Big 12 Football: 3 schools that would succeed right away in the PAC-12

TCU

There’s no question that the TCU Horned Frogs have a resume that shows that this football program has the ability to succeed right away in the PAC-12. TCU has competed for multiple Big 12 Championships, and even won one, since joining the conference a little less than one decade ago. And the Horned Frogs still have the same head coach that the program did during its latter days in the Mountain West Conference, in the well-respected Gary Patterson.

Patterson has a career record as the Horned Frogs head coach of 178-74 (.706 winning percentage). And he’s led the Horned Frogs to a top 10 finish in the AP Poll on six different occasions.

Having such a high level of stability and potential sustainability from here on out should leave the PAC-12 administration to believe that the Horned Frogs could be a good fit right away in that conference. That is especially true with the new recruiting grounds that TCU could bring to the table for the PAC-12, and how it could elevate its status in football.

It’s not like the Horned Frogs would be likely to come in and right away challenge to represent the PAC-12 in the College Football Playoff, but this program was once a national contender. Reaching that status again isn’t out of the question.

More realistically, TCU could take its dark horse status on almost a yearly basis to the PAC-12 to become a consistent conference title contender in that part of the Power Five (or four depending on what happens in realignment in the near future).

TCU is a really good option for the PAC-12, and likely one of the first thoughts from the administration when Texas and Oklahoma announced the intentions to leave the Big 12 for the SEC.