FBS Conference Shuffling

[ST_Lawson]

More info courtesy of Matt Brown: https://www.extrapointsmb.com/p/here-s- ... zon-league

[ST_Lawson]

Sounds like Texas State is getting a PAC 12 invite.

Other than Gonzaga, the new PAC12 will be the X State conference: Washington State and Oregon State, plus in 2026 Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State, San Diego State, Utah State, and now likely Texas State. Texas State would be the league's 8th football playing member (which is the minimum for a FBS conference).

[ST_Lawson]

So Texas State to the new Pac-12 is happening, and it sounds like the Sun Belt is likely to invite Louisiana Tech to replace them. Sun Belt already has UL Lafayette and UL Monroe as members. Despite the "Tech" name, Louisiana Tech is a part of the UL system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference

[ST_Lawson]

Good rundown of the situation for this season, with comments on 2026: https://fbschedules.com/college-footbal ... ect-today/

[ST_Lawson]

Louisiana Tech officially joining the Sun Belt in 2026, replacing the departing Texas State, and tightening up the footprint just a little bit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Belt_ ... er_schools



Map from before the addition of Louisiana Tech, full members in blue:

[ST_Lawson]

A bunch of FBS realignment is official as of July 1st, 2026.

• Pac-12 is back to being an actual conference (rather than 2 schools in a trenchcoat), now consisting of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State, and Washington State. All except Texas State (from the Sun Belt), Oregon State and Washington State (the last vestiges of the old Pac-12) are coming from the Mountain West.
• Mountain West is "backfilling" with UTEP (from CUSA), Northern Illinois (from MAC), and North Dakota State (from FCS MVFC)
• Louisiana Tech is leaving CUSA for the Sun Belt
• The MAC is adding formerly FCS Sacramento State in place of the departing NIU

More details: https://fbschedules.com/college-footbal ... ect-today/