Dark Horses Who Could Save the WAC
This was made in 2012. Some changes since then as some schools joined, and others left.
1.CSU-Bakersfield joined and is leaving.
2.San Francisco State
3.CSU-L.A. Somebody in another thread that they seemed to be interested in rejoining D1.
4.Cal.Poly-Pomona
5.CSU-San Bernardino
6.Chico State
7.CSU-Dominguez Hills
8. and 9. won't join.
10.Azusa Pacific A strong candidate.
11.Academy of Art A for profit school like GCU was. It would be hard for the WAC to bring up another for-profit school since the got back lashed by the P5 conferences.
12.GCU already joined.
13.Hawaii-Hilo was a former WAC affiliate in baseball.
14.Hawaii Pacific
15.Alaska
16.Alaska-Fairbanks
17.University of British Columbia 18.Simon Fraser, UBC needs to join D2 first before going D1. Simon Fraser needs D1 to change rules to allow Canadian schools to join.
19.-23. Will not join.
24.UVU already joined.
25.Colorado School of the Mines is an R2 research school with a very larges endowment. They do need a makeover to attract students. Many R2 schools are in D1.
26.-28.will not join.
29.UMKC already joined, but looking to leave already. This is why WAC wants to add more schools right now.
30.Omaha, not sure they will join.
31.Happy to be in the Big East.
32.Wichita State if the WAC who could actually restart FBS football conference, Shockers could restart football and be a football only member, and work their way into AAC.
33.West Texas A&M could be a logic target since they used to be independent 1A in football from 1978 to 1982. They do have access to an FBS size stadium.
34.Abilene Christine if they want to go FBS.
35.Trinity Texas needs to join D2 first.
36.UTRGV already a member, but looking to add football.
37.Lamar University wants FBS.
38.Sam Houston State looked into going FBS.
39.UT-Dallas is looking at joining D2.
40.Central Oklahoma helped eastern schools like UMKC.
41.Oral Roberts, not sure they want to move.
42.Milwaukee could help Chicago State, but would be an upgrade in men's basketball.
43.Illinois-Chicago
44.Loyola-Chicago
46.Northern Kentucky
47.Eastern Kentucky
48.Jacksonville State
My dark horses.
49.SFAU
50.East Bay State
51.Western Oregon
52.Central Washington
53.Western Washington
54.Colorado Mesa
55.CSU-Peublo
57.Metro State
58.Montana State-Billings
59.Fort Hays State
60.Angelo State
61.Youngstown State
62.Midwestern State
63.Tarleton State
64.UTPB
65.Commerce
66.Kingsville
67.Dallas Baptist
68.Cameron
69.UAFS
70.Missouri Southern
71.Drury
72.Rockhurst
73.Missouri Western