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The University of Cincinnati has accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference by no later than July 1, 2024, it announced today.

“With 25 years of history, 69 team national champions and 702 individual national champions to its name, the Big 12 ranks among the nation’s premiere athletic conferences,” said University of Cincinnati President Neville G. Pinto. “UC’s membership in this Power 5 conference will position us for even greater success both on and off the field.”

UC will join an impressive group of academic institutions. Three Big 12 schools are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Nearly all schools are classified as R1 Universities (very high research activity) via the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Notably, the Big 12 has supported more than 720 Academic All-America recipients.

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