Sources - San Diego St. tells Mountain West it plans to exit - ESPN

San Diego State gave the Mountain West written notice this week that the school «intends to resign from the Mountain West Conference,» sources told ESPN.

In the letter, they asked the Mountain West for a «one-month extension given unforeseen delays involving other collegiate athletic conferences beyond our control.» As of now, there does not appear to be an invitation to San Diego State from a Power Five conference.

The withdrawal letter, which came from San Diego State president Adela de la Torre on June 13, comes with complexities and prompted a terse back-and-forth between the league and SDSU. That included San Diego State subsequently informing the league that the June 13 letter was «not the official notice of resignation,» according to sources.

San Diego State would need to give a year notice to withdraw next June. If they wait past June 30, the exit fee that they'd owe would jump from nearly $16.5 million to nearly $34 million.

San Diego State has long been linked to the Pac-12, which is amid a protracted process of landing a television contract. There's been no formal invitation for San Diego State to join the league, and the timeline for that has been linked to either the Pac-12's television deal or the departure of a Pac-12 member. «San Diego State does not have an offer from the Pac-12,» according to a source.

San Diego State is attempting to explore all options if it does get to June 30 and the Pac-12 doesn't have a television deal done, according to a source.

«SDSU is exploring all of the options and asking all the questions,» the source said. «The intention of the June 13 letter wasn't that San Diego State is exiting.»

Along with the one-month extension in first letter SDSU wrote to the Mountain West, they