The Los Angeles schools are in their last go-round as Pac-12 members this year and it could be Colorado’s, too. With contractual agreements running out, the Buffaloes would be positioned to rejoin the Big 12 in 2024; the league last year it came to an...
Additional schools expected to be added shortly thereafter to reach at least eight members, the NCAA minimum for an FBS conference. — Pat Forde (@ByPatForde)September 12, 2024 The Pac-12 currently is a two-team conference with Washington State and Oregon State the remaining pair of programs...
The Pac-12 must have at least eight members by the summer of 2026 in order to comply with NCAA rules. The six schools could add two more from the Mountain West or seek members from other conferences in order to expand the fo...
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12)September 12, 2024 Those four teams will join the Pac-12 by 2026, pushing it closer to the eight teams needed to remain an FBS conference. The NCAA has given the Pac-12 a two-year grace period to find more members to go along with Oregon State and Wash...
At a league level, the Pac-12 set a revenue record in FY23, bringing in $603.8 million just before it saw 10 of its dozen members depart. That fiscal year, the conference distributed roughly $33 million to each of its members, which was about $3 million less than it distributed on av...
Each MWC school is contractually bound to a $17M exit fee, and the Pac-12 is “on the hook for an additional” $10-12M penalty fee for every school they acquire as part of a scheduling agreement the conference struck with the conference. In negotiations with potential ...
While the four Mountain West teams joining the Pac-12 are a solid foundation for a revitalized conference, the Pac-12 still has to add at least two more members to be recognized as an official FBS conference. The Mountain West Conference is set to receive $111 million ...
Jordan is a senior at Cornell University where he is an analytics consultant for the men’s basketball team and Co-President of the Cornell ILR Sports Business Society. He has also interned for Sports Aptitude, where he helped interview former front office members and current professional basketbal...
Memphis, Tulane, South Florida and UTSA released a statement that made no mention of the Pac-12, but several people with knowledge of those talks told AP the conference had targeted those schools as potential new members. “While we acknowledge receiving interest in our institutions from other...
Over the last couple of years, the Pac-12 has morphed into the de facto Pac-2. Only Oregon State and Washington State will still be members in the 2024-25 academic year. Their football teams will be aligned with the Mountain West Conference, while basketball and other sports will be align...