A decision on whether the Pac-12 will or will not expand its league from 12 member schools is expected by the end of the week, conference commissioner George Kliavkoff told The Athletic on Tuesday afternoon. The new timeline comes on the heels of a joint announcement by the Pac-12, ACC and Big Ten that the three have formed an alliance that will include a scheduling component and a strong voting pact on college football issues including playoff expansion, a move widely seen as a response to combat the SEC’s expansion.
To this point, Kliavkoff has not tipped his hand on whether the league will expand from its current position, though even as recently as last month he said that the Pac-12 does not need to expand to keep up with the arms race in college athletics with OU and Texas leaving the Big 12 for a souped-up SEC.