Home football matches in Oregon State and Washington will be back on the CW this season, with CBS and ESPN also in the mixture, as part of an agreement with the media rights that the PAC-12 conference signed with the three networks.
The CAP -12 concluded the agreements with an eye on the 2026 season, when the League added five current members of the Mountain West – Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, Colorado State and Boisse State – Gonzaga conference of the Conference of the West Coast.
Gonzaga does not have a football program, so to qualify for the NCAA football subdivision (FBS), the PAC-12 will have to bring at least one additional full-time member with a football program.
The CW will manage nine games while ESPN and CBS (with Paramount +) will get two games each. In 2024, the CW broadcast nine games, the other four shown on Fox.
During week 2, September 6, the CW will present overviews of the new PAC-12 with the state of Washington, the accommodation of the state of San Diego and the state of Fresno visiting the state of the Oregon. The state of Washington and the state of Oregon will meet in a home series in November.
ESPN will broadcast Cal at Oregon State on August 30 and Houston at Oregon State on September 26. CBS has the Apple Cup on September 20 with Washington condition in Washington and Washington State at Oregon State on November 1.
The financial conditions have not been disclosed for the agreement.
Despite only two schools in the conference in 2024, football PAC-12 has an average of 431,000 viewers out of 12 TV last season on the CW and 1.99 million on the two Fox games.
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