I personally prefer to use median values to avoid skewed numbers.
The median ranking for the new Mountain West Conference is 122.
The current Big West's median ranking is 160.

On the other hand, I guess you would need to have outliers on the positive side, like UC Irvine, so that you'll decrease the chance of being a one-bid conference.

I copied this from username pblood40 in the Mountain West subreddit thread:

The biggest reason is that once you announce you are leaving FCS - FCS bans you from post season play. So if they are joining for football, they will likely not announce until after the FCS playoffs in January 2026

Props to Reno 1441 who found this info -

NCAA Bylaw 20.5.3 Championships Eligibility.

A member of Division I that has forwarded to the national office written notice of its intention to change its football membership classification from Championship Subdivision to Bowl Subdivision per Bylaw 20.5.2.1 no longer shall be eligible for participation in the Division I Football Championship.

I was curious to compare the 2026 Mountain West NCAAB Massey ratings vs. the 2024 Big West Massey ratings. This is what I see:

New Mountain West
New Mexico 77
Nevada 70
Grand Canyon 97
UNLV 110
UTEP 118
Wyoming 126
UC Davis 158
Hawaii 162
San Jose St 213
Air Force 293

Current Big West
UC Irvine 46
UC San Diego 99
UC Riverside 145
UC Santa Barbara 150
UC Davis 158
CS Northridge 160
Hawaii 162
Cal Poly 217
CS Bakersfield 228
Long Beach State 248
CS Fullerton 249

Who else is excited to see how this affects our recruiting?

I think the Big West is just Southern California now.

The funny thing about Rocko is that he initially led us to believe we are moving up with the upgraded stadium picture. He later gave us a response that strongly suggested we aren't moving up. He'll be tough to beat at a poker table.

We are all stunned and speechless.

Do you guys have a different opinion of Rocko now?

Who has the links to the archived message boards?

I remembered taking quantum physics many moons ago, and I complained to people that I will never ever see the words "eigenvector" and "eigenvalue" for the rest of my life.

That's good to know. I was worried that the creators of the second board did a hostile takeover that rubbed him the wrong way.

The first message board I can recall was created by ckwan16. He disappeared once the second message board was created. I always wondered what happened to him.

Is there a list of the number of donors and the number of season tickets sold for each school in the conference?

I sometimes wonder if having a complex offense and defense makes it more difficult to get people from the transfer portal.

Rocak rocks!

So what are their strengths and weaknesses?

If you attend the football game, where does it say you get in this basketball game for free? I presume it's general admission?

Tarleton up by 7 at the half.

Tarleton State ahead of South Dakota 14-7.