Whether the Pac-12 Conference is as healthy as ever, in the midst of its death throes, or most likely somewhere between, one thing is undeniable. The upcoming 2023 football season will be the last year we’ll see the league as it is currently configured.
UCLA and Southern California will be off to the Big Ten next summer. More schools could follow if the league doesn't get its television contract in order. The undercurrent to all the pending realignment, of course, is the league’s football futility in the playoff era. Like it or not, the conference’s best chance to end its playoff drought likely rests with one of the schools with a foot out the door.