The college will certainly sign up with the meeting in autumn 2026 after a $5 million payment to the Sunlight Belt Seminar.
SAN MARCOS, Texas– Texas State College (TXST) is going into a brand-new sports meeting.
On Monday, the college’s Board of Regents with one voice authorized a $5 million payment to the Sunlight Belt Seminar, permitting TXST to rather sign up with the Pac-12.
The collaboration will formally begin at the beginning of the autumn 2026 football period, indicating the college will certainly still become part of the Sunlight Belt Seminar throughout the 2025 academic year.
TXST published the upgrade to X, calling the invite “a transformative landmark in the college’s sports and scholastic trip.”
The choice was meant over the weekend break, as ESPN claimed the meeting modification was anticipated Monday. It comes as 10 of the 12 previous Pac-12 groups left the meeting, with just Washington State and Oregon State left in 2024.
The Bobcats sign up with a number of various other groups in what is currently a Football Dish Community (FBS) meeting, consisting of Washington State. Utah State, Fresno State and a number of others. TXST is the only Texas group in the Pac-12.
Last year, the college claimed it was provided a spoken deal to leave the Sunlight Belt Seminar, however it denied this demand, according to ESPN.
This year, the group’s initial video game will certainly happen on Saturday, Aug. 30 in San Marcos, Texas, versus Eastern Michigan.
