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Pac-12 And Mountain West Legal Battle Brews Over Poaching Penalties & Realignment
The bad blood between the Mountain West Conference and the teams that will remain in 2026, as well as the Pac-12 and the teams in the Mountain West leaving for ...
American Athletic Conference rebrands to American Conference, controlling its destiny
The AAC was often confused in search engines queries with the ACC. It will now simply be called the American Conference and ...
Big Ten's rigged College Football Playoff plan shut down by SEC
The Big Ten's plan for a rigged College Football Playoff with automatic berths ran out of gas. The SEC drained its fuel.
The American drops ‘Athletic’ from conference name, adds mascot as part of rebrand
Pernetti said that during one of his first meetings with league presidents about a rebrand, he typed “AAC” into a browser and it defaulted to ACC. So the league now just goes by “The American,” even ...
College football program valuations: Ranking every Power 4 team by how much they’d sell for
College football programs may not be for sale, but what if they were? Here's our best guess at how much the Power 4 would ...
American Athletic Conference football coach: New Pac-12 ‘essentially the old Mountain West’
Late last month, the Pac-12 added Texas State of the Sun Belt as the conference’s ninth member for the 2026-27 athletics season.  The Bobcats happily chose a co ...
This Week in the West: SEC makes news (with the CFP), Trump’s planned EO and Pac-12 mediation stalls
The future of the College Football Playoff seemingly depends on whether the SEC adds a ninth conference game to its schedule.
UNLV athletic director slams Pac-12, outgoing Mountain West members
UNLV athletic director Erick Harper remains all-in with the Mountain West Conference.  Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah State ...
Boise State AD prefers expanded football playoffs: System ‘doesn’t sit right’
I want a system that’s built that gives us not just one seat, but multiple opportunities to have a seat at that table.” ...
Less could be more for the Pac-12 as it mulls whether to play seven conference games or eight
Flexibility is essential as college football waits for the SEC and Big Ten to chart a course forward. With eight schools, the ...
Mailbag: Contrarian view of the Pac-12 football schedule (the case for seven), Texas State’s potential, the Sac State scenario and more
Flexibility is essential as college football waits for the SEC and Big Ten to chart a course forward. With eight schools, the ...
The Mountain West and Pac-12 still aren’t backing down from their realignment showdown
This week was not like any other Mountain West media day, however. For five of the league’s 12 schools, it was their last. A ...