The Pac-12 is back!
While the conference went on hiatus after the 2023-24 season, it took two full seasons for the results of the chain reaction that affected every Western conference—along with a few others—to become reality.
There’s also a conference with a new, yet familiar name, as the Metro Atlantic is now just the Metro, and a team that changed its name and color scheme—New Orleans is now part of the LSU system and the LSU New Orleans Privateers’ colors are now gold and purple.
Pac-12 (2 teams in 2025–26 → 9 in 2026-27)
There are again four Division I conferences with names including a number.