Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.
The conference is unlikely to add new members, but could it create more media value for its biggest brands by expelling the low-profile football programs?
A trio of blue-chip defensive players committed to Pac-12 schools in the past week, while two other elite recruits opted for programs outside the footprint.