Predicting what an 18-team Pac-12/Big 12 merger might look like

The ever-changing landscape of the college football world is changing more quickly than usual as of late…

After both USC and UCLA announced last week that they would be leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, the world of college athletics has been thrown into a tizzy, scrambling to figure out what conferences are going to look like in a matter of years, and which teams are going to be playing where.

At first, it looked like the Oregon Ducks were going to be among the teams who were likely to leave the Pac-12 and potentially follow the Los Angeles schools to the Big Ten. Over the past few days, though, it seems like there’s a better chance that the Ducks either stand pat in the Pac-12 or potentially merge with the ACC or Big 12. We will likely know more in the coming days or weeks.

One of the intriguing options that we’ve come across, though, is a merger between the Big 12 and the Pac-12. In this scenario, some of the top schools from the Pac would join the Big-12 and form what would be a less powerful superconference, but a superconference nonetheless. This is what it would look like, in our minds:

Oregon Ducks

Washington Huskies

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Utah Utes

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BYU Cougars

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Arizona Wildcats

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Arizona State Sun Devils

Apr 13, 2018; Tempe, AZ, USA; Detailed view of Arizona State Sun Devils helmets on the field during the teams spring game scrimmage at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Kansas Jayhawks

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Kansas State Wildcats

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Colorado…