The Pac-12 Conference still doesn’t know which teams are going to replace USC and UCLA in 2024. Sure, the San Diego State Aztecs definitely helped their case, but the media rights deal is still up in the air as well.
However, despite the conference’s questions, the Colorado Buffaloes are on the rise, per Jon Wilner of The Mercury News (subscription required).
The Buffaloes certainly have momentum, to the extent that predictions actually matter. For results in the three sports mentioned, Utah and USC are currently leading the way. The Trojans sent both basketball teams to the NCAAs and had a breakthrough football season. The Utes won the Pac-12 football title (again), shared the women’s basketball regular-season title and had a better-than-expected showing from the men. If CU’s three teams meet the expectations laid out for the 2023-24 sports season, Boulder will be one of the hottest spots in the conference.
The Buffs have both their men’s and women’s basketball teams ranked in ESPN’s way-too-early top 25, and the hire of Deion Sanders has the football program exploding with massive expectations.
If the Buffs can find success in both basketball and football, that will be a huge boost to the Pac-12 with USC and UCLA departing.
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