WAC Adds Six Schools, Two From the Big West
The Western Athletic Conference confirmed Thursday that it will add six members, including two from the Big West, to become a 16-team league.
The newly aligned conference, which will be the largest in the country, will include Nevada Las Vegas and San Jose State from the Big West and three leftover schools from the Southwest Conference, Rice, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian, as well as Tulsa.
Other former SWC members Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M; and Baylor, have joined the Big Eight. The only other SWC member, Houston, wasn’t interested in the WAC.
The WAC will consist of 16 members by 1996, including current members Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, San Diego State, Colorado State, Air Force, Fresno State, Texas El Paso and Hawaii.
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Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Assn., and Georgia Athletic Director Vince Dooley are among 22 voting members of an NCAA committee that will study a Division I-A football tournament.
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