It’s the Big 12′s turn to decide on its football schedule. Here is a look at the most likely options that should be considered.

For Big 12 presidents, any guesswork regarding the plans of their power conference peers is pretty much gone.

Everything has become much clearer in the last couple of weeks. The SEC, Big Ten and Pac-12 are playing conference-only schedules with 10 games. The ACC opted for a plus-one model with 10 conference games and one nonconference game.

Now, it’s the Big 12′s turn. The conference’s board of directors is scheduled to meet Monday afternoon by teleconference to review possible football schedule options. Athletic directors again tried to hash things out Friday, going through the pluses and minuses of various models, according to sources familiar with the process.

The ADs didn’t agree on one model to recommend to the presidents. They did strongly agree on starting the season later in September.

During an appearance on the SEC Network on Thursday, Commissioner Bob Bowlsby defended the Big 12′s patience so far while acknowledging a whole lot of things remain in flux.

“We do believe the longer we wait, the more information you have,” Bowlsby said. “What was golden a month ago is garbage today, and I guess the same thing will be true a month from now.”

But the Big 12 really can’t wait another month, although Bowlsby did not guarantee a decision Monday. In the meantime, Oklahoma and Kansas — each with Week 0 games for now — began preseason practice for real Friday.

Here is a look at the most likely options for the Big 12 among the handful to be considered:

A 12-game regular season.

Like tons of 1980s horror movie villains, the full regular season won’t die — even though the other power conferences moved off that plan as unworkable in the age of COVID-19.

Teams would have to plug holes left by the decisions of the other power conferences plus the SWAC. There will be questions about testing protocol outside the conference.

And what happens if a school gets a campus flare-up early in the season? Already Major League Baseball’s start is sending some worrisome messages.

At the same time, the Big 12 could have from Aug. 29 to Dec. 12 to get a season in.

A conference-only schedule.

Hey, it was good enough for the SEC, Big Ten and Pac-12.

And because the Big 12 plays a round-robin schedule, the schedule is pretty much set with little need for reworking. Yes, Kansas plays at Baylor in Week 2, but otherwise the conference slate doesn’t kick in until Sept. 26, which lines up nicely with everyone else in the “power five.”

There would be plenty of time for makeup games with the conference holding three December dates for the championship game.

There’s also one problem. With just 10 members, the Big 12 would play only nine conference games, a possible disadvantage when the College Football Playoff selection committee starts evaluating teams. No conference knows the importance of data points more than the Big 12. So, what about …

Plus-one.

This brings the advantages of a conference-only schedule while allowing the possibility of one nonconference game.

A school such as TCU could keep a rivalry game with SMU if it wanted. Same for Oklahoma State, which could face Tulsa. Other schools wouldn’t have to cancel some remaining games, which could serve as a tuneup before the regular season.

Plus, the Big 12 would have the same amount of regular-season games as the Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12 when résumés start being compared in Grapevine.

Choose your own schedule.

Yes, kind of like choose-your-own adventure. Don’t laugh at the out-of-the-box idea.

One source floated the idea that the Big 12 would mandate only the conference-only schedule. Schools would be free to schedule however many nonleague games with which they felt comfortable — anywhere from zero to three.

Right now, Big 12 schedules are all over the map — literally and figuratively. Officially, schools including TCU and Texas Tech are down to one nonconference game. Meanwhile, Iowa State has three nonleague home games after filling the Iowa cancellation with Ball State.

Because it’s a good bet schools will end having played an uneven number of games anyway, thanks to COVID-19, why not start the season the same way?

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