{"id":24110,"date":"2023-09-06T13:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=24110"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:50:05","slug":"baylor-welcomes-future-big-12-partner-utah-to-waco-a-year-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2023\/09\/baylor-welcomes-future-big-12-partner-utah-to-waco-a-year-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor welcomes future Big 12 partner Utah to Waco a year early"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Utah<\/p>\n

For the second time in the last three years, a Baylor football non-conference opponent is about to become a conference opponent. In 2021, it was BYU<\/a>; this time, it’s Utah<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As far as athletics goes, the two schools are practically complete strangers. This Saturday marks the two schools’ first meeting in football, and they’ve only met a combined five times ever<\/em> across men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball. (Furthermore: Only one of those meetings was in the last 45 years!)<\/p>\n

Academically, however, Baylor and Utah have much more in common than you might think.<\/p>\n

Both are R1 institutions<\/a>,\u00a0and both rank in the top 25% of national universities<\/a> according to U.S. News<\/em> (Baylor No. 77, Utah No. 105).<\/p>\n

Both schools are among the top 10 nationally for undergraduate entrepreneurship<\/a> (Utah No. 5, Baylor No. 8), and The Wall Street Journal<\/em> ranked both schools in the top 5% nationally for student engagement<\/a> (Baylor No. 4, Utah No. 36).<\/p>\n

Each school is the oldest in its state; Baylor has been operating continuously since its charter in 1845 by the Republic of Texas<\/a>, and Utah dates its history back to 1850<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both schools count an artificial heart pioneer among their numbers (Dr. Michael DeBakey<\/a>, a BU faculty member, and Dr. Robert Jarvik<\/a>, a Utah alum and researcher). Multiple graduates of each school have served as governor of the school’s state (five Bears<\/a> and seven Utes<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As partners in the Big 12 starting next year, such similarities may lay a foundation for a strong partnership with yet another of the league’s newest members.<\/p>\n

Sic \u2019em, Utes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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