Big 12 Football: 3 least appealing programs in conference realignment

Kansas State

A common theme with this round of conference realignment among the remaining Big 12 schools is the fact that it will be difficult for the Kansas State Wildcats to find another home among the power conferences. It’s really hard to find one landing spot that sticks out among the remaining power conferences (outside of the SEC).

The hope for Kansas State has to be that the Big 12 sticks together when it’s all said and done. If the Big 12 is still a thing through this round of conference realignment, then the school could also get part of that massive playout from Texas and Oklahoma (worth a total of around $150 million).

Former legendary Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder reportedly does believe that the Big 12 can hold together through this round of conference realignment.

Snyder was the Wildcats head coach through the last round of Big 12 realignment. But while losing programs like the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Texas A&M Aggies, Mizzou Tigers, and Colorado Buffaloes, was a big deal, it’s nothing compared to losing Texas and Oklahoma at this point. The Big 12 was also stronger at the time that it lost those four schools than it is now.

Kansas State doesn’t have much of a tradition of success at all for the football program outside of the Snyder era. And with head coach Chris Klieman trying to keep that consistency alive for the football program in the post-Snyder era, it will be interesting to see what potential suitors Kansas State could have.

Not only is Kansas State one of the outliers in this round of conference realignment, but it is also one of the lowest revenue producers in the Big 12 in recent years. It ranked in the bottom three in the conference last year in terms of total athletic revenue production.