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The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the '''WAC''', pronounced "whack") was formed in 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 College Athletic Conference s currently affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I-A. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States , with member institutions located in California , Hawaii , Idaho , Louisiana , Nevada , New Mexico , and Utah .

Charter members included Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.


CURRENT MEMBERS (AND YEAR JOINED)




Note:
  • Idaho uses the same structure for both its home football and basketball games, although it uses a different name for the venue's basketball configuration. Also, Idaho will occasionally use Martin Stadium at Washington State University , only 8 miles (13 km) away, for a home football game. In 1999, while a member of the Big West Conference, Idaho played all of their home games at Martin Stadium and did not play a single game in the state of Idaho.



RIVALRIES

  • Conference

  • ---Idaho-Boise State

  • ---Boise State-Fresno State (highly emphasized in football)

  • ---San Jose State-Fresno State

  • ---Hawaii-Fresno State


  • Non-Conference

  • ---Idaho-Washington State (Pac 10)

  • ---Nevada-UNLV (Mountain West)

  • ---Hawaii-BYU (Mountain West)

  • ---Utah State-BYU (Mountain West)

  • ---Utah State-Utah (Mountain West)

  • ---New Mexico State-New Mexico (Mountain West)

  • ---New Mexico State-UTEP (Conference USA)

  • ---Louisiana Tech-Tulane (Conference USA)



NOTES

The recent rise of the football programs at Fresno State, Boise State, and Hawaii have made the WAC a more respected Non-BCS conference, something they have been lacking since the formation of the Mountain West Conference and when BYU won the 1985 National Championship as a WAC school (the only Non-BCS School to do so).


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