Beleaguered Pac-12 Says It Will Pursue Expansion With Colorado, USC, and UCLA All Leaving Next Year

Beleaguered Pac-12 Says It Will Pursue Expansion With Colorado, USC, and UCLA All Leaving Next Year
The Pac-12 logo at Sun Devil Stadium during the second half of an NCAA college football game between Arizona State and Kent State in Tempe, Ariz., on Aug. 29, 2019. Ralph Freso/AP Photo
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The Pac-12 Conference issued a statement aimed at stability after Colorado became the third school in a year to announce plans to leave. The nine schools remaining for the 2024–2025 season were largely silent Friday.

Colorado on Thursday announced it would join the Big 12 beginning in 2024, joining Big Ten-bound Southern California and UCLA in an exodus that could continue in coming weeks and months. Their departures coincide with the expiration of the league’s current media rights deals and the Pac-12 has not yet announced a lucrative deal going forward.