The Pac-12 will add seven new members to join Washington State and Oregon State beginning with the 2026-27 athletic season to form a nine-team league: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, Texas State and Gonzaga.
On Thursday, Jon Rothstein of College Hoops Today revealed that the conference will have a true double round-robin schedule, with the schools playing each other home-and-away for a total of 16 games.
Rothstein added that there isn’t a “timetable” for the conference to make an official announcement. He did provide more context on the schedule.
“With college basketball teams set to play 32 games next season, that means that teams in the Pac-12 will be able to schedule 50 percent of their regular season schedule — 16 non-conference games — in an effort to put together at-large resumes for the NCAA Tournament,” Rothstein wrote.
The Pac-12 went from 12 teams to two seemingly overnight before the 2024-25 season. Cal and Stanford went to the ACC. Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA left for the Big Ten. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah also left for the Big 12.
Washington State and Oregon State stayed, but the Pac-12 is being rebuilt. The league now has eight football-playing members (Gonzaga is the exception), meaning it will be recognized as an official FBS conference.
The Pac-12 could have a loaded basketball conference, too, especially with the addition of Gonzaga, which has made the Elite Eight five times and the national championship twice since 2015. San Diego State has also found much success lately, including a national championship appearance in 2023.
For now, the Pac-12 forges ahead with just two teams, but that will change at the end of the 2025-26 athletic season.