The Mountain West Conference, five departing schools and the Pac-12 have settled multiple lawsuits related to the realignment of the two conferences.
The Mountain West was seeking exit penalties of roughly $20 million per school from the five members — Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Colorado State and Utah State — that will leave for the Pac-12 on July 1.
Additionally, the Pac-12 owed the Mountain West $55 million in poaching penalties as part of a football scheduling alliance signed between the conferences in December 2023.
The Pac-12 in turn sued the Mountain West over the legality of the poaching fees, and Boise State, Colorado State and Utah State did the same over the exit fees.
“The Pac-12 Conference, the Mountain West Conference, and Boise State University, Utah State University, the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System for the benefit of Colorado State University, and The Board of Trustees of the California State University for the benefit of San Diego State University and California State University, Fresno have reached an agreement in principle to resolve the pending lawsuits," the Mountain West wrote in a statement to Nevada Sports Net. "The parties have agreed to stay the lawsuits in California and Colorado while they work to negotiate and finalize the settlement.”
In total, the Mountain West was seeking $150 million in fees related to the departure of the five schools, which will officially become members of the Pac-12 on July 1.
The University of Nevada-Reno, UNLV, Wyoming, New Mexico, San Jose State and Air Force all remain with the Mountain West conference.
