McLaughlin: Return to 10-Team League Looking More Likely

McLaughlin: Return to 10-Team League Looking More Likely

Spencer also looks at another team's big question that could influence the championship picture

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Posted on July 25, 2023


  By Spencer McLaughlin of Locked on CFB for SuperWest Sports

The Pac-12 has long been considering expansion and the university presidents approved commissioner George Kliavkoff to look at as many as four new schools.

Recent reports have indicated that keeping conference membership at 10 teams could be a greater possibility for the Pac-12 than previously believed.

Still, that doesn’t mean San Diego State and SMU should turn their Power 5 interests elsewhere.

On today’s episode of Locked On Pac-12, Spencer McLaughlin looks at another team’s big question that could influence the Conference championship picture.

Washington State’s QB Cam Ward is back for Year Two, and the version of his game we see most often could loom large for the Cougars pulling an upset of a contender.

The Pac-12’s best pitch to schools like Oregon and Washington to stick around is access to the playoff, but is it truly easier in the Pac going forward compared to a league like the Big 10?

Plus, a quick look back at what might have–and should have been (knowing what we know now–when the Pac-12 mulled expansion in 2021.