Boise State sports has actually located a brand-new home for the 2026-27 university year and past after approving an official invite to sign up with the restoring Pac -12 Conference.
Boise State will certainly be participated the shift by other Mountain West participants Colorado State, Fresno State andSan Diego State They will certainly sign up with Oregon State and Washington State, the only 2 colleges continuing to be from the previous version of the Pac -12.
The Idaho State Board of Education should authorize Boise State’s enhancement to the Pac -12. The Broncos, pending authorization, will certainly sign up with the seminar on July 1, 2026.
The enhancement of the 4 Mountain West colleges brings the Pac -12’s overall to just 6 colleges, indicating at the very least 2 even more programs should sign up with to satisfy the eight-school minimum needed for an FBS seminar.
Once the modifications work, San Jose State, UNLV, Hawaii, Utah State, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming and Air Force would certainly continue to be in the Mountain West Conference.
“We evaluated this move from many angles and considered it with our head and our heart, and most importantly, with our 350+ student-athletes in mind,” Boise State Athletic Director Jeramiah Dickey claimed in a press release. “When it came down to making the final decision, we chose this path because it puts Boise State in the best position for success, and is in the best interest of this university and community.”
Under Dickey’s management, the sports division has actually generated greater than $70 million in contributions and dedications over the previous 3 . The division increased $20.8 million in 2024, the 3rd successive Boise State went beyond $20 million, adhering to record-setting quantities in FY 2022 ($ 24.1 million) and FY 2023 ($ 26.1 million).
Boise State’s transfer to the Pac -12 follows the respected seminar exploded recently. Former participants USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington bolted for the Big Ten this year, while Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah headed to the Big 12. Cal and Stanford signed up with the ACC.
The Pac -12 would certainly be Boise State’s 5th seminar. The Broncos have actually formerly contended in the Big Sky (1970-96), Big West (1996-2001), Western Athletic Conference (2001-11) and Mountain West (considering that 2011). Boise State was likewise readied to sign up with the Big East in 2013, however the offer crumbled after the Big East could not supply a comparable plan to what the Mountain West supplied the institution.
The Big East likewise was attempting to recoup from separations and played its last football period in 2012.
The Pac -12 is among the earliest seminars in college sports. It began competitors in 1916 as thePacific Coast Conference The seminar’s charter member consist of Cal, Washington, Oregon and Oregon State (after that called Oregon Agricultural College). Washington State participated in 1917 (as Washington State College).
The Idaho Vandals became part of the PCC from 1922 to 1958. The PCC was liquified in 1959, and the name Pacific -8 Conference was embraced in 1968. It had actually expanded to the Pacific -10 by 1978 and the Pacific -12 Conference by 2011.
Pac -12 Commissioner Teresa Gould and the board of supervisors taken into consideration 5 aspects when evaluating applications to the seminar: academics and sports efficiency, media and brand name assessment, dedication to sports success, location and logistics, and society and student-athlete well-being.
“Boise State University has excelled across every metric by which we are measured, from the lab to the classroom to the field of play,” Boise State President Marlene Tromp claimed in a press release. “We have shattered records for research awards, graduation numbers and philanthropic giving. Our exciting trajectory matched by the prowess of our storied athletic programs makes this the moment to advance to the Pac-12 Conference.”
Each leaving Mountain West institution has to pay the seminar at the very least $17 million, with the Pac -12 anticipated to counter the price, according to Action Network’s Brett McMurphy. The Mountain West will certainly obtain $111 million in departure costs, consisting of a $43 million repayment from the Pac -12 as component of an organizing arrangement in between both seminars, McMurphy reported.
