July 1, 2025
By Chip Patterson, CBS Sports: The Pac-12 finalized its football lineup this week by adding Texas State as a full member of the new-look conference, set to launch in 2026. The addition brings the Pac-12 to eight football-playing schools — the minimum required for bowl tie-ins and potential College Football Playoff access.
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.
The first move came last fall, when the Pac-12 added five of the Mountain West’s most prominent programs. The additions of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah State made sense regionally and strengthened the league’s level of competition. Those schools have combined to win 11 of the last 12 Mountain West titles and have filled 18 of the 24 spots in the conference championship game over that span.
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