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.

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

Air Force will be reaffirming its commitment to the Mountain West Conference and could soon sign a new grant of rights with the league, according to multiple reports. Previous intel suggested that Air Force was a target for the American Athletic Conference,