The future of the Power 5 on the West Coast is a complete unknown entering the 2023 season.
As USC and UCLA prepare to join the Big Ten in 2024, the remaining teams in the Pac-12 are looking to commissioner George Kliavkoff for direction. The Big 12 has already cut a deal with ESPN and FOX to broadcast games for nearly a decade, a dagger to the Power 5 West Coast conference looking for a television rights deal.
The Pac-12 has flirted with San Diego State on expansion, but the immediate plans for broadcast and expansion are a mystery.
Despite the noise off the field, the product on the field will be the best offensive play in college football. Four of the top five offenses in the nation in terms of Qual ity Drive Rate come from the Pac-12.