. | 53,719 |
| Kansas | 50,581 |
| Texas Tech | 50,249 |
| Kansas St. | 46,763 |
| Iowa St. | 46,242 |
| Baylor | 36,306 |
| Avg of Avg: | 61,073 |
| BYU | 64,236 |
| TCU | 38,187 |
| Air Force | 35,656 |
| Boise ST. | 32,782 |
| New Mexico | 26,944 |
| Colorado St. | 23,643 |
| UNLV | 22,775 |
| Wyoming | 19,494 |
| Rice | 13,552 |
| Colorado | 50,088 |
| Nebraska | 85,888 |
| 2009 NCAA DIVISION I FBS CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE | |||||
| Rank | Division | Teams | Games | Attendance | Average |
| 1 | Southeastern | 12 | 86 | 6,560,738 | 76,288 |
| 2 | Big Ten | 11 | 77 | 5,526,237 | 71,769 |
| 3 | Big 12 | 12 | 82 | 5,155,739 | 62,875 |
| 4 | Pacific-10 | 10 | 64 | 3,467,899 | 54,186 |
| 5 | Atlantic | 12 | 81 | 4,151,171 | 51,249 |
| 6 | Independents | 3 | 19 | 923,915 | 48,627 |
| 7 | Big East | 8 | 53 | 2,374,604 | 44,804 |
| 8 | Mountain West | 9 | 55 | 1,826,091 | 33,202 |
| 9 | Conference USA | 12 | 73 | 1,941,825 | 26,600 |
| 10 | Western Athletic | 9 | 53 | 1,205,690 | 22,749 |
| 11 | Sun Belt | 9 | 49 | 806,687 | 16,463 |
| 12 | Mid-American | 13 | 74 | 1,133,434 | 15,317 |
ACADEMICS:
The second observation that seems appropriate is that BYU, which Pac-11 fans bleat endlessly is too far beneath the conference academically to even be considered a possible member, is ranked No. 71. BYU is ranked ahead of six Pac-11 schools, including new member Colorado that most see as the academic shining light of the Rockies (that would make 7 of the 12 now that UTAH is in the PAC 10)
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings/
http://texas.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=61&tid=144259894&mid=144259894&sid=902&style=2
Wasatch Horn
| Re: BYU would be great add to BigXII | Reply |
I personally think BYU would be a great add, like I said, the two biggest obstacles are Baylor and the no play on Sunday. Neither are big obstacles but they are obstacles.
What is not in the OP post that would make a better argument is how nice it would be to roadtrip up to Provo Utah for a game.
While living in Utah I attended a BYU/TCU game. I went there cheering for TCU but by the end of the game I was pulling for BYU. It was a fabulous experience. I had my son with me and he loved it also.
If anyone has ever been to Aspen Colorado, they would love Park City Utah.
Most important is that BYU actually plays in a real stadium, Utah plays in a stadium that looks like some of the nicer high school stadiums here in Texas.
Trust me when I say this. I have lived in the following cities: San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco CA.
When I retire I will make one home in San Antonio and another in Salt Lake City.
Posted on 6/19 6:13 PM IP: Logged
BYU by the numbers...population estimates for Big XII consideration: (just so people know about the numbers...).
Here are some population numbers and estimates for the Big XII to consider
Listed is the State, current population (a bit outdated, Utah's population, and other states now higher), current population rank, and projected population for 2030 with projected state rank for 2030, (estimates from US Census)
Population estimates
Texas | 20,851,820 | 2 | .Texas | 33,317,744 | 2 | |
Missouri | 5,595,211 | 17 | .Missouri | 6,430,173 | 19 | |
Oklahoma | 3,450,654 | 27 | .Oklahoma | 3,913,251 | 29 | |
Kansas | 2,688,418 | 32 | .Kansas | 2,940,084 35 | ||
Potential Candidates include AFA, Arkansas, and BYU
Colorado | 4,301,261 | 24 | .Colorado | 5,792,357 | 22 |
Arkansas | 2,673,400 | 33 | .Arkansas | 3,240,208 | 32 |
Utah | 2,233,169 | 34 | .Utah | 3,485,367 | 31 |
Also, here are the LDS membership data from 2008 by state:
Alabama: 33,968 members, 72 congregations
Alaska: 30,169 members, 81 congregations
Arizona: 374,839 members, 784 congregations
Arkansas: 25,878 members, 60 congregations
California: 755,747 members, 1,356 congregations
Colorado: 137,145 members, 288 congregations
Connecticut: 14,579 members, 32 congregations
Delaware: 4,716 members, 11 congregations
District of Columbia: 2,200 members, 3 congregations
Florida: 131,621 members, 238 congregations
Georgia: 74,644 members, 143 congregations
Hawaii: 68,128 members, 132 congregations
Idaho: 406,764 members, 1,063 congregations
Illinois: 55,111 members, 128 congregations
Indiana: 40,529 members, 69 congregations
Iowa: 23,519 members, 68 congregations
Kansas: 33,050 members, 75 congregations
Kentucky: 31,000 members, 73 congregations
Lousiana: 27,628 members, 48 congregations
Maine: 10,350 members, 30 congregations
Maryland: 39,258 members, 80 congregations
Massachusetts: 24,478 members, 53 congregations
Michigan: 42,599 members, 107 congregations
Minnesota:30,006 members, 79 congregations
Mississippi:20,811 members, 44 congregations
Missouri:63,666 members, 144 congregations
Montana:45,517 members, 119 congregations
Nebraska:22,372 members, 61 congregations
Nevada:173,639 members, 317 congregations
New Hampshire:8,115 members, 21 congregations
New Jersey:30,896 members, 57 congregations
New Mexico:64,872 members, 132 congregations
New York:75,852 members, 151 congregations
North Carolina:74,185 members, 148 congregations
North Dakota:6,140 members, 16 congregations
Ohio:57,045 members, 124 congregations
Oklahoma:41,547 members, 83 congregations
Oregon:145,429 members, 306 congregations
Pennsylvania:48,477 members, 112 congregations
Rhode Island:3,661 members, 6 congregations
South Carolina:35,968 members, 61 congregations
South Dakota:9,525 members, 33 congregations
Tennessee:43,179 members, 92 congregations
Texas:278,492 members, 542 congregations
Utah:1,857,667 members, 4,734 congregations
Vermont:4,323 members, 12 congregations
Virginia:84,876 members, 188 congregations
Washington:257,710 members, 503 congregations
West Virginia:16,711 members, 38 congregations
Wisconsin:24,019 members, 68 congregations
Wyoming:61,430 members, 151 congregations
LDS Population in America 6,058,907 (Equivalent to the 15th largest State)
LDS Population in West 4,581,892
LDS Population in West minus Utah (2,724,225)
Projected population LDS US population
2030 11 million (Slightly larger than Arizona or roughly the 10th largest state)
School
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Endowment??
Living Alumni
Distance from OU
Sears Director's Cup
Tradition/Hardware
Media Market
Population AND trends
Recruiting advantages
Geographically expanding footprint of BigXII (per Beebe)
Academic ranking
Football Attendance
Basketball Attendance
Football Rankings last 5 years
Revenue
Do Big XII fans want to road trip there/Vacation Destination/Direct flights?
BYU, Tulsa, Rice, TCU, Arkansas, Memphis, Louisville, AFA, Houston, Utah, CSU, UNM, and all current BigXII teams.
UTE SMACK TALK
Wow, I kind of feel bad for these ute fans. Why are they posting here again? Good question. They want to talk facts? Yes, let's talk facts.
Only two Division I-A programs have managed to reach 10+ wins in football and manage to reach the NCAA tournament in basketball 4 consecutive years. Those two programs? BYU and Texas.
Now with regards to these Ute fans and their delusions, I will compare.
BYU has as many top 15 finishes in the last 4 years (3 of them) as Utah does in the ENTIRE 100+ year history of the program. Ouch.
Utah has 6 top 25 finishes in the entire 100+ year history of the program (that's two more than BYU has had in the last 4 years). BYU's also had 17 top 25 finishes since 1977 (or better than 50% of the time does BYU finished ranked...including finishing ranked the last 4 years consecutively).
Utah has five ten+ win seasons in the history of program. BYU has had 4 consecutive ten win seasons...and 16 of them since 1979. Ouch.
BYU has more 11+ win seasons in the last 4 years (3 of them) then Utah has had in over 100+ years (two total in 100+ years of playing football for the Utah program).
Utah has three outright conference titles since 1957 (BYU has two in the last 4 years). BYU has 22 conference championships since 1976.
Utah has finished ahead of BYU in the conference standings just one time in the last 5 years in football (and just five times total in the last 40 years). BYU has finished ahead of Utah outright 4 times in the last 5 years and over 30 times in the last 40 years. Ouch.
In the last 5 years, Utah has finished in the MWC conference as follows: 6th, 4th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd. BYU has finished as follows; 2nd, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 2nd.
The overall series all-time is 50-31-4 (not 58-28 as a ute fan proclaimed above). However, BYU has won 3 of the last 4 and 29 of the last 41 in this series. Utter domination. Utah fans have to look to their great grandaddies to find someone that remembers an era where Utah was better than BYU. Pretty sad. Simply put, very few "rivalries" has been as lopsided as this one (in BYU's favor, I might add) in the last 40 years. If one team is winning 75% of the time, then who is this a "rivalry" to anyways?
Now onto bowl records........Utah fans talk about their "12-3" bowl record. But, remember, nine of these 15 bowl games have occurred since 1999. Utah only started to qualify for bowls when the bowl season become so watered down that any 6 win team would qualify. Prior to the late 90's you actually had to be GOOD to make a bowl game. Not so much anymore. As a result, the vast majority of these "bowl wins" have come against second tier opponents. Since 1995, Utah has played two bowl opponents that managed to finish with a winning record and rank in the final Sagarin top 40. One of those teams destroyed Utah 38-10. The other was Alabama. Since 1999, here is the list of the teams Utah has played in bowl games: WAC Fresno State, 6 win USC, C-USA Southern Miss, 7 win Pittsburgh, 7 win Georgia Tech, C-USA Tulsa, Navy, Alabama and Pac-10 6th place Cal. That is not murder's row. In fact, other than Alabama, that bowl resume is TERRIBLE. What credit should Utah deserve for beating Navy or Tulsa or Fresno State or Southern Miss when they were getting blasted in the regular season by the likes of New Mexico, UNLV, Wyoming, or Colorado State? Bad, bad, bad.
More evidence of Utah's ineptitude: Utah has not beaten a major conference team on the road that finished with a winning record in nearly a generation. Utah has just one victory in the last 15 years against a non-league opponent that was ranked the day they played and who also FINISHED ranked in both polls (non-inspired Alabama team). And to cap it off......Utah has ONE victory in over 100 yerars of playing football against a major conference team that finished with less than 4 losses. One. That's it.
As you can see, Utah has been historically (or at least in the last 50-60 years) one of the worst Division I program in college football. Very few programs boast such few accomplishments (virtually never finishing ranked, virtually never winning a league title, nor beating anyone of consequence).
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As for BYU, included in all many great BYU seasons above (a plethora of ranked seasons, bowl games, and 10+ win seasons) is included the following: A national championship, a Heisman trophy winner, 2 Outland trophy winners, several Davey O'Brien winners, several top 5 Heisman voting finishes, and a Doalk Walker winner. BYU has also had many consensus All-Americans. BYU has multiple QB's go onto the NFL and be starters on prominent Super Bowl winning teams (such as Jim McMahon with the '85 Bears and Steve Young with the '95 49ers). In fact, Steve is still the highest rated passer in NFL history. Utah's claim to NFL fame? Alex Smith! LOL. Pathetic.
In addition to all the above, we know that BYU has vastly superior facilities, vastly higher attendance at games (both home and away), and brings in a much wider viewing audience.
There is no comparing these two programs in any way. I guess for Utah fans, their entire history revolves around 3 months in 2004 and 3 months in 2008. If it didn't occur in those small windows then it is an ugly blemish that must be forgotten. Unfortunately, they can hide from their past. It's bad.
As for basketball, you've all seen the numbers. BYU blows Utah away in attendance and ratings here, as well. Utah likes to talk about their nice, little basketball program. But, what is it? It's a program that's had 4 losing seasons (in MWC play) in the last 5 years. It's a program that has played in a grand total of ONE NCAA game in the last half decade (getting abused and tossed to the side by a 12 seed in that one game). And a program that historically is vastly overrated (two elite apperances in the last 40 years) in addition to its last half decade of futility. Utah also has just one outright MWC title in is entire basketball history. Ouch.
BYU, meanwhile, hasn't finished behind Utah in the league standings in hoops in 5 years. BYU's been in 4 straight NCAA tournaments...and battled Kansas State tough in the round of 32 this past spring after spending most of the season ranked. BYU has beaten Utah 7 of the last 8 meetings in hoops...and BYU's won 3 of the last 4 MWC crowns.
Now that we've exposed these clowns for who they are (that's a program with an intense little brother syndrome......similar to A&M to Texas). Economically, competitively, fan following. Any way you cut, BYU wins here. And wins by a large margin.
Oklahoma Sooners
Enrollment – 30,000+
City, Population and TV market size – Norman – 106,900+/45th (OKC)
Men’s Sports – Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Football, Gymnastics, Tennis, Track & Field and Wrestling
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Gymnastics, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field and Volleyball
Football Stadium/Capacity – Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium – 82,112
Basketball Arena/Capacity – Lloyd Noble Center – 12,000
Academic Standing – Tier 1
Endowment - $807.5 million
Texas-El Paso Miners (UTEP)
Enrollment – 21,000+
City, Population and TV market size – El Paso – 751,000+/98th
Men’s Sports – Basketball, Track & Field, Cross Country, Football and Golf
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Rifle, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field and Volleyball
Football Stadium/Capacity – Sun Bowl Stadium – 52,000
Basketball Arena/Capacity – Don Haskins Center – 12,200
Academic standing – Tier 4
Endowment - $151.2 million
Distance from Norman – 725.5 miles (10 hr 43 min)
Rice Owls
Enrollment – 5,500+
City, Population and TV market size – Houston – 2.1+ million/10th
Men’s Sports – Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Golf, Tennis and Track & Field
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field and Volleyball
Football Stadium/Capacity – Rice Stadium – 47,000 (expandable to 70,000)
Basketball Arena/Capacity – Tudor Fieldhouse – 5,200
Academic Standing – Tier 1
Endowment - $3.6 billion
Distance from Norman – 435 miles (6 hr 25 min)
North Texas Mean Green
Enrollment – 36,000+
City, Population and TV market size – Denton, TX – 119,000+/5th (DFW)
Men’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Golf and Track & Field
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming/Diving, Tennis, Track & Field and Volleyball
Football Stadium/Capacity – Fouts Field – 30,500 (new stadium being built by 2011?)
Basketball Arena/Capacity – UNT Coliseum (Super Pit) – 10,000
Academic Standing – Tier 4
Endowment – $81 million
Distance from Norman – 150.7 miles (2 hr 15 min)
Texas Christian Horned Frogs (TCU)
Enrollment – 8,800+
City, Population and TV market size – Fort Worth – 703,000+/5th (DFW)
Men’s Sports – Football, Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Swimming/Diving, Tennis and Track & Field
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Volleyball, Cross-Country, Equestrian, Golf, Rifle, Soccer, Swimming/Diving, Tennis and Track & Field
Football Stadium/Capacity – Amon G. Carter Stadium – 44,000
Basketball Arena/Capacity – Daniel Meyer Coliseum – 7,166
Academic Standing – Tier 1
Endowment - $974.7 million
Distance from Norman – 183.3 miles (2 hr 50 min)
Southern Methodist Mustangs (SMU)
Enrollment – 11,000+
City, Population and TV market size – Dallas (University Park) – 1.4+ million (23,300)/5th (DFW)
Men’s Sports – Basketball, Football, Golf, Soccer, Swimming/Diving and Tennis
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Equestrian, Golf, Rowing, Soccer, Swimming/Diving, Tennis, Track & Field and Volleyball
Football Stadium/Capacity – Gerald J. Ford Stadium – 32,000
Basketball Arena/Capacity – Moody Coliseum – 9,000
Academic Standing – Tier 1
Endowment - $1+ billion
Distance from Norman – 191.2 miles (2 hr 53 min)
Houston Cougars
Enrollment – 37,000+
City, Population and TV market size – Houston – 2.1+ million/10th
Men’s Sports – Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Golf and Track & Field
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Soccer, Softball, Swimming/Diving, Tennis, Track & Field and Volleyball
Football Stadium/Capacity – Robertson Stadium – 32,000
Basketball Arena/Capacity – Hofheinz Pavilion – 8,500
Academic Standing – Tier 4
Endowment - $497 million
Distance from Norman – 432.7 miles (6 hr 23 min)
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Enrollment – 4,100+
City, Population and TV market size – Tulsa – 385,000+/61st
Men’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis and Track & Field
Women’s Sports – Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field and Volleyball
Football Stadium/Capacity – Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium – 30,000
Basketball Arena/Capacity – Reynolds Arena – 8,355
Academic Standing – Tier 1
Endowment - $646.7 million
Distance from Norman – 126.4 miles (1 hr 57 min)
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