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Deciphering Conference Realignment

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in the Mountain West (MW), and there is still uncertainty in the air in regards to the conference.

It all began when Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State announced that they would be leaving the MW beginning in 2026, joining Washington State and Oregon State in the Pac-12. This was only two short weeks ago on Sept. 12, but it’s already beginning to feel like a long established fact with the pace that conference realignment moves.

The Pac-12 wasn’t done however, and began to hone in on Air Force and the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) as potential targets to expand the conference beyond their 6 members, along with other teams from the American Athletic Conference (AAC).