Earlier today the NCAA announced they were relaxing restrictions on who could play in conference championship games. Previously, conferences had two have the winners of two divisions play in a championship game, but with today’s changes conferences are free to choose championship game participants in other ways.
Immediately after this announcement, the Pac-12 announced they would be making changes. The conference announced that starting in 2022 the Pac-12 Championship would be played by the two teams with the best winning percentages in the conference. Previously, the championship would be played between the winners of the Pac-12’s North and South divisions.