The Pac-12 announced Thursday that the conference is not pursuing expansion at this time.
“The decision was made following extensive internal discussion and analysis, and is based on the current competitive strength and cohesiveness of our 12 universities,” the conference said in a statement. “It is also grounded in our confidence in our ability as a conference to best support our student-athletes and to grow and thrive both academically and athletically.”
Commissioner George Kliavkoff said Tuesday the conference would announce its plans by the end of the week. He added that the creation of the three-conference alliance achieves “a lot of what we wanted” when his conference began exploring the potential of adding new members, so the decision to stay at 12 schools for now was the expected outcome.
At Pac-12 media days in July, Kliavkoff said the conference was receiving “significant inbound interest from many schools” following the news of Texas and Oklahoma being accepted into the SEC in 2025. Admitting new members would require approval by three-fourths of the Pac-12’s CEO group.
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