After Nearly Every Team Left, the Pac-12 Conference Is Growing Again

The two-member Pac-12 is starting to rebuild, beginning with four Mountain West schools.

Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State will join the conference in 2026, the Pac-12 announced on Thursday. The schools will officially join on July 1, 2026.

After conference realignment decimated the Pac-12 and left it with just Oregon State and Washington State, the league had few options. NCAA bylaws provide conferences with a two-year grace period to get back to a minimum of eight members. Adding these four brings the league up to six for the 2026 season, and the momentum of that move could get that to eight or more, including the potential

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