and speaking of Oregon State Pack 12 fans with a sigh of relief heading into the weekend for over 400 Days the new normal for the conference of Champions was something we never expected broken but suddenly the pack is back conference realignment bringing four new schools to the back 12 the conference is set to add Boise State Colorado State Fresno State and San Diego State ahead of the 2026 27 school year all four Mountain West schools joining Oregon State and Washington State after the collapse of the Pack 12 the NCAA gave the conference two years to still remain as a two- team conference following that the conference would be required at least eight members to exist rumors of the Mountain West joining forces With The Pack 12 circled last summer but the uncertainty with media rights for the pack along with the buyout for schools in the Mountain West was pretty hefty while neither have really been figured out the four new schools are likely to pay $18 million each 70 million combined plus 40 million the Pack 12 owes the Mountain West in poaching fees announced four foundational members of this 100 plus year uh tradition in this conference we can't wait to to build and and move on together that's one of the exciting things about this is that they six like-minded universities all want to ascend all want to build something special and we have that in front of us so what's now sitting is the Pack 2 is set to become a six team conference in 2026 that means the conference is now just two teams away from being all the way back to NCAA standards of normal K and Stanford have also been brought up possibly rejoining the Pack 12 nothing too official yet slowly but surely the pack will rebuild