Nevada, Fresno State leaving WAC for Mountain West

Fresno State and Nevada are leaving the Western Athletic Conference to join Boise State in the Mountain West Conference.

BSU is already bound for the Mountain West next year and now the Bulldogs and Wolf Pack are following as well, leaving the WAC’s future in question and the Mountain West preparing for life after Utah and possibly Brigham Young University.

Utah is leaving to join the Pac Ten, while BYU is mulling going independent in football and reportedly joining the WAC in all other sports.

Nevada and Fresno State plan to join the Mountain West sometime in the next two years.

The WAC could be down to six members, two short of the NCAA requirement for a conference.

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