5 reasons Big 12 football will be better than ACC in 2019

DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 06: Trey Sermon #4 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates a touchdown against the Texas Longhorns in the fourth quarter of the 2018 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 06: Trey Sermon #4 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates a touchdown against the Texas Longhorns in the fourth quarter of the 2018 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 01: Alan Bowman #10 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders throws a pass in the third quarter against the Mississippi Rebels at NRG Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 01: Alan Bowman #10 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders throws a pass in the third quarter against the Mississippi Rebels at NRG Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /

3. The state of Texas

There’s an argument to be made on whether Florida or Texas is the more fertile recruiting state, but one thing’s for sure: Texas is Big 12 country.

According to SBNation.com Texas and Florida are about even when it comes to their blue-chip recruit national share (Texas 12.6 percent, Florida 11.8 percent), because of the Big 12 schools in Texas — Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor  and TCU — many recruits not only stay in state, but they also stay in conference.

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On the other hand, two conferences share Florida: ACC and SEC. The ACC always shares recruits with another conference. Texas A&M did move to the SEC, but that hasn’t stopped Big 12 teams from getting the lion’s share of four- and five-star recruits from the state.

The No. 1 recruiting school in the SEC has never had more than four Texas recruits since Texas A&M joined the conference in 2011 — schools like Arkansas have more because of the old Southwest Conference ties.

Because of its sheer size, Texas has more blue-chip recruits than all the other states combined outside of Florida. It’s a good thing, too, since other states in the Big 12 don’t produce many Power Five level players.