The latest round of conference realignment focuses on the Pac-12 and Mountain West. Here's the latest news and what might happen next.

The Mountain West Conference will relocate its headquarters to Las Vegas, part of an agreement signed by its seven remaining member schools.

After the weekend of play that saw No. 25 UNLV lose a heartbreaker in overtime to Syracuse and Boise State continue to roll behind the play of Heisman Trophy candidate Ashton Jeanty – you would like to see what comes of the matchup between those two teams on the 25th.

UTEP joins Air Force, Hawai'i (football only), Nevada, New Mexico, San José State, UNLV and Wyoming as members of the Mountain West. The Miners previously competed with all seven institutions as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

The Mountain West Conference is preparing to move their headquarters to Las Vegas, according to conference documents.

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners will officially join the Mountain West Conference in 2026, it was announced on Tuesday. UTEP will officially join the Mountain West on July 1, 2026 and will compete in the conference in all sports.

The Mountain West acted fast following the announced departure of Utah State, which became the fifth MW school to break off from the conference for the Pac-12 Conference on Sep. 24. UTEP joins Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, Air Force, UNLV and San Jose State as full-conference members. Hawaii currently sits as an eighth member in the MW for football.

As University of Hawaii athletics director Craig Angelos alluded to last week, the University of Hawaii is currently in ongoing talks to join the Mountain West Conference as a full-time member.

Intercollegiate athletics at the University of Texas at El Paso are about to enter into a new era. UTEP announced Tuesday, Oct. 1, that it has accepted a formal invitation to join the Mountain West Conference and rejoin some former rivals.