Pac-12 gutting Mtn West sparks fresh realignment stress at schools outside P4

September 19, 2024

By Dan Wolken, USA TODAY: In the week since Washington State and Oregon State resurrected the Pac-12 brand and executed a hastily-arranged coup against the Mountain West, the level of angst about the next round of conference realignment has soared amongst schools outside the so-called power conferences.

For more than a decade, those schools have been realignment passengers trying to hang on to life rafts as the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 reshaped the landscape. But the revival of the Pac-12 — and its ability to gut the Mountain West of its most valuable members — has put several schools and conferences into an unfamiliar position.

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Pac-12 gutting Mountain West sparks fresh realignment stress at schools outside Power Four

For the first time, some programs outside power conferences have agency over their future. They also face risky, tough choices amid rising distrust.

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