(Rank among 120 teams in 10 years since 2000 by winning percentage & average wins per year)
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Mountain Division (2 TX, 2 CO, 1 WY, 1 NM) |
West Division (2 CA, 2 NV, 1 UT, 1 ID) | |||||||
| 7 | Texas Christian | 77% | 9.5 | 1 | Boise State | 87% | 11.2 | |
| 46 | Air Force | 56% | 6.8 | 23 | Brigham Young | 65% | 8.1 | |
| 63 | Colorado State | 50% | 6.1 | 31 | Fresno State | 62% | 8.1 | |
| 70 | Houston | 48% | 6.0 | 72 | Nevada | 48% | 5.9 | |
| 72 | New Mexico | 48% | 5.9 | 103 | UNLV | 35% | 4.1 | |
| 99 | Wyoming | 36% | 4.2 | 106 | San Diego State | 32% | 3.8 | |
| 59.5 | Averages | 52% | 6.4 | 56.0 | Averages | 55% | 6.9 | |
I agree BYU is leveraging it's Independence to force MWC to deplete its' safety conference & expand to 12 teams. Houston is the obvious choice with UTEP getting some press & Tulsa being ignored.SMU & Rice are small private schools & MWC has enough private in BYU, Air Force & TCU.
Nevada & Fresno State joining MWC leaves only:
| 33 | Hawaii | 61% | 8.0 |
| 85 | Louisiana Tech | 43% | 5.2 |
| 94 | San Jose State | 39% | 4.6 |
| 108 | New Mexico State | 31% | 3.7 |
| 113 | Utah State | 27% | 3.1 |
| 114 | Idaho | 26% | 3.1 |
I think MWC teams biggest fear is sharing a conference with Division 1-AA upstarts like NM State, Utah State & Idaho. The MWC has fought to build a BCS conference to let former Big West teams drag them back down. The biggest loser in this is Hawaii because their football team has won 8 games/year in the 2000s & 6.5/year since 1980. I believe they will become an Independent when the WAC falls apart (do it sooner except for the $5 million buyout)
Big West abandoned football in 2000. LA Tech joined the WAC in 2001. New Mexico State & Idaho joined Sun Belt in 2001 then WAC in 2005. Utah State was so bad they became Independent in 2001, Sun Belt in 2003 & finally WAC in 2005.
The only thing the WAC has going for it is a possible $10 million from Nevada & Fresno State. More likely than Montana & Montana State joining the WAC from 1-AA, LA Tech replaces Houston in C-USA West & New Mexico State, Idaho & Utah State join Sunbelt as football-only members again & the Big West for all other sports. That would form a 12 team football league (South Alabama is starting a team next year so 13). San Jose State is stuck except to join Hawaii as an Ind.
Big IIX needs 2 more teams - C-USA East Southern Miss & Memphis? Big East needs 4 - C-USA East Central Florida, East Carolina, Marshall; Ind. Navy and/or MAC Temple? Could force C-USA & Sun Belt to merge and change everything again.
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