Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Are you wondering what’s going on with the madness that is the latest round of college football realignment, especially as it relates to the Pac-12? We’re here to help.
We are just weeks away from kicking off the 2023 college football season, but right now, what should be an exciting time for the sport has largely been overshadowed by far more existential concerns.
The respective moves of Oklahoma and Texas moving to the SEC and USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten in 2024 proved to be the first signs of trouble in a rapidly shifting college football landscape, and the dam finally broke this week.
With the demise of the Pac-12 seemingly on the horizon, teams are searching for safe harbor in one of the three stable power conferences: the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12.
Much is still up to speculation, but here’s a rundown of everything we know so far as it relates to the latest round of conference realignment.
This story has been updated.