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Keeping the Pac-12 intact after the exodus to the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 was a strategic decision by remaining members Oregon State and Washington State. With a legacy brand and the right expansion candidates, the Pac-12 could reemerge from the realignment chaos as a top-five football conference.

Texas State joins the Pac-12 for the 2026 season, reshaping the conference and signaling a bold new chapter for the conference.

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Louisiana Tech's addition will keep the Sun Belt at 14 football schools next year and give it three full members in the state.