The conference realignment period that began in 2010 continued for a third consecutive off-season . The Mountain West Conference continued to raid the rapidly-collapsing Western Athletic Conference by adding San Jose State and Utah State on May 4 . The additions allowed the Mountain West , which was anticipating the looming departures of Boise State and San Diego State to the Big East , to keep its football membership at ten teams for the 2013 season
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season