June 14, 2025
By Jon Wilner, via Sports360AZ.com: The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@
Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity.
Would it be wise for the Pac-12 to only have eight football-playing schools, so that each team will have a better shot at making the College Football Playoff? — @CelestialMosh
The membership issue reflects the five-dimensional chess unfolding within the rebuilt conference, where the schools committed for 2026 are plotting their future as the industry evolves with unprecedented speed and complexity.
Everything is interwoven, from the media rights contract to the expansion calculation to the annual football and basketball schedules to revenue sharing to College Football Playoff and NCAA Tournament access.
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