Western Athletic Conference

30.7/ 100

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah and Washington along with the Midwest state of Illinois and the Southwest state of Texas. The conference discontinued football as a sponsored sport after the 2012-13 season and left the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision, becoming the first Division I conference to drop football since the Big West in 2000. The WAC then added men's soccer and became one of the NCAA's eleven Division I non-football conferences. The WAC will undergo a major expansion in July 2021, as four new schools join. The conference will reinstate football at that time, competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. One year later, one non-football school (Chicago State) will leave, and another FCS football school (Southern Utah) will join.

Score Breakdown

12.9/25

Nondiscrimination Policy

0.4/15

Trans Inclusion Policy

5.7/15

Sexual Harassment Policy

1.8/10

Fan Code of Conduct

0.4/15

Annual Partnership / Collaboration

0.7/10

LGBTQ Educational Resources

0.4/5

Pro-LGBTQ Trainings for Staff

0.4/5

Pro-LGBTQ Trainings for Athletes

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