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This Week in the West: SEC makes news (with the CFP), Trump’s planned EO and Pac-12 mediation stalls

The future of the College Football Playoff seemingly depends on whether the SEC adds a ninth conference game to its schedule.

Mailbag: Contrarian view of the Pac-12 football schedule (the case for seven), Texas State’s potential, the Sac State scenario and more

Flexibility is essential as college football waits for the SEC and Big Ten to chart a course forward. With eight schools, the ...

Making the case for a 7-game schedule for Pac-12 and more | Mailbag

With eight schools, the Pac-12 would have the option to play seven or eight conference games. Jon Wilner explains why that ...

Less could be more for the Pac-12 as it mulls whether to play seven conference games or eight

Flexibility is essential as college football waits for the SEC and Big Ten to chart a course forward. With eight schools, the ...

The Mountain West and Pac-12 still aren’t backing down from their realignment showdown

Las Vegas • On the 60th floor of the Circa hotel, in the exclusive Legacy Club, Mountain West coaches, athletic directors and ...

‘What are the parameters?’: Boise State AD wants Pac-12 as power conference

It’s a group in a room sitting there defining what our future looks like, without really giving us a set standard or defined ...

Mountain West Conference pauses expansion amid legal dispute with Pac-12

The Mountain West Conference, in the process of going through a major membership transition, will “pause” adding new schools, ...

American Athletic Conference football coach: New Pac-12 ‘essentially the old Mountain West’

Late last month, the Pac-12 added Texas State of the Sun Belt as the conference’s ninth member for the 2026-27 athletics season.  The Bobcats happily chose a co ...

Texas State Joins Pac-12 In Latest Round Of Conference Realignment

Texas State joins the Pac-12 for the 2026 season, reshaping the conference and signaling a bold new chapter for the ...

How good of a women’s basketball conference will the new Pac-12 be?

Marquee brands like Oregon State and Gonzaga should raise the league’s profile and help it earn multiple bids to the NCAA ...

New Team Joining Colorado Buffaloes' Conference? Big 12 Offered Shocking Expansion Deal

After adding eight schools in the past two years, the Big 12 Conference isn't looking to initiate another round of expansion, at least not with the Memphis Tige ...

CBS Sports, Pac-12 extend partnership with network becoming primary partner as league eyes expansion

Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, San Diego State and Utah State are joining forces with Oregon State and Washington State to create a new Pac-12 conference that will begin ...