UWM will never be called Wisconsin State. Stevens Point claims that name and there is no way they let another state school use that name, even though UWM used to be called WSU-Milwaukee.

I don't think there is any movement for the D3 schools in Wisconsin to move up. All have been together for 100 years, with only Superior and Milwaukee leaving the conference. Except for couple of schools, they all have around 10,000 in enrollment. They are happy playing D3. UW-Whitewater not moving up has little or nothing to do with Wisconsin football. Cardinal Stritch wanted to move up to D2 a few years ago, but the market crash ended their dreams.

Milwaukee has hinted at wanting to play football, but there is no facility in Milwaukee to handle it. They finally found a new baseball home after years of searching, but its 20 miles from campus. Unless Milwaukee builds a MSL stadium capable of handling football, UWM has no place to play. Hence, no football.

Parkside and Green Bay were never members of the WIAC, at least the men were not. Neither ever played football. Parkside is a relatively new school. They were NAIA before moving to D2.