The rebuilt Pac-12 Conference announced a new television deal on Thursday, Nov. 13.
The conference which will have eight football programs in 2026, signed a five-year deal with USA Sports, the new sports branding for USA Network.
The deal, which will run through the 2030-31 season, will broadcast 22 regular season Pac-12 football games per season, along with 50 men’s basketball games and 5 to 10 women’s basketball games. The men’s basketball tournament will also air on USA Network.
USA Sports, which was announced Nov. 11, is under the Versant media company umbrella. Versant, a publicly traded company was formally a part of Comcast and NBC Universal before spinning off.
The Pac-12 was reduced to only Washington State and Oregon State the last two seasons after teams dispersed into the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC. Texas State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Boise State, Colorado State, Utah State are full members. Gonzaga is joining for all sports besides football. Dallas Baptist will also be in the conference for baseball only, along with Northern Illinois for wrestling and Southern Utah for women’s gymnastics.
‘The new Pac-12 is where tradition meets transformation – a unique opportunity in the rapidly-evolving college sports landscape that strongly aligns with the go-forward vision of USA Sports,’ Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould said in the announcement. ‘We are thrilled to launch this partnership with the USA Sports team and leverage our shared vision to build something unique and special.’
USA Sports president Matt Hong added: ‘USA Sports is proud to partner with the new Pac-12 and showcase the league to a national audience on USA Network. Our partnership further establishes USA Network as a destination for all sports fans, with weekends packed with Pac-12 football doubleheaders and men’s and women’s basketball double- and triple-headers beginning next fall.’
The TV deal announcement provides some stability for a conference that hasn’t had much of it the past few years.
