Southern Utah will join by 2022-23 after competing one more season in the Big Sky. The league could compete as early as next year assuming the Texas schools leave the Southland as quickly as expected. The addition of the four Texas schools, along with Southern Utah out of the Big Sky, and the announcement that UT Rio Grande Valley will start football, is clearly, well, mostly about FCS football. Chicago State has enjoyed its time in the WAC and is looking forward to finding new membership,” CSU President Zaldwaynaka Scott said in a press release. With assistance and support from the conference, Chicago State is voluntarily ending its membership on June 30, 2022. For now, it seems like Chi State wants to stay Division I if possible. The Texas four are likely to join the WAC this summer while Southern Utah will join prior to the 2022-23 season.Ĭhicago 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 Cougars haven’t broken the 10-win mark since winning 13 in 2013-14 - its first season in the WAC.Ĭhicago State is leaving voluntarily, according to the WAC, after the university has faced financial struggles and the school already cut the rest of the basketball season completely off recently. 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.
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