The Pac-12 will add Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State to its conference on July 1, 2026.
On Thursday, Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State applied for Pac-12 membership, and leadership from Oregon State and Washington State — the two universities still left in the Pac-12 after 10 schools departed the conference in 2024 — accepted their applications. If the current Mountain West schools move to the Pac-12 in 2026, the Pac-12 will only need to add two more programs to reach the minimum eight schools to be an FBS conference.
The long-term goal of the Pac-12's expansion is to rebuild the conference as a power-level league. As of the 2024 season, the Pac-12 possesses"autonomy five" status and could retain it in a new form. The next step for the league would be finding two more schools to reach the FBS minimum of eight schools.
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