Today, the Pac-10 officially welcomes the University of Utah and the University of Colorado to the Conference of Champions, and becomes the Pac-12.
Utah will be the first Pac-12 team to open play when it takes on Montana State in 62 days, on Thursday, September 1st. Arizona State plays a game later the same evening.
USC and Utah will face each other 9 days later, on Saturday September 10th, in the first Pac-12 conference game.
Colorado’s first game as a Pac-12 member will be at Hawaii on September 3rd. On the 10th, they’ll face Cal in a non-conference conference game. Their first actual conference game will be on October 1st, when they take on the Washington State Cougars (in what could be a battle for the bottom of the Pac-12).
You can view the full Pac-12 schedule here.
UPDATE BY BRENDAN: Here in Colorado, Governor Hickenlooper has declared today “Pac-12 Day.”
Dude! I sooooo thought this was a “Baby Loy has arrived!” post when I saw the link on FB!
1991 Washington #1, followed by five USC teams from #2-6? LOL.
(“Five” USC teams, or as the NCAA would say, “three” USC teams.)
@James – Heh, sorry about that, didn’t even cross my mind when I was making the post.
@Brendan – I think you commented on the wrong article 🙂