Canzano: Pac-12 plotting for 2026 football season
Sources: Non-conference scheduling arrangement is being explored.
Nothing is official, but it’s becoming unlikely that the Pac-12 Conference will add a football-only member for the 2026 season.
Still, the conference is plotting.
The new-world Pac-12 currently includes eight football-playing members. A league source confirmed on Tuesday that Pac-12 teams expect to play seven conference games and five non-conference games in 2026.
The Pac-12 is exploring a scheduling arrangement with one or more “Group of Five” conferences to open dates and add additional non-conference games.
The American?
“No,” said one campus source, “not necessarily.”
The Mountain West?
“Most definitely off the table,” said another.