Flexibility is essential as college football waits for the SEC and Big Ten to chart a course forward. With eight schools, the Pac-12 would have the option to play just seven conference games.

Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould revealed the conference’s stand on the College Football Playoff and its inevitable expansion. The Pac-12 itself expanded, or well, expanded from two teams to its new group of schools.

That said, the SEC, ACC and Big 12 have good reason to support the so-called 5+11 format in which there would be five berths for conference champions and 11 at-large slots. (In our view, the ACC and Big 12 don’t have a choice .)

The main criticism of jumping from a 68-team field to a 72- or 76-team field is that power conferences would get the new spots over mid-majors.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall discuss the latest news on Pac-12 expansion, Jake Retzlaff's uncertain future at BYU, and rank the best quarterbacks for 2025 on this week’s episode of “Athlon U: The College Football Podcast.

Texas State president Kelly Damphousse brings a passion and vision to Bobcats ahead of next year's move to Pac-12.

Louisiana Tech's addition will keep the Sun Belt at 14 football schools next year and give it three full members in the state.

The latest round of conference realignment has started up and the Sun Belt is reportedly looking to fill its opening.