Boise State officially withdraws from Mountain West

Boise State formally withdrew from the Mountain West Conference on Saturday, according to numerous media outlets, including The Idaho Statesman, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and cbssports.com.

Boise State's teams will play the 2012-13 season in the Mountain West, then move to the Big East Conference in football in 2013. The Broncos planned to move their other sports to the Western Athletic Conference, but it has been riddled by defections over the past year. Boise State tried to move its other sports to the Big West Conference, but was unsuccessful.

By withdrawing before the deadline of midnight Saturday, Boise State's exit fee will be its final year of revenue from the Mountain West - around $2.5 million. Had BSU waited until after the deadline, it's exit fee would have gone up, since the school would have provided less than one year's notice.

Boise State announced in December it was leaving the Mountain West.