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Three Years After USC and UCLA Led Mass Defections, Pac-12 Adds Texas State as 8th Member
- Texas State University is poised to join the Pac-12 Conference as its eighth football member starting in summer 2026.
- The invitation follows Texas State informing the Sun Belt Conference about expecting the offer and the Pac-12's need to meet an eight-school NCAA membership threshold.
- Texas State, located in San Marcos with over 40,000 students, has achieved back-to-back 8-5 seasons and two bowl wins under coach G.J. Kinne.
- The Bobcats must notify the Sun Belt by July 1 to avoid an exit fee doubling from $5 million to $10 million, making timing critical for their official move.
- Joining the Pac-12 would fulfill conference membership requirements and expand its footprint into Texas, with the new conference launch scheduled on July 1, 2026.
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Three years after USC and UCLA led mass defections, Pac-12 adds Texas State as 8th member
LOS ANGELES — Three years after USC and UCLA triggered a mass exodus by bolting for the Big Ten, the Pac-12 has extended an invitation to Texas State to give the conference eight football-playing members. Texas State, currently part of…
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