Ohio State canceling their series with Washington got me to thinking how important some of these OOC home games may matter to those bidding on media rights for the PAC.  Below are the games TV partners might be interested in.  I've bolded a few that are truly "game changers" as far as TV viewership goes.

Recall that only home games matter for media rights purposes: 

In a preveiw summary, there are only a handful of OOC home games that might "move the needle" for media partners in the 6 year window ('24-'29) comparable to the Big12's deal.

Arizona: None

ASU: TAMU & Florida

Cal: Florida

Colorado: Florida

Oregon: None

Oregon State: None

Stanford: None (ND series not listed as renewed as of now after 2024 season)

Utah: Arkansas and BYU (Holy War)

Washington: Michigan

WSU: None

That's fewer than 1 major needle-moving game per team over the entire 6 year period.  That's really sad.  I'm sure other stuff could get filled in to some of their open slots, but who will want to sign up to travel to PAC10-land, if the game is going to be put on AppleTV or be a Friday night Amazon game?  If Notre Dame commits to Stanford series, that would be big for a new PAC deal, but it's not renewed as of now.  Will media partners take that risk?

 

ARIZONA: 

2024 None

2025 Kansas State

2026 None

2027 - BYU

2028 None

2029 Virginia Tech

2030 None

2031 Nebraska

2032 None

2033 Alabama

 

 

CAL:

 

COLORADO:

 

OREGON

 

OREGON STATE:

 

STANFORD (I don't see any Notre Dame games listed beyond 2024... some speculate that the series/rivalry may be ending... this would be MASSIVELY detrimental to the PAC10's potential media deal):

 

UTAH (Bolding BYU here due to "The Holy War"/rivalry aspect of the game.):

 

WASHINGTON:

 

Washington State: