Pac-12 officially adding Boise St., Fresno St., San Diego St., Colorado St.

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The Pac-12 is adding Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State, starting in 2026, to join WSU and Oregon State in a rebuilt Conference of Champions, the league announced Thursday.

The additions rob the Mountain West of four of its more prominent schools and successful football programs, most notably Boise State, and still leave the Pac-12 two schools short of the eight it needs to have in place in two years to be recognized as a conference by NCAA rule.

Link to tweet

The Pac-12 and the departing schools will likely be on the hook for about $110 million in exit fees and penalties to the Mountain West.

Still, it is a remarkable comeback for a conference left for dead a year ago when 10 members scattered to competitors across the country after it was unable to secure a media rights deal that schools believed would not keep them competitive with other leagues.

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1783636/pac-12-wsu-oregon-state-adds-boise-fresno-san-diego-colorado/

[msongs]

1. why not PAC 238? nt

[House of Roberts]

2. The Pac-12 and Mountain West should just merge entirely.

That would solve both conferences' problem of having enough teams, and put Hawaii in the Pac12. What's more Pacific than being in the middle of the Pacific?

[Brother Buzz]

3. Cool beans! Boise, Fresno, and San Diego State were on my short list...

and I believe UC Davis has a solid enough program to be included