Sources: Utah, ASU obtain Huge 12 subscription

• Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 4, 2023, 05:57 PM ET

The current realignment ripple has hit its very first official stages, as sources tell ESPN that both Utah and Arizona State have actually applied to the Big 12 for formal membership.The application

for membership is a necessary initial step for schools to be approved to switch leagues and sets the table for Utah, Arizona State and Arizona to join the Huge 12 in the near future.On Friday night, the Big 12 presidents and chancellors are anticipated to meet to go over and most likely vote in both ASU and Utah. It’s a procedure that Arizona went through on Wednesday, as the school applied and enacted to become members after applying.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Arizona’s subscription still

has yet to be officially formalized

, as the three schools are expected to come in together. The announcement could come either Friday or Saturday, as there’s a seriousness on both sides to push through after a chaotic Friday that saw Oregon and Washington leave the Pac-12 for the Huge Ten.Once they are vetted and formalized, the prospective additions Arizona, ASU and Utah to the Big 12 will leave the Pac-12 with just 4 schools.Colorado was the very first Pac-12 school to leave for the Huge 12 in this latest spree, as the Buffalos left last week.

With USC and UCLA revealing their exit in 2015, 8 overall schools have actually left the league in a period of almost 18 months.Soon after taking control of the Huge 12 and leaping the Pac-12 chronologically to complete a television rights extension, Big 12 commissioner Brett

Yormark began targeting the so-called” corner schools”for membership.If the last 3 corner schools are formalized in the approaching days, it would develop the Huge 12 out to a 16-team conference. It would be the very same size as the SEC and two smaller sized than

the 18-team Big 10. The ACC has 14 full-time football members.