Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

Status
Active
Years Active
1962-present
Prior Name(s)/Conference(s)
Mountain West Conference (football)
Successor Conference(s)
n/a

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah and Washington along with the Midwest state of Illinois and the Southern state of Texas.

Due to most of the conference's football-playing members leaving the WAC for other affiliations, the conference discontinued football as a sponsored sport after the 2012-13 season and left the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A). The WAC underwent a major expansion on July 1, 2021, with four schools joining. The conference reinstated football at that time and now competes in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Members

Full members

Abilene Christian Wildcats • California Baptist Lancers • Chicago State Cougars • Dixie State Trailblazers • Grand Canyon Antelopes • Incarnate Word Cardinals • Lamar Cardinals • New Mexico State Aggies • Sam Houston State Bearkats • Seattle Redhawks • Southern Utah Thunderbirds • Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks • Tarleton State Texans • Texas-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros • Utah Valley Wolverines • UT Arlington Mavericks

Affiliate members

Air Force Falcons • Houston Baptist Huskies • Idaho Vandals • Incarnate Word Cardinals • Northern Arizona Lumberjacks • Northern Colorado Bears • Sacramento State Hornets • San Jose State Spartans • UNLV Rebels • Wyoming Cowboys

Publications

Media guides and yearbooks by sport

Football

1970s	1970