The media partners are set, and the 2026 schedule is complete. The inaugural Pac-12 (2.0) football season is down to one missing element: kickoff times.
The rebuilt Pac-12 is six months from taking the field. That’s typically two eternities in college football, but because the transfer portal closed its gates in the middle of January, only so much change can play out prior to kickoff.
The Pac-12’s master schedule has received plenty of attention in the days since its release on Wednesday, largely due to the unique flex week at the end of the regular season.
SAN FRANCISCO – The place where Kyle Williams’ dreams first began to blossom is no bigger than a city block. It’s called Rowley Park, a relatively small outfit in the north end of Gardena, one of the Los Angeles suburbs where Williams grew up.
PULLMAN – For the second consecutive offseason, Washington State’s football program is turning a new page under a first-year head coach. After three years as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Missouri, Kirby Moore takes the reins in Pullman with a strong incoming class of recruits and transfers.
Forced to choose, we would side with Washington State whether the timeframe is this moment, the next year or the next five years. And frankly, it's not particularly close.
The 2025 season is in the books, which puts the rebuilt Pac-12 on the clock. Kickoff is just eight months away. There is no schedule, no location for the conference championship, no tiebreaker procedure and no bowl lineup.
PULLMAN – In September, when the gates open and the concession stands whir into action and the lights flip on at Gesa Field, Washington State fans won’t just be experiencing the beginning of the Kirby Moore era.