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Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson says the league plans to operate with eight members in the 2011-12 season after Boise State departs.

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WAC commissioner: Expansion plans on hold

University of Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn said he hopes to know within a month how much it’s going to cost the school to bolt the Big 12 for the Pac-10.

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Colorado Buffaloes AD hopes for answers soon on exit strategy

With talk of Big 12 realignment swirling around them like floodwaters, nobody at the highest administrative level where historic decisions were being made even bothered to pretend that basketball was a factor.

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Big 12 basketball coaches preparing for new format

Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins said Wednesday that the five Big 12 schools in danger of being left without a conference came up with a plan that included offering money to keep Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma in the league.

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Kansas Jayhawks AD Lew Perkins: Five schools developed ‘business plan’ to keep Big 12

Utah will join the Pac-10 Conference as its 12th team with an announcement coming as soon as Friday, a source tells ESPN.

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Pac-10 invites Utah; source says Utes to accept

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said Wednesday that he has no animosity toward Texas for declining an invitation to join his conference.

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Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott has no animosity toward Texas Longhorns

Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson says he was told Monday by Utah’s athletic director that the university had not been contacted by the Pac-10.

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Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson: Pac-10 hasn’t contacted Utah Utes

A number of influential people inside and outside of college athletics mobilized over the past week to save the Big 12 Conference, stave off the Pac-10’s move to expand to 16 schools, and prevent a massive reorganization of college athletics.

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Big 12 Conference: Influential people saved league

The Texas Longhorns, based on a TV deal in the works that could pay them upwards of $25 million per year, are leaning toward staying in a 10-team Big 12 for the foreseeable future, according to a report.

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Reports: Texas Longhorns leaning toward 10-school Big 12