With eight schools, the Pac-12 would have the option to play seven conference games or eight (by using the home ... mediation goes nowhere SEC’s Greg Sankey on CFP format, NCAAT expansion and talks with Big Ten CFP mailbag: 2026 format predictions ...

Keeping the Pac-12 intact after the exodus to the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 was a strategic decision by remaining members Oregon State and Washington State. With a legacy brand and the right expansion candidates, the Pac-12 could reemerge from the realignment chaos as a top-five football conference.

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Texas State joins the Pac-12 for the 2026 season, reshaping the conference and signaling a bold new chapter for the conference.

Louisiana Tech's addition will keep the Sun Belt at 14 football schools next year and give it three full members in the state.

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