The Pac-12 is back, kind of

The Pac-12 logo on the field of Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash., Aug. 31, 2024.

The Pac-12 has clawed back from the brink of extinction to the verge of full resurrection.

Through Wednesday, only two schools were left in the former Power Five conference: Washington State and Oregon State. Those programs became the last ones standing entering this season following a mass exodus of schools heading for greener pastures in the ACC (California, Stanford), Big Ten (Oregon, UCLA, USC, Washington), and Big 12 (Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah). But the Pac-2 is now a Six-Pac thanks to the additions of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State, which the Pac-12 confirmed Thursday.

“An exciting new era for the Pac-12 Conference begins today,” conference commissioner Teresa........

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