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After an incredible debacle not too long ago, the Pac-12 is not dead. It seemed that way a few months ago but they are on the verge of being at the very least an eight-school-conference in the NCAA after being just on why of that to come back to college football relevance, among other sports.
The latest addition for the conference is Utah State, a school that has competed very well in college basketball as of late and the football programs has also been very competitive in the Mountain West Conference.
The Aggies now the two remaining former Power Five schools, Oregon State and Washington State, and the recently added Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State bringing the conference's total to seven , one shy of the required to be part of the FBS playoff eligibility.
The plan to add the one missing and maybe more
While the Pac-12 might still be somewhat far for regaining the "Power" status to reach an automatic bid for the college football playoff's top four teams ranked, they seem to be sitting well for now. Of course, they will look to add that eight member as soon as possible.
They have until 2026 to do so but many believe it will come in the weeks. But, the general thought is that once they get the minimum required, that will make the conference relevant enough for them to really compete, create considerable revenue and tv deals, and national attention.
Within the conference the idea is to add more than eight , but so far American Conference schools that were targeted, them being Memphis, Tulane, South Florida and UTSA, have reaffirmed their commitment to their conference, so for now the Pac-12 will have to look elsewhere to increase the number of .