LAS CRUCES, N.M. - After being affiliated with the Western Athletic Conference for nearly 20 years, NM State will be bearing a new conference flag beginning on Saturday, July 1, 2023.
In an announcement issued Friday afternoon by NM State and Conference USA, NM State has accepted an invitation to join the league in the summer of 2023.
NM State is one of four institutions which are set to join the ranks of Conference USA beginning in 2023-24. Along with NM State, Jacksonville State, Liberty University and Sam Houston State University will trade in their current league affiliations for the C-USA flag.