San Jose State and Utah State are joining the Mountain West.
The schools will become full-time members beginning July 1, 2013, the conference announced Friday.
The additions will give the Mountain West nine schools and 10 football-playing members. Currently, the league consists of Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, UNLV and Wyoming, with Fresno State and Nevada coming aboard in July, and Hawaii becoming a football-only member on the same date.
In the future, the Mountain West will be looking into an association with Conference USA, which added five schools Friday. The two leagues are coordinating new membership decisions and trying to determine some type of alliance.
Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky said Charlotte, Florida International, Louisiana Tech, North Texas and Texas-San Antonio will join the league in all sports, with Charlotte joining in football two years later.
Charlotte is rejoining Conference USA after several years in the Atlantic 10. Louisiana Tech has been in the WAC since 2001, and UTSA will play in the WAC next year before joining CUSA.
