Pac-12 CFB realignment: Who the conference has added, failed expansion and a Mountain West feud

For much of its 109-year existence, the Pac-12 was a model of relative stability, with few membership changes and a core group of west-coast schools sticking together for the better part of a century to form college sports’ preeminent western-based conference.

Over the past 17 months, things have been decidedly more chaotic.

During that stretch, the Pac-12 lost 10 of its 12 members, with UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington bolting for the Big Ten; Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah leaving for the Big 12; and Cal and Stanford making the cross-country move to the ACC, a league with a namesake coast from which the two Bay Area schools are 3,000 miles away.

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A conference many presumed to be dormant with only Washington State and Oregon State remaining as members has been extremely active over the past several weeks. The league has expanded its ranks and been a source of perpetual speculation on who it might add next, particularly after several schools turned down its overtures.

So where do things with the Pac-12 stand right now? Here’s a look at the state of the Pac-12, including which members it has added, who has rebuffed it and what its next moves might be:

Pac 12 additions

Late on the night of Sept. 11, news leaked that the Pac-12 was extending invitations to four Mountain West schools — San Diego State, Boise State, Colorado State and Fresno State. The accepted invitations were confirmed by each of the four new members the following day.

The moves came after a brief but ultimately tenuous alliance between the Pac-12 and Mountain West. Washington State and Oregon State are playing schedules this season in which the majority of their opponents are from the Mountain West as part of a scheduling agreement between the…

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Publish date : 2024-09-28 10:07:20

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