Buffs bolt for Big 12: Colorado will exit Pac-12, rejoin Big 12 in 2024

BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado's board of regents unanimously voted Thursday to leave the Pac-12 conference and join the new-look Big 12 next year. "We think the time has come for us to change conferences," CU President Todd Saliman told the board. "We see this as a time to create more opportunity" for the university.