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

Fresno State's move to Pac-12 solidifies after adding Texas State

Fresno State's move to the Pac-12 has now solidified following the conference's addition of Texas State on Monday.

Texas State to join Pac-12, giving the league eight football members

Just in the nick of time the Pac-12 Conference has added an eighth football-playing school.

With Texas State, Pac-12 reaches needed eight teams

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State is joining the Pac-12, giving the rebuilding conference the eighth football-playing school it needed to maintain its status as an FBS conference.

Texas State to join the Pac-12, allowing it to qualify as FBS conference

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — The Pac-12 officially has its eighth football-playing member. The conference announced on Monday that Texas State will join the newly reformed league starting in the 2026-27 athletics season. The addition of Texas State brings the Pac-12’s membership up to nine schools: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego State, Utah State, Washington State and Texas State. The conference had been…

Jon Wilner: Texas State’s addition ends Pac-12’s long Lone Star pursuit

It took 35 years, five swings and a near-death experience, but the Pac-12 finally is planting its flag in Texas. As it exists today, the conference is a shell of the version that originally attempted to raid the Lone Star State. And Texas State is certainly not Texas or Texas A&M or even Texas Tech. But a quest that began four commissioners ago was completed Monday when the Bobcats accepted an invitation from the rebuilt Pac-12 to join the confe…

Pac-12 adds Texas State to get the 8th football program it needed to remain an FBS conference

Texas State is joining the Pac-12, giving the rebuilding conference the eighth football-playing school it needed to maintain its status as an FBS conference.The Pac-12 and Texas State announced Monday that the Bobcats from the Sun Belt Conference will join holdovers Oregon State and Washington State, along with private school Gonzaga and Mountain West-departing schools Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State San Diego State and Utah State as t…