College Football - Western Athletic Conference

History - Important facts - Teams - Winners

Important Facts

• The WAC conference covers an broad area in the Western part of the United States.
  


• The Western Athletic Conference began with the sixth oldest of the 11 College Athletic Conferences currently affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-A.
  


• In 2005 four members left the conference; these were: Rice, SMU, Tulsa and UTEP.
  


• The first championship was held in November 1962, when Arizona won the men’s cross country title and New Mexico followed with the first WAC football title.
  


• The WAC awards its Commissioner's Cup to the school with the best performance among the 19th men's and women's championships
  


• The Western Athletic Conference staged a conference title football game during the first three years with only sixteen members
  


• In 2001, the WAC partnered with ESPN and added a regional network for unprecedented coverage of football.

Membership Changes:

Charter Membership 1962

• Arizona
• Arizona St.
• Brigham Young
  
• New Mexico
• Utah
• Wyoming

Added

• 1968 - Colorado St. / Texas-El Paso
• 1978 - San Diego St.
• 1979 - Hawaii
• 1980 - Air Force
• 1992 - Fresno St.
• 1996 - Nevada-Las Vegas / Rice / San Jose St. / Southern Methodist / Texas Christian / Tulsa
• 2000 - Nevada
• 2001 - Boise St. / Louisiana Tech
• 2005 - Idaho / New Mexico St. / Utah St.

Dropped

• 1978 - Arizona / Arizona St.
• 1999 - Air Force / Brigham Young / Colorado St. / Nevada-Las Vegas / New Mexico / San Diego St. / Utah / Wyoming