But, if an opportunity arises, at least one national writer thinks Oregon's decision would be a fairly straightforward one. Recently, USC and UCLA mimicked the Longhorns and Sooners . By July 5, Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports reported that six Pac-12 schools Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Arizona State, and Colorado were in discussions with the Big 12. Find it at our Team News Feed. The Big 12 has made it to where theyll be in a much stronger position potentially whenever the next contract comes open. With the massive financial commitment of Oregon Alum Phil Knight and many others, the Ducks have built new football, basketball, baseball, softball, and track and field facilities and have improved others. While theyve also drawn ridicule, Oregons penchant for numerous, interesting and colorful uniform combinations is also cited by high school players across the country as a draw to the program. Can OSU find a path to national relevance in the new era, or will it be left behind as television money and brand recognition drive the bus? July 5, 2022 6:04 am CT When conference realignment moved front and center in college football discussions a year ago, many wondered if the Big 12 would survive the loss of its two most. 16. Colorado in the Big 12 is similarly not a logistical problem. Before the 2021 season, Texas and Oklahoma announced plans to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC. The first Oregon football game against the University of Washington was in 1900. Of course the remodel had to be done regardless, but I wonder if OSU would have done things a bit differently if they knew the conference landscape would change so drastically. For Oregon State, Pac-12 expansion entails the maintenance of the status quo. As Lee Corso would say, "not so fast, my friend.". or if youre a diehard Pac-12 fan, then this is what youre rooting for. If they go, that leaves just six Pac-12 schools, at which point the Big 12 might gobble them up, and thats all she wrote. BYU joined the conference in 2011 when it went independent with its football program. The MAAC lost Monmouth but added Mount St. Marys on July 1, 2022. Schools like Boise State and San Diego State have real strong cases, but theres one general conference realignment principle to keep in mind: If a school is not currently in the Power Five, there is a reason why. Parker: How hot is the seat of Stanford mens basketball coach Jerod Haase? Clemson to the SEC sounds like an obvious move. The partnership wouldnt inherently guarantee that the soon-to-be Pac-10 remains entirely intact, but it certainly makes it more likely. Jul 5, 2022. By Kevin Kelley - November 5, 2021. BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston will join the Big 12 in 2023, meaning that unless something changes and Oklahoma and Texas leave early the Big 12 will have 14 teams for two years before going back down to 12 in 2025. Conference realignment[edit] Main article: 2021-22 NCAA conference realignment Two schools are playing their first FBS seasons in 2023. Tours of the Nike campus by visiting players would no doubt be a sought-after highlight of trips to play the Ducks. A Conference should still want to have more than 2 teams in a larger geographic area in part due to travel and TV visibility needs but perhaps more importantly for recruiting purposes. July 2, 2022 10:45 am PT Lots of college football writers and analysts have predictions on which schools will move in realignment. The Big Ten also likely has zero interest in adding Pacific Northwest schools not named Washington or Oregon. If the objective is simply to find solid football programs that would jump at the opportunity to upgrade, however, maybe its time to look long and hard at Boise State and San Diego State that latter of which also has the advantage of being in a top-30 US media market. It probably goes without saying that the absorption of six current Pac-12 schools into the Big 12, the Big 10 or a combination would mean the historic end of a Pacific Conference whose imprimatur dates to 1915, with some rivalries dating back to the 19th Century. Oregons sports programs have sent numerous athletes to professional leagues such as the NFL (this Fall will see two former Oregon quarterbacks as starters) the WNBA and Major League Baseball and produced many Olympic Medalists and World Champions in track and field. The Arizona schools could conceivably fit in the Big 12. Something along those lines could take shape between the Pac-12 and ACC, per Dodd. Based on new Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark's comments at Big 12 media days, it seems like the conference is in a good spot and likely acting as an aggressor in realignment discussions. Might the Detroit Lions at any point be a Dark Horse Super Bowl Bet in 2021? With conference realignment in holding pattern, UTEP, NM State on standby like everyone else by: Colin Deaver Posted: Jul 7, 2022 / 07:19 PM MDT Updated: Jul 7, 2022 / 10:57 PM MDT EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - It's been one week since UCLA and USC shocked the college athletics world by bolting from the Pac-12 for the Big Ten. Its probably the only path OSU has to inclusion in a super-conference world. Despite rumors of the Big 12 seeking to poach or merge with four to six members of the remaining Pac-12 (Oregon State excluded), and in addition to the West Coasts premier conference seeking to expand, reports have surfaced about a more immediate and somewhat stabilizing development. Heres what every Division I conference will look like by 2025 (as of now): America East Conference (9 full members)AlbanyBinghamtonBryantMaineNew HampshireNJITUMBCUMass-LowellVermont. The Pac-12. Case in point: Last week, UCLA and USC announced they will leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, and even before the official announcement came down, rumors began swirling about Notre Dame, other Pac-12 schools, the ACC, and more. Oregon and Washington are the two best football programs "in play" considering the Pac-12 is down to 10 teams; however, there is a reason they haven't been considered prominently in realignment. The Ducks have won 34 NCAA Championships. Posted on January 14, 2023. Utah, with its football brand, is going to find a good home no matter what, though the Utes would prefer the Big Ten at this point. Thats great short-term, but long-term its not going to be good when they have to re-up again with media rights. Nothing will change until the summer of 2024. Bahns: Assessing Oregon State's position in conference realignment landscape By Carter Bahns, BeaverBlitz: The news of USC and UCLA departing the Pac-12 and joining the Big Ten shook the college athletics world when it broke on the morning of June 30th. Big Sky Conference (10 full members)Eastern WashingtonIdahoIdaho StateMontanaMontana StateNorthern ArizonaNorthern ColoradoPortland StateSacramento StateWeber State*Cal Poly and UC Davis are football-only affiliate members. Conference USA (10 full members)Florida International Jacksonville State Kennesaw StateLibertyLouisiana TechMiddle Tennessee State New Mexico State Sam HoustonUTEPWestern Kentucky, Horizon League (11 full members)Cleveland StateDetroit MercyIUPUI Northern Kentucky OaklandPurdue-Fort WayneRobert MorrisWisconsin-Green BayWisconsin-MilwaukeeWright StateYoungstown State, Ivy League (8 full members)BrownColumbiaCornellDartmouthHarvardPennPrincetonYale, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (11 full members)CanisiusFairfieldIonaManhattanMarist Mount St. MarysNiagaraQuinnipiacRiderSaint PetersSiena, Mid-American Conference (12 full members)AkronBall StateBowling GreenBuffaloCentral MichiganEastern MichiganKent StateMiami (Ohio)Northern IllinoisOhioToledoWestern Michigan. At the moment, considering geographic proximity may make more sense to the Big 10 assuming it can complete the integration of UCLA and USC. Boardroom is a media network that covers the business of sports, entertainment. (Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire). Pac-12 media rights: Kliavkoff sees "no need for a rush", but the strategy carries risk (this is realignment, after all) The Pac-12 is the last Power Five with media rights available on the market Thats right: The Big 12 could poach from the Pac-12 OR the Pac-12 could post from the Big 12. Texas, Texas Tech, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and two other schools will make up the new Pac-16 South. The college football playoff landscape will continue to shift, he believes. College football conference realignment and expansion has returned in 2021, with several conferences set to add members . Its the TV and streaming giants that really drive conference realignment decisions, and college football in particular will always be king as far as broadcast dollars are concerned. Knight is both an Oregon undergraduate and a Stanford Business School graduate. If you lost track of all the changes that will be coming in the next few years, Ive got you covered. Get on our list for weekly sports business, industry trends, interviews, and more. Lamar will return to the Southland from the WAC in 2023, upping Southland membership to 10 teams. Sign up for the Trojans Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning, Experts agree that #USC is once again a top-five transfer portal program and we still have the spring portal window to come. One of the most puzzling developments of this latest round of realignment was the discussion Air Force and Colorado State had about joining the depleted American Athletic Conference. For Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes, interim president Becky Johnson, and incoming president Jayathi Murthy, the work ahead of them is monumental - and it will determine the future of the university. After losing 5 members in 2021 (4 to the WAC and 1 to the ASUN), the Southland climbed to 9 members when Texas A&M-Commerce moved up from Division II on July 1, 2022. Immediately following the USC and UCLA news, the focus in the conference for many turned to Oregon and Washington, two schools many feel could easily follow the Trojans and Bruins to the Big. Atlantic Coast Conference (15 full members)Boston CollegeClemsonDukeFlorida StateGeorgia TechLouisvilleMiami (Fla.)North CarolinaNorth Carolina StateNotre Dame*PittsburghSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forest*Notre Dame is a non-football member, competing as an independent. Sports Reputation, Footprint, Commitment Are Attractive. Oregon State is disadvantaged in that it possesses no negotiating leverage over conferences more prosperous than the Pac-12. January 14, 2023 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff. No Pac-12 schools were dealt a bigger or crueler blow with the USC-UCLA move to the Big Ten than Oregon State and Washington State. Oregon State would continue to reap the financial benefits of power conference membership, which would measure much larger in a partnership than it would if the Pac went about its business alone. USC and UCLA to the Big last week. Ten universities in the absence of a Los Angeles presence is not enough; the reach is not wide enough, the brands are not strong enough, and therefore the conference is not competitive enough to operate at a power level. 2) They play a round-robin conference schedule, meaning all teams within the conference play each other once each year. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Should Big 12 leader Brett Yormark try to raid Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah, Oregon and Washington from the Pac-12? The Pac-12 could die. Four schools that would make sense in the Big 12 from the Pac-12 would include Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado, a school that left the Big 12 for the Pac-10 when the conference expanded . If they do expand further and its likely to be simply a matter of time they have plenty of attractive options in the ACC, including Clemson, Miami, and Florida State. The Pac-12 North would consist of Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Cal and Stanford. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. At the very least, it will be the end of the conference as we know it. Mike Vorel. Thats essentially what Oregon State has experienced for years already as a longtime member of the conference. Duck fans are known to travel well to watch their teams, particularly in football. If the Big Ten adds Notre Dame and Stanford and then stops there, Cal could be in some trouble; the Golden Bears would join Washington State and Oregon State among the west coast schools left behind. In this scenario, Oregon State could see out the momentum its athletic department has created without changing contexts. The conference also has two affiliate members for football. Joining: Belmont, Illinois Chicago, Murray State, The MVC grew from 10 full members to 12 on July 1, 2022. Gonzaga and Fresno State should also be on the radar. Sooners and Longhorns officials have said publicly that they plan to stay in the Big 12 until 2025 rather than pay a massive exit fee to leave early. It's also being reported that Oregon and Washington are trying to get out. The Rose Bowl and College Football Playoff Hartford could leave as early as this summer as it begins its transition down to Division III. It turns out theres an added twist of the knife that makes this series of events hurt even more for the Beavers. If conference realignment realizes itself via merger, a Pac-12/Big 12 hybrid would present a viable Super League of sorts to go up against the Big Ten and SEC should those two juggernauts expand even more. [1] Assuming no one else gets picked off along the way, here's what this merged league would look like: Washington Washington State Oregon In the biggest bombshell of 2022, the two SoCal schools announced that they will leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024. The approximately $30 million allocated to Oregon State from the Pac-12 currently is modest compared to what other Power Five programs haul in, but earning less than 15 percent of that would cripple the university. If there was an opportunity for Oregon to join the Big 10 or to join the SEC, they should jump at it immediately," said Marcello when asked about a hypothetical departure for either league. The wheels of conference realignment are turning again. The Beavers appear poised to jump into the top tier of the Pac-12 in football while maintaining success in the Olympic sports, and continuing on that path would help position Oregon State more favorably in the next realignment cycle. Existentially, Oregon States inclusion in the merger would ensure the Beavers high-level competition in the long term. Future look: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington State SEC Oklahoma and Texas announced in July 2021 that they would leave the Big . As Taylor alluded to above, there is now talk that the Big 12 could go on the offensive. If conference realignment realizes itself via merger, a Pac-12/Big 12 hybrid would present a viable Super League of sorts to go up against the Big Ten and SEC should those two juggernauts expand even more. But thats a few dominoes down the road. Arizona State and Arizona could be in the crosshairs of the Big 12, as could Utah and Colorado. Hoover. That trio (or duo) could find refuge in the Mountain West, which would make geographic sense, but would be an utterly gigantic step down in terms of money and competition. That leaves the question: What's Next for Conference Realignment? By Erik Skopil 11 hours ago. The upside of this new super conference, dubbed widely by those projecting its existence as the BigPac, is tremendous. . June 16, 2022 10:00 am ET. Should disaster strike and Oregon State gets left in the dust, however, it would find itself on the same footing as the Utah States, Colorado States, and San Jos States of the world. Oregon State is getting caught in the middle in realignment mess Advertisement The extra-cruel reality facing Oregon State right now Matt Wadleigh July 7, 2022 7:40 am PT No Pac-12. they should all be within two time-zones of each other). This week the Arizona schools, Utah and Colorado talking to the Big 12 per reports. 1 hour ago. He came to the brand in 2021 with a decade of experience in sports journalism, primarily covering college basketball at SB Nation as a writer, reporter, and blog manager. The B16 goes to a 10 game conference schedule. If those six Pac-12 schools do actually move to the Big 12, this might become the most likely scenario. That puts the conference at 14 full members and 6 football members before Jacksonville State and Liberty depart for Conference USA in 2023, and Kennesaw State follows in 2024. Oregon and Washington are the two best football programs "in play" considering the Pac-12 is down to 10 teams; however, there is a reason they haven't been considered prominently in realignment. Joining: Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Liberty, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, Leaving: Charlotte, FAU, Marshall, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP. Losing Southern Utah on July 1, 2022 dropped the Big Sky from 11 full members to 10. How would it go about ensuring it could garner tens of millions of dollars annually for each of its member institutions? Clemson to the SEC sounds like an obvious move. Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss departed for the Sun Belt on July 1, 2022 and the other six will leave for the AAC in 2023. What the Pac-12 decides to do next will set off the next wave of moves. The conference lost one of its better mens basketball programs in Loyola but gained two perennially strong programs with Belmont and Murray State, while keeping a presence in Chicago with UIC. While they'd provide the league with value in the Southern California and Dallas television markets, neither are exactly athletic giants. By . Odds & lines subject to change. At the moment, the discussion in these Conferences is about adding members and growing larger, rather than jettisoning members as the Pac-12 is apparently going to be forced to do. There (). "One of the Top 100 Sports News Websites To Follow.". So, unless something changes, were still a few years away from this massive move. Then there is the report that the Governor of Orgon wants to step in to make sure the O and O State remain in the same conference. By and large, Addicted to Quack has refrained from too much commentary or speculation on this summers wave of Conference re-alignment. It seems as if these renovations were for nothing now that theyll be playing in a non Power Five conference. Oregon and Washington to the Big Ten will eventually happen, according to most experts. In a previous life, he worked as a social media strategist and copywriter, handling accounts ranging from sports retail to luxury hotels and financial technology. BUT . Some recent stories paint a bleak picture about the future of the conference after reports that the Big Ten could pursue more Pac-12 schools in conference expansion and that other universities. Oregons first football game against Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) took place in 1894. The Big 12 then adds Arizona and Arizona State to get the Phoenix market and grow the conference to 16 teams. Big 12/Pac-12 are Scrambling As things currently sit, the Big 12 and Pac-12 are scrambling to find teams to fill their leagues, as both are having members leave. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (8 full members)Coppin State*Delaware StateHowardMorgan StateNorfolk StateNorth Carolina CentralSouth Carolina StateUMES**Coppin State and UMES do not play football. Leaving: Campbell, Hampton, North Carolina A&T. It's about money, and you guys simply don't bring enough to the table. To be quite honest, I kind of think that the Big 12 came calling youd have to give that some serious thought," he started. Magic Johnson, Nike & the $5.2 Billion Deal That Almost Was, Religion of Sports Inks Exclusive Production Deal with Main Event Media, A Rappers Union? The OVC lost two members to the ASUN last year, dropping from 12 full members to 10. It would be a sad, sad day to see schools like Stanford and Cal elite academic institutions with rich football histories and a celebrated rivalry relegated to mid-major status. Heres a breakdown by conference. Stony Brook was already an affiliate member for football and is now a full member. Even if the Pac-12's next media rights deal is a home run, Marcello isn't certain a win there provides the necessary financial security to keep schools like Oregon and Washington from seeking entry into other leagues including the Big 12. Phil Knight As mentioned above, Oregons rise to a nationally prominent college sports program, especially in football, can be traced to a close relationship with the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Nike and his willingness to invest in athletics. 9-Nevada: When it comes to facilities, the Wolf Pack . 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