[82lsju]

FWIW -

Membership in the Association of American Universities (64 US members, 2 Canadian) is a mark of distinction that helps identify peer universities.
In the PAC 12 (if I counted correctly), only OSU, ASU, and WSU are not members.  In the BIG, only Nebraska is not a member.

Neither Baylor, Texas Tech, nor TCU are members.  An issue would be whether the conference wanted to remain one of similar schools or not.

well Utah did not join the AAU until 2019 so membership was not a deal breaker when they joined the conference

https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/...r-List.pdf

I was surprised to see Georgia Tech was not a member until 2010

Current Big 12 members in the AAU

- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Texas

so of the 64 in the US if I counted correctly in the Power 5 there are

Big 10 - 13
Pac-12 - 9
Ivy League - 8
SEC - 4
ACC - 4
Big 12 - 3

[82lsju]

FWIW -

Membership in the Association of American Universities (64 US members, 2 Canadian) is a mark of distinction that helps identify peer universities.
In the PAC 12 (if I counted correctly), only OSU, ASU, and WSU are not members.  In the BIG, only Nebraska is not a member.

Neither Baylor, Texas Tech, nor TCU are members.  An issue would be whether the conference wanted to remain one of similar schools or not.

well Utah did not join the AAU until 2019 so membership was not a deal breaker when they joined the conference

https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/...r-List.pdf

I was surprised to see Georgia Tech was not a member until 2010

Current Big 12 members in the AAU

- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Texas

so of the 64 in the US if I counted correctly in the Power 5 there are

Big 10 - 13
Pac-12 - 9
Ivy League - 8
SEC - 4
ACC - 4
Big 12 - 3