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The Mountain West conference continues to be a hot topic in recent conference realignment discussions.
The most recent: several media outlets, headed by Peter Thamel of Yahoo Sports, reported Thursday that Boise State and San Diego State have informed the MWC of their intention to remain in the league.
It comes two days after reports that other MWC Air Force and Colorado State schools may be on the verge of announcing that they leaving for the American Athletic Conference.
CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reported that for Boise State, the hope is that he will eventually get an invite to the Big 12 or the Pac-12, and having to make multiple conference moves wouldn’t be ideal.
“The next move has to be the big move,” a source told Norlander of Boise State. The AAC, like Mountain West, is a Group of Five league, outside the Power Five paradigm.
Boise State has been a member of the MWC since 2011. San Diego State was a founding member of the conference when it started playing in 1999.
On the same day, the Big 12 announced its expansion by adding BYU, Houston, Cincinnati and UCF, Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports reported that the Big 12 could grow further in the future, with Boise State and Memphis the main contenders.
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