The Omaha World-Herald reported this week that the Big Ten has done “homework” on OU, Kansas and Vanderbilt as potential members. You can read that report here.

Homework can mean many a thing. It can mean in clandestine meetings at an Atlanta hotel. It can mean checking the list of American Association of Universities members. It can mean all things in between.

So who knows? It seems clear that the Big Ten was interested in some prestigious ACC members — North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Virgina, something along those lines — which led to the ACC’s announcement of the schools signing away their grant of rights to the league, a stability enhancement that has helped the Big 12 and in theory would do the same for the ACC.

I would guess that the Big Ten’s “homework” is nothing beyond general running of numbers. What kind of market value would the Sooners, Jayhawks and Commodores bring, compared with the economic clout? The Big Ten is into academic snobbery, which is why it would consider a Vandy and might not consider an Oklahoma.