Grand Canyon University was added to the Mountain West Conference on July 8, 2025, expediting its move a year early.

Grand Canyon has finalized a deal allowing it to join the Mountain West Conference in time to participate in the 2025-26 ...

The Mountain West and commissioner Gloria Nevarez angered at least two of the conference’s five departing schools with the early addition of Grand Canyon. The Lopes are joining the MWC for the 2025-26 ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KOLO) - Grand Canyon University will be joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2025-2026 ...

Grand Canyon University was added to the Mountain West Conference on July 8, 2025, expediting its move a year early.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Grand Canyon University has officially joined the Mountain West a year early. On Tuesday, the conference announced that GCU has joined the league as a member for the ...

Grand Canyon, originally scheduled to move to the Mountain West in July 2026, instead will join the conference in the 2025-26 academic year.

The Mountain West Conference made a surprising move on Tuesday to bring Grand Canyon into the fold one year early. The Lopes were slated to join the MWC for the 2026-27 athletics season. Instead ...

The Mountain West offered an earlier transition, however, allowing the school to compete for conference championships this fall. “The addition of Grand Canyon for the 2025-26 academic year is a ...

After months of fielding calls from member schools saying they were hearing Grand Canyon would join the Mountain West a year early, and the conference office responding that their agreement says ...