Boise, Colorado State, San Diego State and Fresno State.
PAC-12 still needs two more schools added before 2026 season to remain as a FBS Conference. The announcement says WSU and OSU will consult with the four new members on who it will target next. MWC exit fees are hefty, $17-Million per school and the scheduling agreement between the two conferences also calls for payments to the MWC for poaching schools....so, unless there is someone that is an obvious fit from the MWC, conventional wisdom says up to four schools will be targeted in the AAC (Memphis, UTSA, Tulane, USF) AAC exit fees aren't as high.
MWC will be down to eight teams and should another be targeted by the PAC-12 it would have to expand to remain a FBS conference. There exists a possibility of remaining membership voting to dissolve so as to be more attractive to the PAC-12, MWC, AAC or even C-USA by eliminating the exit fees. IMO, there's not much meat left on the MWC bone. Those teams in the largest media markets arent the number one or two supported teams in that market. (ie San Jose, Utah State) UNLV quite possibly is the only school left in the MWC that has value.... but is it worth $28-mill because thats the total to add MWC teams.
PAC-12 still needs two more schools added before 2026 season to remain as a FBS Conference. The announcement says WSU and OSU will consult with the four new members on who it will target next. MWC exit fees are hefty, $17-Million per school and the scheduling agreement between the two conferences also calls for payments to the MWC for poaching schools....so, unless there is someone that is an obvious fit from the MWC, conventional wisdom says up to four schools will be targeted in the AAC (Memphis, UTSA, Tulane, USF) AAC exit fees aren't as high.
MWC will be down to eight teams and should another be targeted by the PAC-12 it would have to expand to remain a FBS conference. There exists a possibility of remaining membership voting to dissolve so as to be more attractive to the PAC-12, MWC, AAC or even C-USA by eliminating the exit fees. IMO, there's not much meat left on the MWC bone. Those teams in the largest media markets arent the number one or two supported teams in that market. (ie San Jose, Utah State) UNLV quite possibly is the only school left in the MWC that has value.... but is it worth $28-mill because thats the total to add MWC teams.
