List of Western Athletic Conference Football Champions

The Western Athletic Conference staged a conference title football game during the three years (1996-98) the league consisted of sixteen members. During this time, the league was split into two divisions, Pacific and Mountain, with eight teams in each division. The top finisher in each division played for the championship, which was held at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. When conference membership was cut in half in 1999 with the formation of the Mountain West Conference, the title game was discontinued and the league did away with the two-division format. The rankings next to a given team's name represent the last AP poll prior to the game being played. ABC Sports televised all three games.

Year Winner Score Opponent Venue
1996 #6 BYU 28–25 OT #20 Wyoming Sam Boyd Stadium (Las Vegas, Nevada)
1997 #20 Colorado State 41–13 New Mexico Sam Boyd Stadium (Las Vegas, Nevada)
1998 #17 Air Force 20–13 BYU Sam Boyd Stadium (Las Vegas, Nevada)

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