Pac-12 on the verge of collapse as 2 more teams likely to join Big 12 expansion; they're not Oregon or Washington

The Pac-12 is struggling as the Colorado Buffaloes are heading to the Big 12 beginning in 2024. It seems like the conference is getting close to being dealt a death sentence, having already lost the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins.

College football insider Greg Swaim reported that there are two more programs heading to the Big 12 along with Colorado.

"So we're hearing tonight from two very good media sources that both Arizona and Arizona State are heading to the #Big12, so basically the #Pac12 is on life support, but who's the fourth team?

If this were to happen, the conference would be down to seven remaining programs: California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Utah, Washington and Washington State, without any influx of colleges. This could be the end of the Pac-12 as we know it.

Can the Pac-12 survive losing two more teams?

The Pac-12 has suffered a lot of damage, losing the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans, two conference staples. Then, it was announced Wednesday that the Colorado Buffaloes were leaving for the Big 12.

Now with the Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils potentially leaving, it could be a major problem. Their current media rights deal also expires on July 1, 2024, and the conference has not announced a new deal with a little over 11 months remaining.

Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff has to find a way to completely revitalize the Conference of Champions. Right now, it would be difficult to imagine the league thriving in the long term.

What does this mean for the future of the Pac-12?

This likely means that either the conference dies out and the remaining teams find new homes in a different conference or they get absorbed by another conference.

However, that does not mean the remaining teams will stay in Power Five conferences.

In the best-case scenario, the future seems bleak as its biggest schools are dropping like flies. Their main building block right now is the Oregon Ducks, who made national championship games in 2010 and 2014, but did not win either one. Outside of that, it is difficult to claim there is much of a brand surrounding these college football programs.