The college football conference still officially known as the Pac-12 now has just nine teams for the 2024 season. In short order this week the Big 12 voted to accept an application from the University of Colorado, followed by the Colorado Board of Regents approving a move by the Buffaloes for the 2024-25 sports seasons.
Colorado joins USC and UCLA in exits after the 2023 season.
The action surprised no one who had followed the issue with an open mind. Though he could not stop it, Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff could not have been surprised either. The signs were many over several weeks.