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AP preseason college football poll ranks Bearcats at No. 8

Here's why UC has to get into the Big 12
Phil Didion
<p>Even after an $86 million renovation and expansion of Nippert Stadium to 40,000 capacity, UC wouldn't be able to generate the kind of revenue the top-tier Big 12 schools do. Texas has a 100,000-seat stadium and its own cable network. Oklahoma an 82,000-seat stadium. Iowa State, West Virginia, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State are all over 60,000. UC averaged 37,096 in attendance this past season. Only Kansas, winless in 2015, at 24,606 was under that.</p>
Here's why UC has to get into the Big 12
Posted at 12:32 PM, Aug 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-16 12:53:35-04

The Associated Press ranked the University of Cincinnati Bearcats No. 8 in its Top 25 preseason poll, the best preseason ranking in the program's history, the team announced Monday.

The Bearcats are headed into the 2021-22 season off a 9-1, American Athletic Conference championship title last year.

"No. 8 Cincinnati...is the first team from outside the Power Five leagues to be ranked in the preseason top 10 since Louisville started ninth in 2012," team officials said in a news release.

The Bearcats will open this season on Saturday, Sept. 4, against Miami in the 125th Battle for the Victory Bell at 3:30 p.m. inside Nippert Stadium.

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