With Boise State leaving for the Mountain West Conference in 2011, and Nevada and Fresno State doing the same in either 2011 or 2012, the WAC could find itself with just six member schools in very short order.
The process to replace those schools, however, is very much under way.
WAC commissioner Karl Benson stated today that Texas State and UT-San Antonio will make presentations to the conference Sept. 28. There are other schools -- perhaps as many as eight others, in fact -- who will make presentations as well, but, Benson said, "[u]ntil they acknowledge their participation, I will defer until they make public that they’re meeting with us.”
UTSA officials made an informal presentation to the WAC last Wednesday in Denver. Texas State officials did the same nearly two months ago.
Both schools are currently Div. 1-AA (FCS) members, but are looking to move up to 1-A (FBS). UTSA’s plans, at least tentatively, call for a move to Div. 1-A in 2014.
Benson hopes to have at least eight conference members by 2012.