Hawaii May Leave WAC

Hawaii may be the next school to leave the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Plans are being discussed to have Hawaii join the Mountain West Conference for football, and the Big West for all other sports. As noted in this article, "The new additions to the WAC to replace Nevada and Fresno State -- UT-San Antonio and Texas State -- do not fit in the Hawaii geographic footprint and would make travel costs higher." All of the current Big West schools are in California, largely from the University of California and Cal State University systems (see Big West homepage). Thus, travel for Hawaii's non-football sports would be a lot easier in the Big West than in the WAC.