The Mountain West Conference is losing both Utah and Brigham Young next season and is looking at Utah State in hopes of maintaining their presence in the state.

The league will vote on expansion later this week and Utah State is expected to be voted into the Mountain West.

The Aggies have made 11 consecutive postseason appearances, including four NCAA berths in the last six years.

The defections of the Aggies would further deplete the WAC which already will lose Boise State, Nevada and Fresno State to the Mountain West.

Utah State has broken into the Top 25 after weeks of being in the "others receiving votes" group.

The Aggie checked in at No. 25 on the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll released Monday morning. In the other national poll, The Associated Press, the Aggies did not crack the Top 25 but had enough votes to be No. 30.

"We appreciate the recognition that a top 25 ranking gives to Utah State University and the basketball program," coach Stew Morrill said Monday afternoon. "Our focus remains on trying to prepare ourselves for our next opponent and trying to get better day by day."

USU (18-2 overall, 7-0 Western Athletic Conference) enters this week with a 13-game winning streak, which is the fourth longest in the nation right now.

The last time the Aggies were ranked in the ESPN/USA Today poll was during the 2008-09 season, as it spent three straight weeks in the top 25 during the month of February.

While Ohio State maintained the top slot in RealGM's college basketball rankings for the week of January 24th, Pittsburgh moved up to the second slot with their win over the previously undefeated Syracuse.

1. Ohio State
2. Pitt
3. Duke
4. San Diego State
5. Connecticut
6. Texas
7. Kansas
8. Brigham Young
9. Missouri
10. Villanova
11. Texas A&M
12. Syracuse
13. Purdue
14. Washington
15. Wisconsin
16. Notre Dame
17. Kentucky
18. Minnesota
19. Louisville
20. Georgetown
21. Illinois
22. Vanderbilt
23. Florida
24. Utah State
25. Michigan State

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Utah State hasn't endured a losing season since 1993, a span of 17 years.

The Aggies are in their 106th season and they have an overall mark of 1,442-1,004 (.590).

Utah State is looking to win its fourth-straight Western Athletic Conference regular season championship this year after sharing the 2008 title with Boise State, Nevada and New Mexico State as all four teams had 12-4 league records.