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Wow, that is very good for the new Pac.

Yet another 40 win season, which is considered to be near impossible for other programs and Oregon State did it again and as an independent, but it is not surprising for a program with 3 CWS to their resume but still very impressive.

43-12, well done Beavers.

What we just learned today is that in 2024-25, Pac-12 Enterprises earned $4.4M in revenue, from producing 11 football games which is roughly $400k per game. After 20-25% rev. growth in ‘25: Pac-12 Enterprises producing 45 games in 2026 could yield the conference between: $18M to $22.5M.

This means that beginning with the new Pac-12 beginning in July, Pac-12 Enterprises could allow for $2.3M to $2.8M per full-share school.

• Pac-12 Enterprises produced $4.4 million in revenue in its first year operating as a business-to-business entity, according to the conference
• The conference generated $74.4 million from the college football postseason. The majority (believed to be $50 million) came from the Pac-12’s contract with the Rose Bowl that expired this year.
• Pac-12 Enterprises produced $4.4 million in revenue in its first year operating as a business-to-business entity, according to the conference and I’m told by sources that the second fiscal year of revenue for Pac-12 Enterprises will include 20-25 percent growth.
• The conference paid $10.5 million to the Mountain West for a one-year scheduling agreement that became the source of an ongoing lawsuit over the so-called ‘poaching penalty’ included in the deal. (It makes the $30 million the MW asked for in 2025 ridiculous. The Pac-12 walked away from that negotiation and, eventually, poached five MW members. Lawsuits galore followed.
• Not surprisingly, total revenue for the conference plunged: from $566.6 million in the final year of the legacy Pac-12 to $111.5 million with Washington State and Oregon State existing alone with a meager media rights agreement.
• The media rights arrangement with The CW (11 games) and Fox (two) produced $3 million. That figure should increase next year, to more than $50 million annually, with the start of the new contract cycle.

I have not heard of AstroTurf in a long time.

• The Pac-12 is negotiating with MGM. I’ve previously reported that. It’s either going to be the MGM Grand Garden Arena or the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay. 
• The Pac-12 had two officiating crews that worked Oregon State and Washington State home football games in 2025. With eight football-playing members, the conference will need as many as five crews. Officials who have previous “Power Four/Five” or “autonomy” conference experience are being targeted, per sources.
• The format of the conference basketball tournaments has been decided, per sources. Who gets the byes in the bracket? How many? And will the men’s and women’s tournaments overlap on the calendar or operate independently? I expect news on that front by the end of the month.

This is quite a bit for the Pac-12.

This conference is really about to be the West Coast Big East.

It appears more likely that the College Football Playoff will go to 24 teams but I wonder, will the Pac-12 be able to get more teams or just one in the playoff and if they do get more teams, it can help the conference gain a more positive reception among conferences and can allow to teams like Boise, Wazzu, SDSU and OSU and other teams like TXST, Fresno, CSU, USU to grow their brand tremendously from just making the playoff.

I have pushed UCONN to the Pac-12, the most, but it might be the conference's only option until 5 years from now but this article does show many of the pessimism that I have and many people on this sub have as well.

"This is progressing now, per sources. I’m told that the two high-priority items right now are building the officiating pool and locking in the men’s and women’s basketball tournament venues. News on these fronts soon".

Hopefully these Pac-12 refs are better than the old ones.

This sub usually talks about just football and basketball but I also want to see how Pac-12 baseball will be and it should be pretty good, Gonzaga just won their first WCC regular season title since 2022, SDSU is solid and in conference title contention, Washington State is really good and just made their first postseason appearance since 2010, Oregon State and DBU exist, so I think this league could be a consistent 3-4 bid league for the postseason and could send a team for the CWS.