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Sacramento State to join Big West in 2026, except for football
Sacramento State will leave the Big Sky Conference to join the Big West Conference beginning with the 2026-27 academic year, the school announced this week.
Sac State’s new conference, the Big West, used to have football. What happened?
Current Big West teams that field football include Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, which competes in the Big Sky Conference; Hawaii, which competes in the Mountain West Conference; and UC Davis, a Big ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle3d
Sacramento State withdraws from Big Sky Conference, joins Big West
The Big Sky Conference announced Sacramento State’s departure in a Wednesday morning press release. In its own press release Wednesday morning, the Big West Conference announced ...
The Lewiston Tribune3d
Big Sky’s Sac State to join Big West in 2026 in all sports except football
The Hornets will officially join The Big West on July 1, 2026, joining a lineup that includes California Baptist, Cal Poly, ...
Sacramento State Issues Statement Urging D-I Council to Approve Transition to FBS
The decision on whether or not to approve Sacramento State's waiver request to join FBS is ultimately up to the Division I ...