Big 12 football coaches favor adding UH to conference

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Houston is expected to make its pitch to the Big 12 sometime in the near future.

The Cougars appear to already have the support of the league's football coaches.

In an anonymous poll of the league's coaches conducted by ESPN, UH and BYU received the most votes from the 10 Big 12 coaches. Both schools received five votes. Each coach was asked to pick two non-Power 5 schools they would like to see added to conference if the Big 12 were to expand.

Cincinnati and Memphis were next with four votes each, followed by Colorado State and UCF with one vote, according to ESPN.

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On Tuesday, the Big 12 authorized commissioner Bob Bowlsby to "actively evaluate" expansion candidates. The Big 12 is exploring whether to add two and possibly as many as four teams.

Any expansion candidate will need eight votes for entry into the league.