The Pac-12, currently made up of Oregon State and Washington State, was given a two-year grace period by the NCAA to rebuild the conference beginning this school year. It must reach the eight-school minimum by July 2026.

The Pac-12 is poaching four Mountain West schools to stand alongside Oregon State and Washington State in an effort to preserve the league. Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State applied for Pac-12 membership and all have been accepted,

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The Pac-12′s board of directors unanimously voted to accept the four current Mountain West schools into its conference. The official joining date is July 1, 2026. The Pac-12 must add at least two more schools before July 2026 to reach the NCAA minimum of eight to be considered a FBS conference.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The branding on their fields still reads Pac-12, but Oregon State and Washington State opened a surreal 2024 season on Saturday as the conference’s last two teams. It is the first season of college football's new look after last summer's collapse of the so-called Conference of Champions in realignment.

The wheels of conference realignment are spinning again with this week's news that the Pac-12 has recruited a group of reinforcements to join Oregon State and Washington State starting in 2026. Adding Boise State,