Still just rumors at this point, but it sounds like Stephen F. Austin is considering moving back to the Southland. They had been in the Southland and moved to the WAC (playing football as the UAC with the football ASUN teams) in 2022 with a handful of other teams, but it sounds like things haven't worked out the way they'd hoped, with longtime rival Sam Houston State moving up to the FBS CUSA and a number of other Texas-area teams deciding to leave the WAC for the Southland.
UTRGV, which is adding football, had originally said they'd go to the WAC, but changed their minds and are going to be joining the Southland.
Lamar University (Beaumont, TX) moved to the WAC in 2021, but reversed course and went back to the Southland in 2022.
NM State had their non-football sports in the WAC, but also got an invite to CUSA.
If SFA moves back to the Southland, this could trigger a collapse of the WAC, with Texas teams likely going to either the Southland or ASUN. The other football-playing WAC members are Southern Utah and Utah Tech, which have some possible options...
- Join the Big Sky, although then the Big Sky would be at 14 football-playing schools
- Talk to the more southern Big Sky teams about splitting into two conferences (at least for football)...with teams like Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Weber State, Sacramento State, UC Davis, and Cal Poly
- Or the collapse of the WAC triggers the Dakota schools to organize the long-discussed "Summit League Football" with the 4 Dakota schools, two Utah schools, and possibly Northern Colorado and/or St. Thomas if they want to add scholarships. This option would have the biggest ripple effect that might touch us, with the MVFC dropping down to seven teams (if they're all only playing 6 conference games, that makes scheduling teams like ISU, UNI, and SIU for OOC games much easier for us).