Texas State officials have received a "verbal offer" to leave the Sun Belt conference and join the Mountain West, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel.

The Bobcats, currently of the Sun Belt conference, have received a verbal offer to join the Mountain West, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. The Bobcats have also received interest from the newly constructed Pac-12, but have yet to receive any sort of formal offer.

Texas State officials have received a verbal offer to join the Mountain West, sources told ESPN on Saturday. A decision is expected in the upcoming days as talks continue. The Pac-12 has also expressed interest,

The Mountain West is looking to add a new member, and Texas State appears to be an emerging target, according to a report from ESPN's Pete Thamel. This comes as the conference received signed commitments from its seven existing members: Air Force, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, Wyoming and Hawaii.

We’ve reached the dumbest stage of realignment, with potentially hundreds of millions of dollars being spent for no discernible change.

The Mountain West appears to be setting its sights on a pair of MAC schools amid a chaotic wave of realignment

Texas State has received a verbal offer to join the Mountain West, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported. The Pac-12 has also expressed interest as conference realignment dominoes continue to fall. Texas State is viewed as an up-and-coming program and came up as a potential Mountain West target last week.