(11-06-2018 12:26 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(11-06-2018 12:22 PM)joeben69 Wrote:  

(11-06-2018 08:47 AM)RobtheAggie Wrote:  All:
Since the thread about Metro St is getting a little convoluted I wanted to start a separate thread here. This is for only non-football schools. I ask the moderators to move any posts about WAC FCS to another thread.

More rules.
1. No CA state school will be included due to the law about public funds travel to Texas.
2. No speculation about dropping football/adding football/where to put football, these are the schools without football.

Alaska:

UAF - 9,380
UAA - 16,242

California
Academy of Art - 16,000
Concordia - Irvine - 2,564
Dominican University of CA - 2,125
Fresno Pacific - 3,700
Holy Names - 1,331
Notre Dame de Namur - 1,967
Point Loma Nazerene - 3,487


Colorado[/]
Colorado Christian - 5,100
UC-Colorado Springs - 10,300
Fort Lewis - 4,000
Metro State - Denver - 24,000
Regis U - 9,722


[u]Hawaii
Chaminade - 2,836
Hawai'i Pacific - 9,000
Hawai'i - Hilo - 3,600

Idaho
Northwest Nazerene 2,000

Montana
MSU - Billings - 4,600

Oregon
Concordia University - Portland 3,500


Texas
Angelo St - 10,447
Dallas Baptist - 5,500
Lubbock Christian - 2,100
St Edward's- 5,500
St. Mary's - 4,500
A&M - International - 4,298

Washington
Seattle Pacific - 3,773
Western Washington - 13,070
Saint Martin's - 1,628


Just for current comparison, the current WAC has 9 schools with an enrollment that maxes out with UVU of 33,211, and the bottom is Chicago St with 3,578. Endowment stretches from 3 million at Chicago St to $214 million at NMSU. 3 private schools, 6 public.

Based on the above list I could see...
UAA - 16,242
Academy of Art - 16,000
Metro State - Denver - 24,000
...making the move to the WAC based on school population and regional fit...

UAA would be another outlier...so if UAA doesn't work out then Western Washington - 13,070 would be a regional good fit...

Academy of Art is a CA private school so i don't think that they would have to worry about traveling to TX...

MSU-Denver seems to fit the profile of the WAC and it's in the middle of the WAC footprint...maybe they could change the name to Denver State University for marketing purposes if/when they make the jump to D1...

Academy of Art is a 4 profit school. Would hold off on them until GCU drops the 4 profit label.

GCU has been a nonprofit institution since July 1, 2018. So, why does Academy of Art always come up in these conversations? They have nearly zero student/fan support, as proven out by 2017-18 Average Attendance figures...

Basketball - 130
W. Basketball - 67
Baseball - 79
Softball - 49
Soccer - 77
W. Soccer - 63

The WAC's last two DII call ups were the most recent Learfield Cup winners. Academy of Art wasn't the worst last year, but they also weren't Top 50. I just don't see how they fit the model.