Mountain West Conference and Conference USA football alliance

Mountain West Conference and Conference USA football alliance
Mountain West Conference and Conference USA football alliance
Mountain West Conference and Conference USA football alliance logo
Established 2011
Association NCAA
Division Division I FBS
Members 22
Sports fielded 1 (men's: 1)
Region United States
Commissioner TBD (since 2011)
Locations
Mountain West Conference and Conference USA football alliance locations

The Mountain West Conference and Conference USA football alliance is a football only alliance formed during the NCAA conference realignment of 2010-11. On October 14, 2011 Conference USA (CUSA) and the Mountain West Conference (MWC) announced a football only alliance forming a 22 team league.[1] The two conferences will merge into a separate football-only entity, much like the Missouri Valley Football Conference is to the Missouri Valley Conference, without affecting their status within the NCAA structure. The conference spans five different time zones.

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History

The joint-announcement occurred on October 14, 2011 by the commissioners of both conferences. Ideally the first championship game will occur in 2012, but most likely it will occur in 2013.[1]

The alliance will add the 12 teams from CUSA and the seven members of the MWC. Three members of the Western Athletic Conference will join the MWC in 2012, and therefore be part of the alliance.

Rationale

The two conferences want to create a more stable conference. They also want to use the alliance as a playoff game, for the winner to receive an automatic BCS bid. The current BCS contract ends in 2014, which is the earliest an automatic BCS bid could be received.[2] Also, five schools of the alliance, Boise State and Air Force from the MWC, and Central Florida, Houston and SMU from CUSA allegedly have conference invites from the Big East Conference, an automatic BCS bid conference.[1] And more could be on the way.

Member schools

Locations of the football-member schools of the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA in 2012














Institution Nickname Location Type Total
Enrollment
Joined Endowment
United States Air Force Academy (Air Force) Falcons Colorado Springs, Colorado Public 4,417 2011 $23.7 million
Boise State University Broncos Boise, Idaho Public 21,179 2011 $61 million
Colorado State University Rams Fort Collins, Colorado Public 24,875 2011 $398 million
East Carolina University Pirates Greenville, North Carolina Public 27,000 2011 $103 million
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) Bulldogs Fresno, California Public 25,613 2011 $91.4 million
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Warriors Honolulu, Hawaii Public 20,135 2011 $159 million
University of Houston Cougars Houston, Texas Public 39,000 2011 $491 million
Marshall University Thundering Herd Huntington, West Virginia Public 15,500 2011 $70 million
University of Memphis Tigers Memphis, Tennessee Public 21,400 2011 $183 million
University of Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack Reno, Nevada Public 17,679 2011 $186 million
University of New Mexico Lobos Albuquerque, New Mexico Public 34,674 2011 $279 million
Rice University Owls Houston, Texas Private 6,700 2011 $3.6 billion
San Diego State University Aztecs San Diego, California Public 33,790 2011 $109 million
Southern Methodist University (SMU) Mustangs University Park, Texas Private 10,600 2011 $1.37 billion
University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Hattiesburg, Mississippi Public 17,254 2011 $89 million
Tulane University Green Wave New Orleans, Louisiana Private 11,100 2011 $807 million
University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa, Oklahoma Private 4,170 2011 $915 million
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers Birmingham, Alabama Public 18,000 2011 $332 million
University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights Orlando, Florida Public 50,000 2011 $114 million
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Rebels Paradise, Nevada Public 29,069 2011 $114 million
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners El Paso, Texas Public 20,500 2011 $151 million
University of Wyoming Cowboys Laramie, Wyoming Public 12,496 2011 $220 million

Membership timeline

University of Wyoming Mountain West Conference Western Athletic Conference University of Tulsa Conference USA Western Athletic Conference Tulane University Conference USA University of Texas at El Paso Conference USA Western Athletic Conference University of Southern Mississippi Conference USA Southern Methodist University Conference USA Western Athletic Conference Southwest Conference San Diego State University Mountain West Conference Western Athletic Conference Rice University Conference USA Western Athletic Conference Southwest Conference University of Nevada, Las Vegas Mountain West Conference Western Athletic Conference Big Sky Conference University of Nevada, Reno Western Athletic Conference Big West Conference Big Sky Conference University of New Mexico Mountain West Conference Western Athletic Conference University of Memphis Conference USA Marshall University Conference USA Mid-American Conference Southern Conference University of Houston Conference USA Southwest Conference University of Hawaii at Manoa Western Athletic Conference California State University, Fresno Western Athletic Conference Big West Conference East Carolina University Conference USA University of Central Florida Conference USA Mid-American Conference Colorado State University Mountain West Conference Western Athletic Conference Boise State University Mountain West Conference Western Athletic Conference Big West Conference Big Sky Conference United States Air Force Academy Mountain West Conference Western Athletic Conference University of Alabama at Birmingham Conference USA

Conference facilities

School Football stadium Capacity
UAB Legion Field 71,594
Air Force Falcon Stadium 52,480
Boise State Bronco Stadium 34,000
Colorado State Hughes Stadium 34,400
UCF Bright House Networks Stadium 45,301
East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium 50,000
Fresno State Bulldog Stadium 41,031
Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium 50,000
Houston Robertson Stadium 32,000
Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium 38,019
Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,380
New Mexico University Stadium 40,094
UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium 36,800
Nevada Mackay Stadium 29,993
Rice Rice Stadium 47,000
San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium 71,400
SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium 32,000
Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium 40,000
UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium 51,500
Tulane Mercedes-Benz Superdome 76,468
Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium 30,000
Wyoming War Memorial Stadium 30,514

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