The Grand Canyon Antelopes will join the Mountain West Conference for the fall semester, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellenger and On3’s Brett McMurphy.
GCU departed the Western Athletic Conference by agreeing to join the West Coast Conference in May 2024 but later last year pivoted to accepting an MWC invite for 2026 with the potential to move that timeline up.
The WCC ultimately sued Grand Canyon for breach of contract over exit fees.
The Antelopes announced in November 2024 that they would join the MWC no later than July 2026.
Grand Canyon will participate in all MWC sports it carries. Most notably because the Antelopes do not have a football team, the Antelopes will participate in men’s and women’s basketball, giving the conference 12 teams: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming.
Conference realignment has caused a wave of changes on the West Coast, with the Pac-12 dissolved down to two teams, Washington State and Oregon State, before building back up.
The trickle-down effect hit the Mountain West. In November, when GCU committed to join the MWC, the conference only had nine teams.
Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah State are expected to join the Pac-12 from the MWC after the 2025-26 college sports calendar concludes.
Cal-Davis, UTEP and Hawaii have committed to join the MWC for 2026-27.
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