As he enters his three-year anniversary on the job, Yormark is now among college sports' power brokers. And he remains bullish on the 16-team Big 12, as the college landscape goes through more change with revenue sharing with student-athletes and future College Football Playoff expansion.

The Big 12 stands to benefit from the 5+11 proposal in that it effectively guarantees the conference champion a seat at the CFP table. While it is possible that two Group of Five (or Group of Six following the Pac-12's rebuild) champions could stand above the top Big 12 squad,