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Rebuilding Pac-12 Gets Its Needed 8th Football School with Addition of Texas State

Texas State announced it will join the Pac-12 Conference as its ninth member on July 1, 2026, marking the conference's expansion into Texas.
This move follows a period of instability in the Pac-12, which imploded in summer 2023 after USC and UCLA left, leading to a need for new football-playing members.
Texas State brings an upward trajectory since moving from FCS in 2012, highlighted by back-to-back bowl wins, 25% football attendance growth last season, and $149 million invested in athletic facilities since 2022.
Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould expressed enthusiasm about Texas State joining as a key part of the newly formed Pac-12 conference.
Texas State's addition secures the Pac-12's viability as an FBS conference with eight football members and signifies the university's rising national profile and readiness to compete at the highest level.

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