Editing Western Athletic Conference (section)

===Affiliate members===
These nine schools field programs in the WAC for sports not sponsored by their primary conferences:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Type
!Enrollment
!Nickname
!Primary<br>conference
!WAC<br>sport(s)
!Joined
!Former<br>full<br>member
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{sort|Air Force|'''[[United States Air Force Academy]]'''}}<br/>(Air Force){{efn|group=assoc|name=soccer|Four schools became affiliate members in men's soccer in July 2013; the WAC announced on January 9, 2013, that it would reinstate the sport, which it had sponsored from 1996 to 1999. Because the conference previously dropped football, it was necessary to add a new men's team sport to maintain its Division I status. It chose men's soccer because three of the confirmed members for 2013–14 (CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon, and Seattle) already sponsored the sport, and filled out its soccer ranks by attracting four schools from the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]]. Three of these schools have past WAC connections—former full members Air Force, UNLV, and San Jose State.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://gorunners.com/news/2013/1/9/205897861.aspx|title=WAC Adds Men's Soccer|website=CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners|date=January 9, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103418/https://gorunners.com/news/2013/1/9/205897861.aspx?path=msoc|archive-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref> After the WAC announced it would add men's soccer, the conference gained an eighth soccer school for the 2013 season when UMKC, which already sponsored the sport, joined. In addition, Utah Valley added the sport for 2014, UT-Pan American (later known as UT Rio Grande Valley) added it for 2015, and Chicago State was slated to add it for 2016 but did not do so until 2020 (by which time UMKC returned to the Summit League under its athletic identity of Kansas City).}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=swim|Four schools (three of which are former WAC full members: Air Force, UNLV, and Wyoming; and North Dakota) became affiliate members in men's swimming and diving in July 2013; the WAC announced on May 16, 2013, that it would reinstate the sport, which it had sponsored from 1962 to 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gculopes.com/news/2013/5/16/MSWIM_0516134420.aspx|title=WAC Reinstates Men's Swimming & Diving|website=GCU Antelopes|date=May 16, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051753/http://www.gculopes.com/news/2013/5/16/MSWIM_0516134420.aspx?path=mswim|archive-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=mswim|The WAC will cease sponsoring men's swimming and diving once again after the 2024–25 athletic season, when Grand Canyon and Seattle will move their programs to the [[Big West Conference]] and California Baptist will move its program to the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]].<ref name="swim">{{cite press release|title=MPSF Swim & Dive Adds Seven Schools in 2025-26|url=https://mpsports.org/news/2025/2/13/swimming-diving-mpsf-swim-dive-adds-seven-schools-in-2025-26.aspx|publisher=[[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]]|date=February 12, 2025|access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> The remaining WAC men's swimming & diving affiliates has not yet announced a future affiliation for their respective men's swimming & diving programs.}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Air Force Academy, Colorado|USAF Academy, Colorado]]{{efn|group=assoc|Virtually all of the Academy grounds, including the [[United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area|cadet area]] and all athletic facilities, is outside the [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] city limits. The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Postal Service respectively designate the Academy as "Air Force Academy" and "USAF Academy".}}
| rowspan="2" | 1955
| rowspan="2" | Federal
| rowspan="2" | 4,413
| rowspan="2" | [[Air Force Falcons men's soccer|Falcons]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
| {{sortname|Men's|soccer|nolink=y}}
| rowspan="2" | 2013–14
| {{yes}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sortname|Men's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| {{yes}}
|- 
| {{sort|Sacramento|'''[[California State University, Sacramento]]'''}}<br/>(Sacramento State){{efn|group=assoc|Sacramento State was formerly an associate member of the WAC in baseball from 1992–93 to 1995–96.}}
| [[Sacramento, California]]
| 1947
| Public
| 27,972
| [[Sacramento State Hornets|Hornets]]
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
| Baseball
| 2005–06
! {{no}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sort|Idaho|'''[[University of Idaho]]'''}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=wswim| The WAC will cease sponsoring women's swimming and diving after the 2024–25 athletic season. All WAC affiliates for that sport will move their respective programs to the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]] beginning in the 2025–26 athletic season.<ref name="swim" />}}
| [[Moscow, Idaho]]
| 1889
| Public
| 12,312
| [[Idaho Vandals|Vandals]]
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
| {{sortname|Women's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| 2014–15
| {{yes}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{sort|UNLV|'''[[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]'''}}<br/>(UNLV){{efn|group=assoc|name=soccer}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=swim}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=mswim}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas, Nevada]]{{efn|group=assoc|The UNLV campus is outside of the [[Las Vegas]] city limits in the unincorporated community of [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]]. The U.S. Postal Service considers all unincorporated areas in the Las Vegas Valley, including Paradise, to have a Las Vegas address.}}
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| rowspan="2" | Public
| rowspan="2" | 29,069
| rowspan="2" | [[UNLV Rebels men's soccer|Rebels]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
| {{sortname|Men's|soccer|nolink=y}}
| rowspan="2" | 2013–14
| {{yes}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sortname|Men's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| {{yes}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| '''[[New Mexico State University]]'''{{efn|group=assoc|name=wswim}}
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| 1888
| Public
| {{nts|21694}}
| [[New Mexico State Aggies|Aggies]]
| [[Conference USA]]
| {{sortname|Women's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| 2023–24<ref name=NMSUWSwim>{{cite press release|url=https://wacsports.com/general/2021-22/releases/20220610g8vurq |title=WAC Championship Eligibility for All Highlights WAC Board Spring Meeting |publisher=Western Athletic Conference |date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=June 20, 2022 |quote=... New Mexico State University was approved as an affiliate member in the sport of women's swimming and diving beginning in 2023-24.}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| '''[[Northern Arizona University]]'''{{efn|group=assoc|name=wswim}}
| [[Flagstaff, Arizona]]
| 1899
| Public
| 18,824
| [[Northern Arizona Lumberjacks|Lumberjacks]]
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
| {{sortname|Women's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| 2004–05
! {{no}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sort|Northern Colorado|'''[[University of Northern Colorado]]'''}}{{efn|group=assoc|Northern Colorado joined the WAC for baseball for the 2014 spring season (2013–14 school year).<ref>{{cite news|last=Mitch Wigness|publisher=UN Media|url=http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206349961|title=Baseball to join WAC as affiliate member|date=February 11, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051604/http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206349961|archive-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref> The baseball team left for the [[Summit League]] after the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year);<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://thesummitleague.org/news/2020/7/14/northern-colorado-to-join-the-summit-league-as-a-baseball-affiliate.aspx |title=Northern Colorado to join The Summit League as a baseball affiliate |publisher=The Summit League |date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 17, 2020}}</ref> but the school remains a WAC affiliate in women's swimming & diving through the 2024–25 season, after which that team will join the MPSF.}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=wswim}}
| [[Greeley, Colorado]]
| 1889
| Public
| 10,097
| [[Northern Colorado Bears|Bears]]
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
| {{sortname|Women's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| 2012–13
! {{no}}
|-
| '''[[San Diego State University]]'''
| [[San Diego|San Diego, California]]
| 1897
| Public
| 28,789
| [[San Diego State Aztecs|Aztecs]]
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br/>([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
| {{sortname|Men's|soccer|nolink=y}}
| 2024–25
| {{yes}}
|-
| '''[[San Jose State University]]'''{{efn|group=assoc|name=soccer}}
| [[San Jose, California]]
| 1857
| Public
| 30,448
| [[San Jose State Spartans men's soccer|Spartans]]
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
| {{sortname|Men's|soccer|nolink=y}}
| 2013–14
| {{yes}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''[[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley]]'''<br/>(UTRGV){{efn|group=assoc|name=wswim}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Edinburg, Texas]]
| rowspan="2" | 2013{{efn|group=full|While UTRGV was formally founded in 2013, with instruction starting in 2015, the athletic program traces its history through the [[University of Texas–Pan American]] (UTPA), which joined the WAC in 2013 and was one of the two institutions merged into UTRGV. The UTRGV athletic program inherited UTPA's Division I and WAC memberships.}}
| rowspan="2" | Public<br/>([[University of Texas System|UTS]])
| rowspan="2" | 32,419<ref name="UTRGV Student Media">{{cite web |title=UTRGV preliminary enrollment steady |url=https://www.utrgvrider.com/utrgv-preliminary-enrollment-steady/ |publisher=UTRGV Student Media |access-date=September 27, 2021 |date=August 23, 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros|Vaqueros]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Southland Conference|Southland]]
| {{sortname|Men's|soccer|nolink=y}}
| rowspan="2" | 2013–14
| {{yes}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sortname|Women's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| {{yes}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sort|Wyoming|'''[[University of Wyoming]]'''}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=swim}}{{efn|group=assoc|name=mswim}}
| [[Laramie, Wyoming]]
| 1886
| Public
| 12,496
| [[Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls|Cowboys]]
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
| {{sortname|Men's|swimming|nolink=y}}
| 2013–14
| {{yes}}
|}

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