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 Pac-12's revitalization took another potential step on Monday. According to multiple reports, Gonzaga and the conference are in discussions to have

Utah State has agreed to join the Pac-12 and will be its seventh member, sources briefed on the situation tell The Athletic, as a dramatic tug-of-war between the Pac-12 and Mountain West remains in flux.

The conference has already received a commitment from Utah State and sent to UNLV an offer to join the league, sources tell Yahoo Sports.

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