The storyline of the summer—and of the 2020s more broadly—in college sports has been the gradual stripping of the once-proud Pac-12 for parts.
Oregon and Washington are headed to the Big Ten, following USC and UCLA's stunning defections in the summer of 2022. Arizona, Arizona State and Utah are set to follow Colorado to the Big 12. All will begin play in their new (and in Colorado’s case, old) homes in 2024.
Meanwhile, California, Oregon State, Stanford and Washington State sit in no man's land.