American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco says his league has never “plotted” with ESPN to undermine another conference by poaching its schools.
Big 12 leaders held a call without Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday to discuss how to keep the league’s flagship schools from bolting to the Southeastern Conference.
Clemson is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25. Ohio State was a close No. 2 to Clemson, which starts atop the rankings for the second straight season.
And then there were three. The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Southeastern Conference were still moving forward with plans for a fall college football season.
Ashley Joens scored 15 points, including the decisive free throw to help Iowa State stun No. 2 Baylor 57-56, ending the Lady Bears' 58-game regular-season Big 12 winning streak.
The No. 2 Baylor women recorded perfection in their Big 12 home games for the third season in a row. Te'a Cooper scored 20 points, and the Lady Bears beat Texas 69-53.
No. 2 Baylor bounced back in a big way from its first Big 12 loss. Matthew Mayer had a season-high 19 points as the Bears handed 85-66 win over Kansas State.
Jared Butler scored 22 points, as No. 1 Baylor beat Oklahoma 65-54 for its Big 12-record 23rd consecutive win. Baylor breaks Kansas record of 22 straight wins in 1996-97.
The 50th Big 12 regular-season win in a row by the No. 2 Baylor women was their largest ever. NaLyssa Smith had 23 points as the Lady Bears beat Kansas 97-44.