Like Washington State, Oregon State is still in a lot of ways a Power 5 team. The program’s 2025 signing class was the second-highest rated among all Pac-12 teams, per 247 Sports. Oregon State is struggling, for now, with its 2026 class, though.

Texas State was officially introduced as the reborn Pac-12’s ninth member for the 2026-27 athletics season on Monday.The Bobcats will wrap up their final season in the Sun Belt Conference before joining current Pac-12 members Oregon State and Washington State,

Texas State is joining the Pac-12, giving the rebuilding conference the eighth football-playing school it needed to maintain its status as an FBS conference.