ACC, American Emerge As Possible Homes for Pac-12 Leftovers

Stanford, California, Washington State and Oregon State are the only teams left in the conference.

After multiple Pac-12 teams decided to leave the conference over the weekend, just four schools remain committed to the Pac-12 for the foreseeable future. As a result, Stanford, California, Oregon State and Washington State remain in limbo, since it is untenable for a conference to exist with just four teams.

Of those four schools, Stanford and California are likely the two more attractive schools, and it appears that they are getting interest from other conferences. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the ACC is expected to explore the possibility of adding Stanford and Cal to its conference over the next 24 hours.

Additionally, On3’s Eric Prisbell reports the American Athletic Conference has an interest in adding any to all of the remaining Pac-12 teams. The AAC has also been a victim of realignment recently, as Houston, Cincinnati and Central Florida all left to join the Big 12 starting this year.

The process for the remaining Pac-12 schools has just started, and it is unclear where the individual schools are in their futures. Neither the ACC nor AAC has schools along the Pacific Ocean, as the most-west team is Louisville in the ACC and UTSA in the AAC.

Of the current Pac-12 teams, USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington have committed to the Big Ten, while Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah are expected to head to the Big 12.