![]() ![]() Ultimately, it would be up to the folks who belong in the upper room. That’s something Deion Sanders said last year, arguing for an “upper room.” Since the Hall of Fame will likely never make one, we’ll take a crack at identifying the folks who would, or should, gain entry. The Pac-12 has always been the weakest of the five power conferences in terms of its television contracts, and once this realignment is official, the Pac-12 can’t even be considered a power conference.Īs the Hall of Fame welcomes nine new busts, it’s a reminder that the Hall of Fame has too many busts. The Big 12 is also better positioned financially than the Pac-12 for TV money. The Big Ten has an extremely lucrative television deal which its four new West Coast schools were eager to get a piece of, and the Big Ten believes it can make even more money off TV when it appeals to more viewers on the West Coast. That’s not a conference, and it’s unclear whether the Pac-12 can continue to exist. That leaves the Pac-12 with just Cal, Oregon State, Stanford and Washington State. The Big 12 then scrambled to take on the next tier of Pac-12 schools, scooping up Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah, all of which will start playing in the Big 12 in 2024. ![]() UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington will all play in the Pac-12 this season before moving to the Big Ten next season. That means the Big Ten will have a major footprint out west and will continue to be, along with the SEC, one of the two dominant college football conferences. Oregon and Washington have agreed to join the Big Ten, following USC and UCLA as four West Coast defections from the Pac-12 to the traditionally Midwestern Big Ten. That’s the result of the latest conference realignments, as the bigger conferences continue to get stronger and the weaker conferences scramble to remain relevant. The Big Ten is solidifying its status as one of the two major college football conferences, the Big 12 is getting bigger, and the Pac-12 is on the verge of collapse. ![]()
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