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

After over a decade of being part of the Mountain West Conference, Utah State is expected to join a new conference.

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

Utah State University is expected to join the Pac-12 Conference, according to multiple reports. Days after the conference poached four Mountain West schools, USU received its invitation, ESPN and Yahoo!

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.

The Mountain West spent the weekend working to get its eight remaining members committed to each other through a grant of rights or other financial means, with more than $111 mill