With Utah State leaving — along with Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State recently announcing a departure for the Pac-12 — the Mountain West would need to add a school to get to eight. If that goal isn’t reach, Air Force could become an option again for the Pac-12 and other conferences.

Per ESPN's Pete Thamel, Utah State accepted an invitation from the conference and will be the Pac-12's seventh member

Per the latest from Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, the Mountain West Conference — now comprised of eight members — has given its remaining schools a deadline of 5 p.m. MT to sign a grant of rights agreement that would keep the conference intact in the wake of Boise State,

The Mountain West conference is reportedly "amid a significant push to keep its core of eight schools together, which includes one-time payments of

The Utah State has agreed to join the Pac-12 Conference, multiple reports said Monday night, nearly completing the league's rebuild to become a recognized FBS football conference. The Pac-12 was