Cal State Bakersfield and UC San Diego were announced as future additions to the Big West Conference by Commissioner Dennis Farrell on Monday.
CS Bakersfield, which is currently in the Western Athletic Conference, will begin competing in the Big West during the 2020-21 season.
UCSD is making the transition from NCAA Division II to NCAA-I, and will begin an NCAA mandated four-year reclassification period to Division I on July 1, 2020. Its teams will be included in all Big West round robin sports schedules beginning with the 2020-21 season. However, UCSD will become an official member of the conference on July 1, 2024.