History Of Western Athletic Conference Football
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States, with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington, along with the "non-western" states of Missouri, Illinois (traditionally associated with the Midwest; and Texas (traditionally associated with the South). Many long-standing members left to either form or join the Mountain West Conference or to join Conference USA. Three additional former members have moved on to the Pacific-12 Conference. Due to various members leaving the WAC, the conference dropped football as a sponsored sport after the 2012-13 season, therefore becoming a non-football conference, adding men's soccer in its place.
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