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A Six Pac of conference realignment news: Here's what people are saying

Lucas Peerman
Lucas Peerman Sports Editor
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Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State are leaving the Mountain West to join the Oregon State and Washington State in the Pac-12 in 2026.

Sports X, which includes college sports reporters around the country, has been atwitter since the conference realignment news broke on Wednesday.

Lobo and Aggie fans, here are some links and X posts (some are full of information, others are full of creativity) that you may want to read while we await word on what this means for New Mexico and New Mexico State moving forward. UPDATE: Here's the Journal's latest report, which includes comments from UNM Interim AD Dave Williams and NMSU AD Mario Moccia.

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Ross Dellenger, Yahoo's senior college football reporter has been at the forefront of reporting on the Pac-12's realignment. Here's his summation of the rebuilt league.

"There is one immutable law in college athletics: #Pac12AfterDark cannot be stopped," Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde writes in a commentary.

Don Wolken, of USA TODAY Sports opines that the Pac-12's raiding of the Mountain West "sets new standard of pointlessness in college sports."

Daniel Libit, who has written extensively on the New Mexico athletics department, and Lev Akabas delve into budgets and other numbers in their reporting for Sportico.

Realignment prognostications

The Pac-12 must add two more schools to be recognized as a conference by NCAA rule. Some publications are writing about which schools make the most sense to join the new conference.

The Bay Area News Group, On3 Media and College Football News all mention New Mexico as a possibility. Meanwhile, The Sporting News is dismissive of all other Mountain West teams aside from UNLV and Air Force

The Mountain West, which has eight football-playing members left, also might be in the market to add schools in the coming years.

Sam Herder with HERO Sports, which covers FCS and FBS Group of Five programs, writes in part about which FCS schools could make the move to FBS as part of the new-look Mountain West.

What are the latest narratives?

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