Although an official announcement has yet to be made, it’s about as official as it gets. Colorado is leaving the Pac-12 to return to the Big 12, a conference that the Buffs had previously called home for over 60 years.
Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the Big 12’s presidents and chancellors unanimously approved CU into the league on Wednesday evening and the next step is for Colorado’s board of regents to approve the move in a meeting on Thursday.
This all is certainly moving quickly, but Colorado has been linked to the Big 12 for quite a while now. Below is a brief timeline of what went down over the past year-plus: