2 years, 8 months ago

What’s going on with Big 12, Pac-12 realignment rumors? We answer your questions

The reverberations from USC and UCLA exiting the Pac-12 for the Big Ten continue. A source at one of the target schools noted that many Pac-12 fans don’t travel well, and the strong fan bases in the Big 12 are another factor that make the conference intriguing. Less than a week after the league lost its flagship schools, a Pac-12 source said that the conference is operating with a sense of urgency but is “not panicked.” If one of the remaining Pac-12 schools suddenly got a call from the Big Ten or the SEC, the source said it would be reason enough for the rest to press a panic button. “Shame on the Big 12 if they don’t do what the Pac-12 was unwilling to do last year,” one Group of 5 AD told The Athletic. The SEC, meanwhile, could view the potential addition of the school as the perfect response to the Big Ten’s move last week, while also doing little to upset the current league membership.

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6 days, 2 hours ago

New-look Big 12 Tournament set to begin Tuesday in Kansas City with Houston as the No. 1 seed

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! — The new-look Big 12 Tournament begins with the first of three straight quadruple-headers Tuesday, and the addition of four new programs and the departure of Texas and Oklahoma aren’t the only things that promise to make it look a bit different. “I still think …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Utah State keeps winning through coaching and administrative changes

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! “I get asked quite often: ‘How are you going to keep Jerrod Calhoun?’” athletic director Diana Sabau said. “It’s a great problem to have, but also a challenging problem in this ever-changing environment.” The one constant that Sabau and current and former coaches point to …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas, Arizona State to meet in CFP clash of old vs. new Big 12 champs

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas won the Big 12 title in 2023 on its way out the door to the Southeastern Conference. You’re not used to some of these environments,” Sun Devils coach Kenny Dillingham said Monday. “The guys we’ve gotten from Texas and coach program have been unbelievable,” Dillingham said. “That’s a team who kicked me out and said I’d …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Colorado State and Utah State suing Mountain West over penalties for exiting league

Associated Press

DENVER — Colorado State and Utah State have filed a lawsuit saying the Mountain West is engaging in “extraordinary and unauthorized actions” to penalize the five schools leaving the conference for the Pac-12. The lawsuit filed Monday in Colorado state court by Colorado State and Utah State says the Mountain West and commissioner Gloria Nevarez have disregarded the league’s bylaws …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Big 12 goes into final weekend with four-way tie for 1st and both title game spots up for grabs

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Things to watch during the final weekend of the regular-season in the Big 12 Conference, with Arizona State, BYU, Colorado and Iowa State tied for first place and both spots in the Dec. 7 Big 12 championship game still up for grabs: Games of the week …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kansas is altering the Big 12’s playoff status while finally impacting the top of the standings

Associated Press

Kansas is certainly having an impact on the top of the Big 12 standings, just not as expected after being one of the preseason favorites in the expanded 16-team conference. The Jayhawks may be to blame if the Big 12 ends up getting only one team in the new 12-team College Football Playoff, or potentially none in a worst-case scenario. …

4 months ago

The Big 12 leads the way when it comes to nail-biters with 13 games decided in the final minute

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Cyclones got through non-conference play unscathed thanks to Kyle Konrardy’s 54-yard field goal with six seconds left in a 20-19 win over instate rival Iowa on Sept. 7. ACC team Pittsburgh also won its first seven games this season, including last-minute wins against Big 12 …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

College Basketball Realignment: A Seismic Shift in the Landscape of the Game

Associated Press

College basketball undergoes a major upheaval with the introduction of the transfer portal, name, image and likeness compensation deals, and conference realignment. The recent realignment round, which shifted power in college hoops, has forced coaches to adjust their strategies and players to adapt to the changing landscape of the sport.

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Big 12's Styles Unveiled: Utah's Arrival Adds Another Dimension

Associated Press

Four new schools join the Big 12, and Utah believes it can succeed right away. The Big 12 got seven teams in the NCAA Tournament last year, but only Texas and Baylor reached the Sweet 16 and only the Longhorns — now in the SEC — made it to the Elite Eight. In all, the league went a pedestrian 10-7 …

Big 12 Expansion Adds Five Powerhouses to a Thriving Conference

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Big 12 Expansion Adds Five Powerhouses to a Thriving Conference

Associated Press

The Big 12 welcomes four new teams, significantly boosting its strength and competitiveness. Kansas, ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll, will be a major contender for the conference title and NCAA Tournament berth. Other top teams like Houston, Iowa State, Baylor, and Arizona are expected to be fierce competitors.

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Familiar Faces, New Places: The Big 12 Women's Basketball Title Game Takes Center Stage

Associated Press

The Big 12 Conference is set to welcome four new teams this season, but familiar faces are expected to contend for the title. No. 13 Kansas State, No. 8 Iowa State, No. 12 Baylor, TCU, and No. 16 West Virginia are among the teams expected to make a run at the title. The conference is expected to be one of …

Oregon Ducks Soaring High, But Pac-12 Teams Struggling to Find Their Rhythm in Big Ten

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Oregon Ducks Soaring High, But Pac-12 Teams Struggling to Find Their Rhythm in Big Ten

Associated Press

The other former Pac-12 teams are finding the transition to the Big Ten much more difficult than expected. Teams like UCLA, USC, and Washington are struggling to get wins on the road, with only one conference win apiece so far. Oregon, on the other hand, has shown flashes of brilliance, but they have yet to secure a Big Ten victory …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Big 12, ACC should relish multiple bids if they get them

New York Times

Read The Athletic’s latest edition of College Football Playoff bubble watch. There’s a chance the Big 12 or ACC might be given two automatic bids in a Playoff that expands to 14 or 16 teams, but the two richest leagues hold all the power to make the rules after the nine conference commissioners and Notre Dame signed a new Playoff …

5 months ago

Where will the Pac-12 and Mountain West look next? Is Tulane still in CFP range? G5 mailbag

New York Times

It’s time to get back into the Group of 5 mailbag. If it doesn’t get them and instead turns to some Conference USA or Sun Belt school while still having to pay poaching fees to the Mountain West, then maybe not. The binding agreement signed by the Mountain West schools guarantees that individual schools’ TV revenue won’t drop below the …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Surprising early-season losses may keep Big 12 from sending more than one team to CFP

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Big 12 football figured to seem a tad strange without Texas and Oklahoma hanging around the top of the league standings after the Longhorns and Sooners defected to the Southeastern Conference. 20 Kansas State and Oklahoma State -- the three teams considered preseason favorites in the …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Pac-12 and Mountain West should get over hurt feelings and just merge

New York Times

Since Texas and Oklahoma fractured the college sports world three years ago when they announced their intention to join the SEC, 33 schools have changed conferences. The Pac-12 has seven members set for 2026, adding five Mountain West schools to Oregon State and Washington State and still in need of at least one more. Over the past two weeks, administrators, …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Big 12 Chaos Meter: Is BYU for real? Cougars host K-State in pivotal late-night matchup

New York Times

At Big 12 media days in July, commissioner Brett Yormark stood on stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and lauded the league’s parity, boasted about the Big 12’s depth and competitiveness and declared that “every week will matter.” That begins now, with conference play finally here. This week’s Big 12 chaos meter: 4/5 🤯🤯🤯🤯 With 12 of the league’s …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

What we’re hearing about the Pac-12, AAC and Mountain West’s next moves

New York Times

The next phase of conference realignment is a tug of war. Although Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes told The Athletic on Saturday that football is a requirement for members, other sources briefed on the league’s thinking believe that’s just for this next step, not ruling out the possibility that the league would try to add a school like Gonzaga …

6 months ago

Oregon State AD says the new Pac-12 will look to add new schools quickly

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes said the newly rebuilt Pac-12 will look to add at least two more schools for 2026 as quickly as possible. “Get it right, but it’s in our best interest to move as quickly as we can.” The …

55 years, 2 months ago

College football realignment: The Pac-12’s expansion augurs a ruthless new era.

Slate

Bad news first: College sports continues to besiege itself with chaotic realignment of its conferences, leaving even more schools with reasons to be paranoid about their future ability to keep up with the nation’s Joneses. Without enough teams to stage a conference championship game, they’re the only teams among 134 in the top level of college football who cannot access …

6 months ago

Why join the Pac-12? What schools could be targeted next? What’s next for Mountain West?

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Pac-12 is still two schools short of what it needs to be a recognized conference by the NCAA in two years and the Mountain West is facing a future without four of its most valuable members, so shopping for replacements could be the next step. …

6 months ago

Which schools could the new Pac-12 target? UNLV, Wyoming, Tulane, Memphis among many

New York Times

The Pac-12 rebuild is underway. The Mountain West remains Just because the Pac-12 added four schools from the MW doesn’t mean it’s necessarily done. It’s a massive and growing school just outside of Dallas, and getting into Texas would be particularly helpful for schools like Boise State and Colorado State. The non-football schools Gonzaga: The Zags turned down the Mountain …

6 months ago

Pac-12 will never be a power again, but securing a Playoff spot is all that matters

New York Times

Nearly every conference realignment move since the early 1990s has been driven by one motive: television money. It would be natural, then, to assume the remaining members, Oregon State and Washington State, are now poaching four Mountain West schools — Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State — because they believe there’s a golden ticket waiting for …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

New-look Big 12 ready to embark on a season of big expectations, enormous pressure to win

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think the Penn State game is huge for us,” said Mountaineers coach Neal Brown, whose job was starting to come into question before they won nine games last season. “You’re correct,” Brown said, “it’s a big game for our league, and this new Big 12, …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Analysis: Big 12 must ask not only why UConn, but why now as Yormark remains open for business

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! As Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark steps up discussions in the conference about adding UConn, the question isn’t so much why invite the Huskies as why do it now. “There has never been a better time than right now to be part of the Big 12,” …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Big 12 meet to discuss adding UConn, longtime expansion target: Sources

New York Times

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has renewed his pursuit of expansion target UConn, with league officials meeting Monday where the issue was reintroduced for in-depth discussion, multiple Big 12 administrators and broadcasting sources told The Athletic. According to the sources, if the Big 12 did accept UConn, its football program would not join the league until the next television rights …

7 months ago

Big 12 bigger even after losing two national champs, newcomer Utah is league’s highest-ranked team

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big 12 has gotten bigger even after the departures of two national champions, with a westward expansion and a “Prime” addition among the league’s four newcomers. Mike Gundy is going into his 20th season as 17th-ranked Oklahoma State coach and has been part of all …

9 months ago

The Big 12 needs more money, fast. Is Allstate or private equity investment a good fix?

New York Times

Countless stadiums, arenas, golf tournaments and bowl games have sponsors in their titles. “It’s such an obvious opportunity.” USC sports business professor David Carter looks at the plight of the Big 12, which lags hundreds of millions a year in revenue behind the Big Ten and SEC, and sees private equity as a matter of Darwinian survival. Meanwhile, the Big …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Big 12 distributes record $470M to schools, but original members see decrease after expansion

New York Times

IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 will distribute an estimated $470 million to 14 member universities in 2024, conference commissioner Brett Yormark announced Friday at the league’s spring meetings. That $470 million represents a record high for the Big 12, while at the same time a reduction for the conference’s 10 original members compared to last year. “As you know …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA, leagues back $2.8 billion settlement, setting stage for current, former athletes to be paid

Associated Press

The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences announced Thursday night that they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start steering millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. “Our clients are the …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

New Big 12 out to prove bigger bank accounts don’t always mean better football teams in 12-team CFP

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SCOTTDALE, Ariz. — Before the realigned Big 12 — sans Oklahoma and Texas —even kicks off, the expanded College Football Playoff’s new revenue structure has created a perception that the conference is no longer the equal of the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference. Big 12 commissioner …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Big 12 newcomers struggled in debuts. Now they’re getting ready for the league to change again

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF all had losing records and were in the bottom half of the Big 12 standings last season. “He did a good job of paying attention, asking questions and coaching guys.” Fritz came from Tulane after that American Athletic Conference team two …

1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Pac-12 has that rare chance in sports to go out on top

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Washington gives Pac-12 chance to be conference of champions in football 1 more time before leaving

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! NEW ORLEANS — The curtain will close on the Pac-12’s final season as a Power Five football conference on the biggest stage in the sport. Washington, one of 10 schools leaving the conference this coming summer, beat Texas 37-31 in the Sugar Bowl to earn a …

1 year, 2 months ago

Pac-12 Signing Day: Oregon lands top-five class as it prepares to head to Big Ten

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Oregon’s class is ranked behind only Ohio State among its new Big Ten counterparts. Southern California’s class ranked second among 2023 Pac-12 schools and would be fifth in the new Big Ten, behind Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State and Michigan. LEADER OF THE PACK Oregon signed …

1 year, 2 months ago

AP Sports Story of the Year: Realignment, stunning demise of Pac-12 usher in super conference era

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The redrawing of the college sports map and demise of the Pac-12, a conference that claims the most NCAA championships and a legacy that includes the likes of Jackie Robinson, Bill Walton, Aaron Rodgers, Katie Ledecky, Tiger Woods and Cheryl Miller, made conference realignment The Associated …

1 year, 3 months ago

Washington Supreme Court denies review of Pac-12 appeal, handing control of conference to OSU, WSU

Associated Press

The Washington state Supreme Court declined on Friday to review the Pac-12’s appeal of a lower court ruling that gives full control of the conference to Oregon State and Washington State, keeping in place a legal victory for the league’s two remaining schools over its 10 departing members. Last month, a superior court judge in Whitman County, Washington, granted the …

1 year, 3 months ago

Big 12 has familiar look with four traditional members still in running for conference title game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Soon-to-be-gone league stalwarts Texas and Oklahoma, as well as longtime members Oklahoma State and Kansas State, are all ranked in the Top 25 and remain in the running for spots in the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 2. The Big 12 champion will go to …

1 year, 4 months ago

Washington and Oregon on course for another clash before Pac-12 teams part ways in league breakup

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It’s always been a case of you either poach someone for your conference — or you get poached.” There’s certainly been a lot of poaching, too, with Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado going to the Big 12. and you know that’s still not good enough …

1 year, 4 months ago

Big 12 releases 4 years of football opponents for 16-team conference, with annual BYU-Utah game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big 12 on Wednesday released four years of football opponents for its newly expanded 16-team conference, including a yearly BYU-Utah game and an emphasis on other in-state rivalries. “As we look towards the future of this Conference, we are thrilled to introduce the first football …

1 year, 4 months ago

Big 12 football scheduling model for 2024-2027 revealed: Breaking down the conference’s changes

New York Times

By Max Olson, Sam Khan Jr. and Justin Williams The Big 12 revealed its new football scheduling model for the 2024 through 2027 seasons Wednesday, offering a first look at how it will operate as a 16-team conference starting next year. Four protected rivalries will play every year in the new model: Arizona versus Arizona State, Baylor versus TCU, BYU …

1 year, 4 months ago

After years of competing for titles, Big 12 women’s hoops competes to escape recent mediocrity

Associated Press

Krista Gerlich played back when the Big 12 was one of the top women’s basketball conferences in the country, leading Texas Tech to the national championship a few years before the Southwest Conference dissolved and it was absorbed by the league. “There is such great women’s basketball in our conference,” countered Gerlich, whose Lady Raiders won 20 games and went …

1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: The Pac-12 is the ‘Conference of Champions.’ Don’t let it disappear

LA Times

USC Trojans celebrate their victory in the Division 1 NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship in May 2023. Consider the Olympic sports contested across the NCAA: Pac-12 schools dominate the top 25 national rankings and finishes, and Stanford, UCLA and USC sweep the podium spots for schools with the most NCAA team titles. Indeed, it is Olympic sports that have made …

1 year, 5 months ago

Pac-12 teams still interested in playing each other even as they go separate ways

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — The Pac-12 Conference is falling apart, but coaches are still interested in playing West Coast schools even as they go their separate ways. “I’m confident it will happen,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said Wednesday at Pac-12 basketball media day. “We’re going to have enough travel during conference going to the East Coast,” Altman said. “I’m not interested …

1 year, 5 months ago

Behind the scenes of Brett Yormark’s yearlong push to get the Big 12 to 16

New York Times

Mack Rhoades was pacing in his vacation home in New Mexico, starting to seriously fear the deal was falling apart. Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec, who led the three-person search committee with Livingstone and Kansas chancellor Douglas Girod, said the Big 12 board labeled Yormark as the “high risk, high reward” finalist. “If you’re ESPN and Fox, does it hurt …

1 year, 5 months ago

Big 12 announces 2023-24 basketball schedule: How it shapes up after conference realignment

New York Times

The Big 12 announced its 2023-24 basketball schedule Tuesday featuring the conference’s four new schools: Houston, BYU, Cincinnati and UCF. College basketball’s regular season begins Nov. 6, and Big 12 play opens on Jan. 6. The program also makes for a seamless fit in the Big 12’s Texas-focused footprint and should provide some stellar conference showdowns with home-and-homes against Kansas …

1 year, 5 months ago

With Pac-12 unsettled, CFP managers meet to make difficult decision on number of reserved bids

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! College Football Playoff managers will meet this week, but with the future of the Pac-12 still unsettled, it will be difficult to make a final decision on whether the number of places reserved for conference champions in the soon-to-be expanded field should be six or five. …

1 year, 5 months ago

What’s next in major college football realignment? How about a best-of-the-rest league

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A relegation approach is a complicated if inclusive way to reach what might be the best next move for the two schools and other top programs in the so-called Group of Five conferences: A best-of-the-rest, football-only conference that ignores geography and focuses on maximizing TV dollars …

1 year, 6 months ago

Big 12 aims for 3-game sweep of mighty SEC after Longhorns’ win at Alabama

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think it’s going to be a great environment for college football,” Wildcats coach Chris Klieman said of the trip to Columbia, where his team will play for the first time since 2010. “I don’t know how the game is going to go, but it’s going …

1 year, 6 months ago

Q&A: The downfall of the Pac-12: How did we get here and what comes next?

LA Times

With Stanford and California joining the mass exodus from the Pac-12 on Friday, the one-time power conference could be no more by next year. With the news last week that Stanford and California will bolt to the Atlantic Coast Conference next year, the speedy demise of a power conference that has been around for more than a century is nearly …

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