Out of curiosity I looked at Boise State and their combined record in the WAC and later in the MWC over the last 24 years to see if there was an advantage in their national rankings by supposedly moving up from one lower level G5 conference in the WAC to what some might consider a higher level G5 conference in the MWC. For the 10 years Boise was a member of the WAC the conference was made up of Nevada, Hawaii, Fresno, Louisiana Tech, Idaho, New Mexico State, San Jose State and Utah State. Did the move to the MWC improve Boise State's national stature and perception? The simple answer based upon National AP rankings is NO! For the 10 years Boise State was in the WAC they were nationally ranked in the AP poll 9 times or 90% of the years. Boise was also ranked at some point as a WAC member in the AP top 10 in 4 different years. In contrast, as a member of the MWC Boise was ranked 11 times over 14 years or 78% with only 2 years with a top 10 AP ranking. Essentially, not much of a difference and that has been my point. It's all G5 and UNLV would have foolish to pay the MWC the $$$$ exit fee to join another G5 conference in the G5 PAC-2.
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