Collapse of the PAC-12: Oregon State & Washington State left in the dust

[The Marquis]

With Gonzaga departing the WCC, I think the next school that joins that conference will be California Baptist. No Inland Empire or Baptist institution has ever competed in the WCC. CBU would be the first with both distinctions.

That’s actually a pretty good idea. I can actually see it happening too.

 

[Spydey629]

If NMSU is also poached by the MW, I see C-USA adding two Eastern Time Zone schools.

Next year, there will be 6 Central Time Zone schools in the conference, and adding two in ETZ allows for the divisions to be divided along time zone lines, as there would then be 6 ETZ schools as well. Furman and Wofford would be nice additions to C-USA.

The Sun Belt is the only FBS conference still using divisions. The old PSAC rule no longer applies.

C-USA could add ETZ schools to keep the travel semi-even, but it is not necessary.