— The Big 12 will operate without divisions in football next season when the arrival of Central Florida, Cincinnati, BYU and Houston create a 14-team conference and ends its current round-robin scheduling framework.

According to Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Big 12 conference may not split into divisions when the conference expands in 2023-24. League officials and athletic directors met in Kansas City last week during the Big 12 basketball tournament and were unable to come to a final decision on whether to bring back divisions.

In summary, the Big 12 could see an expansion to 14 teams ahead of the 2023 season, and then it would shrink to 12 teams (six-team divisions) beginning in 2026 when the Longhorns and Sooners depart. Any league with more than 12 teams is required to split into divisions for football, according to NCAA rules.

BYU Athletics Director Tom Holmoe said during Friday's press conference that the Big 12 will split into two football divisions as the conference returns to 12 teams. The other schools expected to remain in the conference include Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas and West Virginia.

The Big 12 is engaged in plans to split into two seven-team divisions in football beginning in 2023 to temporarily restructure as a 14-team league as the realignment process unfolds, league sources tell CBS Sports.