From USM's board:
Guys things have been pretty quite over the past several weeks concerning C-USA expansion. That means that something is probably about to happen. I expect the announcement for expansion to be on or before May 15th.
Officially C-USA is being very quite, but I have reason to believe that they are down to two schools. And I am not sure what I think of the two candidates. Two independent sources have given EagleTalk information that leads me to believe the two finalists may be La Tech and UTEP.
It appears that the MAC schools of Miami, Toledo and BGSU have decided to wait and see in the MAC to save on travel costs. Temple has bowed to the pressure of basketball and will remain in the A-10 for basketball and may opt to the MAC for football.
That leaves very little option for C-USA at this point. I believe that if the information I have been given is true that C-USA very well may select UTEP because of the strength of their football and basketball attendence.
Guys these are very good sources that I got the information from. I believe that it is correct as far as they know and they are in position to know.
just remember the old "grain of salt" rule...and keep your fingers crossed!