The Pac-12 unexpectedly introduced in the present day that San Diego State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and Boise State will be part of the convention starting within the 2026-27 season. Whereas the Pac-12 is probably not accomplished bringing colleges into the convention—which they should do to qualify as an FBS convention—let’s check out what a revamped Pac-12 championship would seem like.
Of the remaining two colleges left within the convention, Washington State is the one one with a swim staff. Boise State now not has a swimming and diving program, that means that solely 4 colleges would compete on the potential 2027 Pac-12 Championships. It might even be a women-only meet, as none of those colleges sponsor males’s swimming and diving.
Washington State is scheduled to compete on the Mountain West Convention Championships this yr, that means they’ll get to face their competitors early.
Who Would Be The Crew To Beat In The Realigned Pac-12?
Primarily based on the faculties within the convention as of writing, San Diego State is the staff to beat. They received the 2024 Mountain West Convention by 231 factors forward of UNLV, which to this point is remaining in its present convention.
Washington State is scheduled to affix the Mountain West Convention Championships this season and whereas which means they’ll get to take a look at their soon-to-be convention rivals, it received’t be a transparent indication of which staff would win within the potential 2027 Pac-12 championship since not all the 9 groups within the Mountain West are migrating.
In a convention championship meet simulation between the 4 groups (San Diego State, Washington State, Colorado State, and Fresno State) utilizing their 2023-24 rosters, San Diego wins by over 100 factors. Washington State finishes 2nd, Colorado State third, and Fresno State 4th.
Any convention championship would have greater than 4 groups, although. Conferences want eight colleges to qualify as an FBS convention and although that doesn’t imply all the faculties may have a swim and dive program, particularly after the Home vs. NCAA settlement is finalized, they’d probably want no less than another college to make a convention championship attainable.
Which Of These Groups Despatched Swimmers To 2024 NCAAs?
Washington State despatched two swimmers to the 2024 NCAA Championships, Dori Hathazi and Emily Lundgren. Lundgren bought the staff on the board, scoring three factors with a 14th-place end within the 200 breast.
San Diego State College was the one one of many new Pac-12 applications to ship swimmers to the 2024 NCAA Championships. They’ve accomplished so for the previous couple of seasons and in 2024, seniors Alex Roberts and Christiana Williams earned invitations. Roberts entered the 100 fly/100 again/200 again and Williams the 100/200 breast. Each are Mountain West convention report holders and return for a fifth yr this season, although they’ll have graduated by the point SDSU switches conferences.
What Does The Mountain West File Guide Look Like?
Right here’s how the convention’s report guide presently stands:
| Occasion | File |
| 50 free | 21.76 — Anika Apostalon, San Diego State (2014) |
| 100 free | 47.73 — Anika Apostalon, San Diego State (2014) |
| 200 free | 1:45.11 — Emma Chard, Boise State (2016) |
| 500 free | 4:38.98 — Genevieve Miller, Air Pressure (2017) |
| 1000 free | 9:40.15 — Genevieve Miller, Air Pressure (2017) |
| 1650 free | 15:58.06 — Genevieve Miller, Air Pressure (2017) |
| 100 again | 51.92 — Anika Apostalon, San Diego State (2014) |
| 200 again | 1:52.89 — Alex Roberts, San Diego State (2023) |
| 100 breast | 58.68 — Klara Thormalm, San Diego State (2021) |
| 200 breast | 2:08.23 — Christiana Williams, San Diego State (2023) |
| 100 fly | 51.48 — Katelyne Herrington, UNLV (2014) |
| 200 fly | 1:55.16 — Blanka Bokros, UNLV (2024) |
| 200 IM | 1:56.67 — Ruby Howell, UNLV (2024) |
| 400 IM | 4:05.56 — Yawen Li, Nevada (2015) |
| 200 free relay | 1:28.31 — Boise State (2017) |
| 400 free relay | 3:15.38 — Boise State (2016) |
| 800 free relay | 7:03.96 — Boise State (2017) |
| 200 medley relay | 1:36.30 — San Diego State (2020) |
| 400 medley relay | 3:32.28 — San Diego State (2019) |
Not all of those report holders will make the transfer to the Pac-12. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless value wanting on the report guide to know the present form of the convention. Figuring out the Mountain West’s highest benchmarks helps give a way of what sort of velocity swimmers in these applications are chasing.
Solely two Washington State college data are quicker than their Mountain West equal: Lundgren’s 200 breast (2:07.30) and Hathazi’s 200 fly (1:54.87). In a meet simulation of the 2024 Mountain West Convention Championships that features Washington State, the Cougars end third behind SDSU and UNLV.
