Pac-12 football: Who is the “mystery” program that could join Colorado?

Another offseason, another wild round of realignment rumors. This time, it’s Pac-12 football that looks to be disbanding amid uncertainties in the conference.

News broke on Wednesday night that Colorado would be moving to the Big 12 starting in 2024 because it looks to be in a more stable spot than the Pac-12. It’s hard to argue that, but the Big 12 is also losing its top two programs next year in Oklahoma and Texas and all it did was add a handful of Group of Five programs to replace them.

Is that more stable? I guess so.

However, Colorado is also getting a big payday from the conference thanks to a TV deal and the return to the Big 12 could also open the door for more title contention as long as Deion Sanders is able to live up to the hype. No more competing with Oklahoma and Texas.

But there could be one more Pac-12 program joining the Buffaloes.

Who’s the mystery Pac-12 football program?

After the news was announced about Colorado, a report stated that there was another surprise mystery team that could join the Buffaloes.

To me, that means teams outside of Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. That leaves programs such as Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Cal, and Stanford. A lot of people are guessing Oregon.

That would be a huge move for the Ducks and that could very well be the case, but the “surprise” factor makes me think it’s not Oregon because that’s what everyone is guessing. Washington is also another popular guess. But if I were a betting man, I’d bet that we may see those two in the Big Ten in the coming years if the Pac-12 completely falls apart.

A surprise team could be Oregon State or Cal or Stanford. All three of those would surprise me.

In the end, Oregon is a strong contender and so is Washington, especially if both of those programs are worried about riding a sinking ship.