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They may not bring more to the table than say a USC, a UCLA, an Oregon or a Washington, but with the Pac-12 imploding, it serves these four other schools to grab a life preserver if they are tossed one near the wreckage of a sinking ship. The other Pac-12 schools may be left out.Īs far as overall competition is concerned, this would be a lateral moving heading “east” for these West Coast defectors. Stanford has elite academics and thrives in the olympic sports historically. Oregon and Washington make the most sense from a branding and athletics standpoint.

The Arizona schools being a package deal is totally understandable, as is adding both Rocky Mountain rivals.Ĭonversely, what these discussions are implying is that Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah will not be in the mix to join either emerging mega conference in the Big Ten or the SEC. The Big 12 would be picking up three major media markets in Denver, Phoenix and Salt Lake City, as well as four schools that have strong athletic traditions. Although the vote is completed, UCF likely will continue to play in the American Athletic Conference for at least one more season.

With the losses of Texas and Oklahoma, the league will have a new look in the future. We should be gearing up for two mega conferences (Big Ten and SEC), as well as maybe a third… Pac-12 implosion could result in four conference members joining the Big 12Īdmittedly, all four schools looking to switch conference ties in this wave of realignment makes all the sense in the world. The Big 12 presidents voted to add four new members, including BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF in the latest wave of conference realignment. In theory, the Big 12 would become a 16-team league by adding both Arizona schools, former founding conference member Colorado and emerging college football power Utah. That’s how much the remaining Big 12 schools could lose in gross product if the conference collapses, according to the Perryman Group, a Texas-based economic research firm. It would be a 14-team league until Oklahoma and Texas depart for the SEC. The Big 12 will be gaining four new members by this time next year with BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF joining the league in 2023. Schools like Oregon, Stanford and Washington could be on the move as well, possibly heading to the Big Ten. From the looks of it, it feels way more likely the Pac-12 will dissolve completely rather than be restored by adding new members. WildcatAuthority reported over the weekend there are discussions about Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah heading to the new-look Big 12. Less than six weeks after Texas and Oklahoma announced their impending departure to the SEC, the league is poised to add four new. With USC and UCLA bolting for the Big Ten in two years, potentially four other Pac-12 schools could be heading to the Big 12. The Big 12 is expanding and doing it at warp speed. There have been discussions about four Pac-12 schools leaving the conference for the Big 12.