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WAC officially announces expansion involving SFA Athletics starting in July SFA will join the WAC on July 1. (Source: KTRE) By Caleb Beames | January 14, 2021 at 11:18 AM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:50 PM HOUSTON, Texas (KTRE) - The worst-kept secret in college sports the past month was made official Thursday morning in Houston. The Western Athletic Conference officially announced the addition of Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, Lamar University and Abilene Christian University t...

2021 WAC Expansion Announcement SALT LAKE CITY — As WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd walked away from a video conference call Thursday after his league had announced an expansion to 13 teams and reinstating football, he pumped his fist and — with the fervor only captured on a hot mic — shouted, "I think we hit a home run today." For the state of Utah, he certainly did. The presence of the Beehive State was felt when the Western Athletic Conference was founded 58 years ago as a six-team league c...

Expansion could bring football back to WAC this fall in FCS January 15, 2021 GMT HOUSTON (AP) — Football is returning in the Western Athletic Conference, this time at the Championship Subdivision level. The league announced this week it would add four schools from the Southland Conference and one from the Big Sky to bring its membership to 13. The five new members will join Dixie State and Tarleton State in a WAC football League. The WAC continues to seek an eighth football member that would ...

The Rebels face New Mexico this weekend.

Lobo Pack: Dixie State Preview Lobos look to end skid Share this story What: When: Where: Coverage: Game will be streamed online at https://www.wacdigitalnetwork.com/dixiestate/. Radio coverage will be on the Lobo Sports Radio Network, Lobo Sports App, and 96.3 FM/770 AM KKOB in Albuquerque. Series: Breakdown: The New Mexico Lobos will look to break their six-game losing streak when they pay the Dixie State Trailblazers a visit on Wednesday night. This game was added earlier this week to ...

Saquan Singleton scored 17 points to lead New Mexico to a 72-63 win over Dixie State on Wednesday night. Isaiah Martin added 13 points and Makuach Maluach 12 for the Lobos (4-6). Rod Brown had 12 rebounds.

Lobos Snap Streak With 72-63 Win at Dixie State

Here comes the WAC. The league made it official Thursday: Southern Utah, Abilene Christian, Lamar, Stephen F Austin and Sam Houston State will join the conference as it resurrects football — which ended in 2012 — and strengthens its depth in hoops. The Texas four are likely to join the WAC this summer while Southern Utah will join prior to the 2022-23 season. Chicago State won’t be a part of the new-look WAC according to a school press release, but that isn’t a bad thing as the lowly Co...

UNM still out of state

• It will spend the next two weeks based out of St. George, Utah. • It will add a rare January non-conference game there Wednesday against the Dixie State University Trailblazers, a first-year Division I member of the WAC which, ironically, had its WAC-opening series this past weekend against New Mexico State University postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case on the Aggies roster. • It will make the 2-hour bus ride from St. George to Las Vegas, Nev., this weekend, where the Lobos are sc...