With only six members — Oregon State, Washington State, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State — the Pac-12 needs at least two additional members by 2026 in order to remain a viable FBS conference.

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

ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported Monday afternoon that USU has accepted an invite from the new-look Pac-12, and will — pending confirmation — become the seventh member of the league, joining Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, San Diego State and Washington State.

Updates have emerged on three programs as conference realignment heats up out West with the Pac-12 and Mountain West.

The Pac-12 is in discussions with basketball powerhouse Gonzaga to join the rebuilding conference in 2026, according to three people with knowledge of the talks.

Memphis, Tulane, South Florida, UTSA and the American Athletic Conference released a statement that made no mention of the Pac-12, but several people with knowledge of those talks said the schools had been potential new members.

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

Pac-12 in discussions with basketball powerhouse Gonzaga to join the rebuilding conference in 2026, AP sources say

A wild day on the conference realignment front culminated in Utah State University reportedly accepting an invite to join the Pac-12 Conference. As can be imagined, there was plenty of strong reaction to the news on social media.