Big West Conference
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| Full name | Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division One |
| sport | Juniors: 7; Juniors: 9; no American football |
| abbreviation | Big West |
| Association | NCAA |
| League foundation | 1969 as PCAA |
| Teams | in basketball : 9 |
| Country countries | United States |
| Website | Official website |
The Big West Conference is a nine-university league for various sports that play in NCAA Division I. In college football , the teams played in Division IA (now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision ) until the 2000 season .
The league was founded in 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAA) and renamed the Big West Conference after nineteen years in 1988. Its headquarters are in Irvine , California . Until 2005, universities from various states, such as Texas , Utah , Nevada or Idaho , were members of the Big West, but most of them switched to the Western Athletic Conference . After then were members by 2012 only Californian universities, replacing University of Hawaii at Manoa in the former realignment in the West Coast Conference migrating University of the Pacific , which until then was the only member university in the history of the Big West in private ownership.
The sports in which the Big West Conference organizes competitions include basketball , cross-country skiing , golf , soccer , diving , tennis and athletics, as well as baseball for men and softball and volleyball for women and, since 2017/18, also for men.
Hawaiʻi ( Rainbow Warriors ), UC Davis ( Aggies ) and Cal Poly ( Mustangs ) also play American football - Hawaiʻi in the Mountain West Conference , UC Davis and Cal Poly in the Big Sky Conference .
Members
| university | place | Team name | founded | since | Sponsorship | students |
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| Cal Poly | San Luis Obispo ( CA ) | Mustangs | 1901 | 1996 | state | 18,400 |
| Cal State Fullerton | Fullerton (CA) | Titans | 1957 | 1974 | state | 35,040 |
| Cal State Northridge | Northridge (CA) | Matadors | 1958 | 2001 | state | 34,560 |
| Hawaii | Honolulu ( HI ) | Rainbow Warriors / Wahine | 1907 | 2012 | state | 20,445 |
| Long Beach State | Long Beach (CA) | 49ers | 1949 | 1969 | state | 35,574 |
| UC Davis | Davis (CA) | Aggies | 1905 | 2007 | state | 30,475 |
| UC Irvine | Irvine (CA) | Anteaters | 1965 | 1977 | state | 25,000 |
| UC Riverside | Riverside (CA) | Highlanders | 1954 | 2001 | state | 17,000 |
| UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara (CA) | Gauchos | 1944 | 1969 | state | 19,800 |
Titan Stadium
in Fullerton
Harder Stadium
in Santa Barbara
Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo
Associate members
| university | place | Team name | founded | since | sport | Sponsorship | students | Main Conference |
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| Cal State Bakersfield | Bakersfield ( CA ) | Roadrunners | 1965 | 2015 | Beach volleyball (women) | state | 8,720 | WAC |
| Sacramento State | Sacramento (CA) | Hornets | 1947 | 2012 2015 |
Soccer (men) Beach volleyball (women) |
state | 24,388 | Big Sky |
| UC San Diego | La Jolla ( CA ) | Tritons | 1960 | 2017 2019 |
Volleyball (men) water polo (women) |
state | 33,735 | CCAA (NCAA Div. II) |
Future members
| university | place | Team name | founded | Sponsorship | students | joined |
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| Cal State Bakersfield | Bakersfield ( CA ) | Roadrunners | 1965 | state | 8,720 | 2020 |
| UC San Diego | La Jolla ( CA ) | Tritons | 1960 | state | 33,735 | 2020 |
Former members
| university | place | Team name | founded | from | out | to | to | Sponsorship |
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| Boise State University | Boise ( ID ) | Broncos | 1932 | 1996 | Big Sky | 2001 | WAC → MWC | state |
| Fresno State | Fresno ( CA ) | Bulldogs | 1911 | 1969 | CCAA * | 1992 | WAC → MWC | state |
| Cal State at LA | Los Angeles (CA) | Golden Eagles | 1947 | 1969 | CCAA * | 1974 | CCAA * | state |
| University of Idaho | Moscow (ID) | Vandals | 1889 | 1996 | Big Sky | 2005 | Sun Belt → WAC → Big Sky | state |
| UNLV | Las Vegas ( NV ) | Rebels | 1957 | 1982 | Div II / Ind. | 1996 | WAC → MWC | state |
| University of Nevada, Reno | Reno (NV) | Wolf pack | 1874 | 1992 | Big Sky | 2000 | WAC → MWC | state |
| New Mexico State University | Las Cruces ( NM ) | Aggies | 1888 | 1983 | MVC | 2000 | Sun Belt / WAC | state |
| University of North Texas | Denton ( TX ) | Mean Green | 1890 | 1996 | Southland | 2000 | Sun Belt → C-USA | state |
| San Diego State University | San Diego (CA) | Aztecs | 1897 | 1969 | Div II | 1978/1990 | WAC → MWC | state |
| San Jose State University | San Jose (CA) | Spartans | 1857 | 1969 | WCC | 1996 | WAC → MWC | state |
| Utah State University | Logan ( UT ) | Aggies | 1888 | 1978 | Independent | 2005 | WAC → MWC | state |
| University of the Pacific | Stockton (CA) | Tigers | 1851 | 1971 | WCC | 2013 | WCC | Private |
* The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a conference in Division II of the NCAA.