San Diego State to inform Mountain West it wants to stay in league, source says - ESPN

San Diego State is expected to deliver notice to the Mountain West on Friday that it will not withdraw from the league, a source told ESPN.

The update from the school will be the latest in a back-and-forth between the school and the conference that began on June 13 with SDSU informing the Mountain West it «intends» to leave the conference.

San Diego State plans to move forward as part of the Mountain West, per sources, as it does not have an invitation from a power conference. The Mountain West had yet to receive any notice as of early Friday afternoon and has yet to comment.

The news emerged on Friday because it marked a significant deadline. If SDSU were to leave the Mountain West for the start of the 2024-25 season after June 30, it would need to pay nearly $34 million, up from about $16.5 million. That means that SDSU is expected be in the Mountain West for the next two seasons, as it's unlikely it would pay $34 million to leave prior.

It's uncertain how the Mountain West will react, as it informed SDSU after the June 13 letter that it had accepted the school's notice of resignation. Included in the process of withdrawing is the removal of SDSU president Adela de la Torre's seat from the league's Board of Directors and withholding payment to put toward the exit fee.

The league typically sends out its annual payment — expected to be around $6 million for SDSU — this week. San Diego State's payment has not been sent, per a source.

San Diego State's impending decision on Friday comes the day that the Pac-12's Board of Directors again met again for an update on the league's television negotiations. Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff gave a more detailed presentation to the Pac-12 board, but sources told ESPN's Heather