DALLAS — SMU's road to a Power Five conference could become a little less bumpy.
Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff will visit SMU on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. It was first broke by Action Network’s Brett McMurphy.
To date, the Mustangs have been in the following conferences: TIAA (1915–1917), SWC (1918–1995), WAC (1996–2004) and C-USA (2005–2012). SMU has never been a "Power Five Conference" team – roughly defined from about 2006 onward as a member of the NCAA's five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference and Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Now, there might be reason to believe that could change.
The Pac-12 will be looking to replace two of it's mainstay programs – USC and UCLA – who both announced they would be moving on to the Big Ten Conference.
SMU, along with San Diego State, Boise State, Fresno State have been reported players in the discussion to potentially join the Pac-12 and expand the conference. 247Sports reported that Kliavkoff was expected to be in attendance for SMU's men's basketball game Wednesday night against Temple.
WFAA has reached out to SMU officials for confirmation and more details about Kliavkoff reported visit.
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