How potential Pac-12 expansion targets did this season

The Pac-12 realignment rumors could resurface at anytime

With all of the talks about the Pac-12's media rights deals coming around again, that means that expansion talks will be following them shortly.

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff has indicated countless times that the Pac-12 isn't thinking about expansion at the moment, which is extremely difficult to believe. It is understandable to deflect the questions and direct focus to media rights deals, but if the Pac-12 is legitimately not thinking about expansion than they are severely behind the eight ball. 

Regardless of what he says, there is still a belief that expansion will be in the cards somewhere down the line for the conference that will be losing both USC and UCLA after this next season. Like Pac-12 insider John Canzano and myself have both identified, there about five to six schools that the Pac-12 is realistically looking at to add in the future. 

Since all of these programs are not currently on the radar for Pac-12 fans, I thought it would be interesting to check in on these candidates and how they finished the season. 

San Diego State

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Record: 7-6 

Total offense: No. 114

Total defense: No. 18 

Bowl Game: Loss to MTSU in EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl 

SMU

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Record: 7-6

Total offense: No. 16

Total defense: No. 111

Bowl Game: Loss to BYU in New Mexico Bowl 

UNLV

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Record: 5-7

Total offense: No. 98

Total defense: No. 71

Bowl Game: N/A

Fresno State

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Record: 10-4

Total offense: No. 55

Total defense: No. 30

Bowl Game: Win over Washington State in Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl 

Boise State

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Record:10-4

Total offense: No. 68

Total defense: No. 9

Bowl Game: Win over North Texas in Frisco Bowl