The schools formally applied for membership Friday and were accepted after a Big Ten vote later in the day.
UPDATE: Arizona State and Utah were unanimously voted in to Big 12 membership on Friday night.
They join former Pac-12 member Arizona.
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The Big 12 now has 16 teams for the 2024 season.
Utah and Arizona State have also applied to the Big 12, reports indicate.
Last week, Colorado left the Pac-12 for the Big 12, starting the chain reaction.
Pac-12 stalwarts UCLA and USC announced late last year that they would join theBig 10in 2024.
The Pac-12 will have a hard time finding schools to add to them.
Both institutions feature a combination of academic and athletic excellence that will prove a great fit for our future.
Their shares will escalate year by year during the transition to full money.
In any case, the shares dwarf what would be expected from the Pac-12 and ACC.
The addition of Oregon and Washington means the Big 10 now has 18 schools from coast to coast.
The league last expanded in the east by adding Rutgers and Maryland.
At the same time, the college athletics landscape has changed dramatically in recent years.
The Big 12 is officially up to 13, and that number could rise soon.
They will join Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan as past College Football Playoff teams in that league.
