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{{short description|NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the western United States}}
{{redirect|Pacific Coast Athletic Association|the San Diego area community college athletic conference|Pacific Coast Athletic Conference}}
{{Infobox sports league
| name            = Big West Conference
| color           = #010101; {{box-shadow border|a|#A2AAAD|2px}}
| font_color      = white
| title           = 
| logo            = Big West Conference logo 2021.svg
| founded         = {{Start date and age|1969|7|1}}
| association     = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision     = Non–football
| teams           = 11 (12 in 2026)
| sports          = 21
| mens            = 10
| womens          = 11
| region          = [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]
| formerly        = Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1969–1988)
| headquarters    = [[Irvine, California]]
| commissioner    = Dan Butterly
| since           = July 1, 2020
| website         = {{URL|www.bigwest.org}}
| map             = Big West-USA-states.png
| map_size        = 275
}}

The '''Big West Conference''' ('''BWC''') is an American collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] whose member institutions participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the '''Pacific Coast Athletic Association''' ('''PCAA'''), and in 1988 was renamed the Big West Conference. The conference stopped sponsoring [[college football]] after the 2000 season.

Among the conference's 11 member institutions, 10 are located in [[California]] (nine in [[Southern California]] alone), and one is located in [[Hawaii]] (though the Hawaii member is leaving for the [[Mountain West Conference]], effective July 1, 2026). All of the current schools are public universities, with the California schools evenly split between the [[California State University]] and the [[University of California]] systems. In addition, one affiliate member plays two sports in the BWC not sponsored by its home conference.

==History==
{{Location map+  
| USA California
| width=350
| caption=Big West Conference Members locations<br/>[[File:Blue pog.svg|10px]] – Full members<br>[[Image:Green pog.svg|10px]] – Future member<br>[[Image:Green-orange pog.svg|10px]] – Current Associate and Future full member<br/>
[[File:Red pog.svg|10px]] – Departing members
| places=
   {{Location map~ | California | label=[[California Baptist University|CBU]] | position=bottom | mark=Green pog.svg | lat=33.93 | long=-117.427 }}   
 {{Location map~ | California | label=[[California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo|Cal Poly]] | position=left | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=35.3050 | long=-120.6625 }} 
   {{Location map~ | California | label=[[California State University Bakersfield|Bakersfield]] | position=top | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=35.3487 | long=-119.1033 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label=[[California State University Fullerton|CSUF]] | position=top | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=33.8823 | long=-117.8851 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label=[[California State University Northridge|CSUN]] | position=top | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=34.2407 | long=-118.5300 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label={{No wrap|[[California State University Long Beach|Long Beach State]]}} | position=left | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=33.7838 | long=-118.1141 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label=[[University of California Davis|UC Davis]] | position=left | mark=Red pog.svg | lat=38.5382 | long=-121.7617 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label=[[University of California Irvine|UCI]] | position=bottom | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=33.6405 | long=-117.8443 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label={{No wrap|[[University of California Riverside|UCR]]}} | position=right | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=33.9737 | long=-117.3281 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label={{No wrap|[[University of California San Diego|UCSD]]}} | position=left | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=32.8801 | long=-117.2340 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label={{No wrap|[[University of California Santa Barbara|UCSB]]}} | position=left | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=34.4140 | long=-119.8489 }}
   {{Location map~ | California | label=[[California State University Sacramento|Sacramento State]] | position=right | mark=Green-orange pog.svg | lat=38.5585 | long=-121.4218 }}
}}
{{Location map+  
| Hawaii
| width=200 
| caption=Big West Conference Members locations<br/>[[File:Red pog.svg|10px]] – Departing members (future affiliate)
| places=
   {{Location map~ | Hawaii | label=[[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|Hawaii]] | position=right | mark=Red pog.svg | lat=21.3009 | long=-157.8173 }}
}}
{{Location map+  
| USA Utah
| width=200 
| caption=Big West Conference Members locations<br/>[[File:Green pog.svg|10px]] – Future Member
| places=
   {{Location map~ | Utah | label=[[Utah Valley University|Utah Valley]] | position=right | mark=Green pog.svg | lat=40.2543 | long=-111.6849 }}
}}

===Pacific Coast Athletic Association===
The Big West Conference was formed in June 1968 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.<ref name='pcaaformation'>{{Cite news |date=June 11, 1968 |title=California Colleges Form New conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7688704/pacific_coast_athletic_association/ |newspaper=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] |location=San Bernardino, California |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 2, 2016}} {{Free access}}</ref> The five original charter members were [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State]], [[San Jose State University|San Jose State]], [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UC Santa Barbara]], [[San Diego State University|San Diego State]], and [[California State University, Long Beach|Long Beach State]].<ref name='pcaaformation'/> Two other schools, [[California State University, Los Angeles|Cal State Los Angeles]] and the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]], were also considered but they declined at that time to pursue membership.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pickard |first=Don |date=June 18, 1968 |title=Cal State PCAA Entry Being Probed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7688936/pcaa_2/ |newspaper=[[The Independent (Pasadena)|The Independent]] |location=[[Pasadena, California]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 2, 2016}} {{Free access}}</ref> The newly formed conference had several meetings to set up its governance, which was confirmed in October 1968 on the campus of UC Santa Barbara.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 1968 |title=New league being formed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7689420 |newspaper=[[Redlands Daily Facts]] |location=Redlands, California |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 2, 2016}} {{Free access}}</ref> Before the league started play, Cal State Los Angeles joined as a full member and the University of the Pacific joined for football only, becoming a full member itself two years later.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miles |first=Jerry |date=May 16, 1969 |title=Pacific Eight Gets New Rival |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7689546 |newspaper=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin|Progress Bulletin]] |location=Pomona, California |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 2, 2016}} {{Free access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dhillon
|first=Jagdip |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Tigers back 'home' |url=http://www.recordnet.com/article/20120329/A_SPORTS/203290316 |newspaper=[[The Record (Stockton)|The Record]] |location=Stockton, California |access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> The conference itself lists July 1, 1969, as its founding date, with the seven institutions beginning conference play that fall.<ref name="bwchistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.bigwest.org/history/ |title=About The Big West Conference |website=Big West Conference |access-date=December 2, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810235116/http://www.bigwest.org/history/ |archive-date=August 10, 2001 }}</ref><ref name='latimespcaanamechange'>{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1988 |title=PCAA to Change Name to Big West |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-04-sp-3898-story.html |agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 2, 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118134316/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06-04/sports/sp-3898_1_big-west|archive-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>

===Evolution===
Since its inception as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, the conference has seen many changes. [[Utah State Aggies|Utah State]] was the first institution outside California to join the conference in 1978.<ref name=usjpcaa>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Na9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5501%2C3984524 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Utah State joining PCAA |date=September 11, 1977 |page=8B}}</ref> This opened the floodgates for many other schools to affiliate with the PCAA; notable schools include [[UNLV Rebels|UNLV]], [[Nevada Wolf Pack|Nevada]], [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters|Louisiana Tech]], [[Boise State Broncos|Boise State]], and football-only members, such as [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football|Southwestern Louisiana]] and [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State]].

In 1983, the PCAA became the first western conference to introduce women's athletic programs, allowing female student-athletes to compete at the same level as their male counterparts. This proved vital for [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|Hawaiʻi]] as their only participation in the conference was for [[Hawaii Rainbow Wahine|their women's sports]].

However, many universities left to join conferences that were perceived as more well-known, such as the [[Western Athletic Conference]] or the [[Mountain West Conference]], while others did not see the benefit of travel since historically many of the teams have been California-based.

From the departures of [[Idaho Vandals|Idaho]] and Utah State in 2005 until the arrival of Hawaii in 2012, all members were based in California, reducing the cost and travel time between the universities. When Hawaii joined, it agreed to help defray a portion of travel costs to that state for the league's California members.

In 2011, San Diego State University had initially agreed to move all sports except football ([[Big East Conference|Big East]]) to the Big West along with Hawai'i by 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schrotenboer |first=Brent |date=2011-12-09 |title=SDSU’s Big West move soon to be official |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2011/12/09/sdsus-big-west-move-soon-to-be-official/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> However, when the Big East decided to no longer sponsor football for the 2013 season, SDSU backed out of their agreement with the Big West, electing to remain a member with the Mountain West instead.

Upon numerous conference shifts spurred from the announcement that [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] and [[University of Southern California|USC]] of the Pac-12 were to move to [[Big Ten Conference|Big 10]], a domino effect occurred, ultimately resulting in both Hawai'i and [[University of California, Davis|UC Davis]] announcing their move to the Mountain West effective the 2026 school year. This would leave the Big West with 9 teams, and with the member universities hoping to keep the conference at 11 teams, invited both [[California Baptist University]] and [[Utah Valley University]] to join the conference by the 2026 school year. Both institutions have since announced their respective intentions to join the conference, marking it the first time since 2013 that a private university will compete in the Big West, and the first time since 2005 that the Big West will have a member in the continental U.S. outside of California. Later in June, [[California State University, Sacramento|Sacramento State]] announced it's intention to join the Big West in all sports except football, effective by the 2026 school year, where they will join alongside Cal Baptist and Utah Valley.

There have been no fewer than 25 full and associate members in the conference's history, while only two of the original seven charter members remain (Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara, with only Long Beach State's membership being continuous).

===The change to the Big West===
[[File:Big West Conference logo 2000.svg|thumb|right|The logo of the Big West from 2000 to 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Big West Conference Logos |url=https://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/4941 |website=SportsLogos.Net |access-date=2021-07-25}}</ref>]]
Effective July 1, 1988, the Pacific Coast Athletic Association changed its name to the Big West Conference.<ref name='latimespcaanamechange'/> With such schools as Utah State, UNLV, Nevada, New Mexico State, and Hawaii now in the fold, the name change was more representative of its member institutions.<ref name='latimespcaanamechange'/> In addition, the conference had signed a contract with ESPN to have its men's basketball games telecast as the third game of a triple header known as ''[[Big Monday]]'' - the other conferences being featured were the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] and the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] so the name Big West fit the theme.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Jason |date=February 19, 1996 |title=This Conference Now Little West |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-19-sp-37652-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref>

==Member schools==
===Current full members===
{{color box|#ffa0a0}} Members departing for the [[Mountain West Conference]] in 2026.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Joined
! Type
! Enrollment
! Endowment<br /><small>(millions)</small><ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2023. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 15, 2024 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=August 9, 2024 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523180252/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.xlsx |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! Nickname
! class="unsortable"|Colors
|-
| {{sort|Cal Poly |'''[[California Polytechnic State University]]'''}}<br />(Cal Poly)
| [[San Luis Obispo, California]]
| 1901
| 1996{{efn|group=cfm|Then Division II, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo was an affiliate member of the Big West in women's volleyball from 1984–85 to 1989–90.}}
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[California State University|CSU]] system)}}
| 22,287
| $265.26
| [[Cal Poly Mustangs|Mustangs]]
| {{college color boxes|Cal Poly Mustangs}}
|-
| '''[[California State University, Bakersfield]]'''<br/>(Bakersfield)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gorunners.com/documents/2023/9/11/Brand_Style_Guide.pdf |title=Brand Guidelines |publisher=Bakersfield Roadrunners |date=September 11, 2023 |access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Bakersfield, California]]
| 1965
| 2020<ref name="GoWest">{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/college/sd-sp-uc-san-diego-division-big-west-conference-20171127-story.htm |title=UC San Diego makes it official: It's joining Div. I, Big West |publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=November 27, 2017 |access-date=June 18, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{efn|group=cfm|Before becoming a full member, Bakersfield had been a Big West affiliate in beach volleyball since the 2015–16 school year.}}
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[California State University|CSU]] system)}}
| 9,261
| $37.16
| [[Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners|Roadrunners]]
| {{college color boxes|Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners}}
|-
| '''[[California State University, Fullerton]]'''<br />(Cal State Fullerton)
| [[Fullerton, California]]
| 1957
| 1974
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[California State University|CSU]] system)}}
| 38,726
| $135.85
| [[Cal State Fullerton Titans|Titans]]
| {{college color boxes|Cal State Fullerton Titans}}
|-
| {{sort|Long Beach|'''[[California State University, Long Beach]]'''}}<br />(Long Beach State)
| [[Long Beach, California]]
| 1949
| 1969
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[California State University|CSU]] system)}}
| 39,360
| $115.40
| [[Long Beach State Beach|Beach]]{{efn|group=cfm|Long Beach State fully rebranded its athletic program as Beach effective in the 2020–21 school year, after transitioning from its former nickname of 49ers over several years. The baseball team continues to use the nickname [[Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball|Dirtbags]], which it had adopted in the 49ers era.}}
| {{college color boxes|Long Beach State 49ers}}
|-
| '''[[California State University, Northridge]]'''<br />(Cal State Northridge)
| [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]
| 1958
| 2001
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[California State University|CSU]] system)}}
| 38,511
| $205.19
| [[Cal State Northridge Matadors|Matadors]]
| {{college color boxes|Cal State Northridge Matadors}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| '''[[University of California, Davis]]'''<br />(UC Davis){{efn|group=cfm|UC Davis will leave the Big West to join the [[Mountain West Conference]] as a full member in 2026, though they will remain an affiliate member for football in the [[Big Sky Conference]].<ref>{{cite web |title=UC Davis To Join Mountain West Conference In 2026-27 |url=https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2024/12/10/athletics-uc-davis-to-join-mountain-west-conference-in-2026-27.aspx |publisher=UC Davis Athletics |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>}}
| [[Yolo County, California]]
| 1905
| 2007
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[University of California|UC]] system)}}
| 40,772
| $678.04
| [[UC Davis Aggies|Aggies]]
| {{college color boxes|UC Davis Aggies}} 
|-
| '''[[University of California, Irvine]]'''<br />(UC Irvine)
| [[Irvine, California]]
| 1965
| 1977
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[University of California|UC]] system)}}
| 37,243
| $795.89
| [[UC Irvine Anteaters|Anteaters]]
| {{college color boxes|UC Irvine Anteaters}}
|-
| '''[[University of California, Riverside]]'''<br />(UC Riverside)
| [[Riverside, California]]
| 1954
| 2001
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[University of California|UC]] system)}}
| 26,809
| $249.87<ref name="UCEndowment">{{cite web |url=https://www.ucop.edu/investment-office/investment-reports/annual-reports/annual-endwoment-report-fy-2022-2023.pdf |title=University of California Annual Endowment Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023 |date=November 13, 2023 |website=Office of the President |publisher=University of California |access-date=August 9, 2024 }}</ref>
| [[UC Riverside Highlanders|Highlanders]]
| {{college color boxes|UC Riverside Highlanders}}
|-
| '''[[University of California, San Diego]]'''<br />(UC San Diego)
| [[San Diego|San Diego, California]]
| 1960
| 2020{{efn|group=cfm|UC San Diego first joined the Big West as a men's volleyball affiliate in 2017. It added women's water polo to its BWC membership in 2019.}}
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[University of California|UC]] system)}}
| 42,968
| $1,360.84
| [[UC San Diego Tritons|Tritons]]
| {{college color boxes|UC San Diego Tritons}}
|-
| '''[[University of California, Santa Barbara]]'''<br />(UC Santa Barbara)
| [[Isla Vista, California]]
| 1891
| 1969;<br />1976{{efn|group=cfm|UC Santa Barbara joined the Big West when it was founded in 1969, left to become an independent after the 1973–74 school year, then rejoined the conference effective the 1976–77 school year.}}
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{small|([[University of California|UC]] system)}}
| 26,421
| $578.76
| [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|Gauchos]]
| {{college color boxes|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sort|Hawaii|'''[[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]]'''}}<br />(Hawaiʻi){{efn|group=cfm|Hawaii will leave the Big West to join the [[Mountain West Conference]] as a full member in 2026, though they will remain an affiliate member for men's swimming and diving, men's volleyball, beach volleyball, and women's water polo. <ref>{{cite web |title=Four UH sports to remain in Big West |url=https://hawaiiathletics.com/news/2024/12/6/general-hawai-i-athletics-secures-big-west-membership-for-remaining-teams.aspx |publisher=Hawaii Athletics |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>}}
| [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| 1907
| 2012{{efn|group=cfm|Hawaii was a full member of the Big West in women's sports from 1984–85 to 1995–96; while the men's sports were a full member of the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC) during that tenure.}}
| [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{Small|([[University of Hawaii|U of H]] system)}}
| 19,074
| $491.36<br /><small>([[University of Hawaiʻi|system-wide]])</small>
| [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Rainbow Warriors]]<br />& [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Rainbow Wahine]]{{efn|group=cfm|The Hawaii beach volleyball team is officially Rainbow Wahine, but more commonly uses the nickname BeachBows.}}
| {{college color boxes|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors}}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=cfm}}

=== Future members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joining
!Type
!Enrollment
!Endowment (2024)
!Nickname
! class="unsortable" |Colors
!Current conference
|-
| '''[[California Baptist University]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Brendan |date=2025-03-05 |title=Cal Baptist joins Big West with $1.2 million fee as conference realignment shakes up G5 schools |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/college-basketball/news-cal-baptist-joins-big-west-1-2-million-fee-conference-realignment-shakes-g5-schools |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=California Baptist University Joins The Big West |url=https://bigwest.org/news/2025/3/19/california-baptist-university-joins-the-big-west.aspx |date=2025-03-19 |accessdate=2025-03-20 |website=[[Big West Conference]]}}</ref>
| [[Riverside, California]]
| 1950
| 2026{{efn|group=fut|Cal Baptist will pay a $1.2 million exit fee to the WAC. The university will be the first private university to compete in the Big West since Pacific left in 2013.}}
| Private<br/>{{small|([[California Southern Baptist Convention|Baptist]])}}
| {{nts|11491}}<ref>{{cite web |title=CBU Fall 2021 enrollment extends record-setting pattern |url=https://calbaptist.edu/news/cbu_fall_2021_enrollment_extends_record_setting_pattern |publisher=California Baptist University |access-date=September 27, 2021 |date=September 24, 2021}}</ref>
| $162.7<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2, 2024 |title=University donations surpass $100 million mark in four-year growth spurt |url=https://calbaptist.edu/about/news-events/news/university_donations_surpass_100_million_mark_in_four_year_growth_spurt#:~:text=Whether%20for%20scholarships%2C%20programs%2C%20operations,quasi%20endowment;%20and%20market%20growth. |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2025}}</ref>
| [[California Baptist Lancers|Lancers]]
| {{college color boxes|California Baptist Lancers}}
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
|-
| {{sort|Sacramento State|'''[[California State University, Sacramento]]'''}}<ref>https://bigwest.org/news/2025/6/18/sacramento-state-joins-the-big-west.aspx</ref>
| [[Sacramento, California]]
| 1947
| 2026
| Public
| 31,181
| $92.9
| [[Sacramento State Hornets|Hornets]]
| {{college color boxes|Sacramento State Hornets}}
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
|-
| '''[[Utah Valley University]]'''<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://gouvu.com/news/2025/6/4/general-utah-valley-university-announces-move-to-the-big-west-beginning-in-2026-27.aspx|title=Utah Valley announces move to The Big West in 2026-27|publisher=Utah Valley Wolverines Athletics|date=June 4, 2025|access-date=June 4, 2025}}</ref>
| [[Orem, Utah]]
| 1941
| 2026
| Public
| {{nts|41728}}
| $100<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Avery |title=President's Scholarship Ball Raises Funds to Sustain the Aspirations of UVU Students |url=https://www.uvu.edu/news/2023/10/2023_10_09_scholarship_ball.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.uvu.edu |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Utah Valley Wolverines|Wolverines]]
| {{college color boxes|Utah Valley Wolverines}}
| WAC
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=fut}}

===Affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Institution
! Nickname
! Location
! Founded
! Joined
! Type
! Enrollment
! Primary<br />conference
! Big West<br />sport(s)
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| {{sort|Idaho|'''[[University of Idaho]]'''}}
| [[Idaho Vandals|Vandals]]
| [[Moscow, Idaho]]
| 1889
| 2024–25
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 11,849
| rowspan=4 | [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
| {{sortname|Men's|golf|nolink=y}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| rowspan=3 | {{sort|Sacramento State|'''[[California State University, Sacramento]]'''}}<br />(Sacramento State)
| rowspan=3 | [[Sacramento State Hornets|Hornets]]{{efn|group=aff|Sacramento State men's soccer joined the Big West Conference in the 2012 fall season (2012–13 school year) and beach volleyball followed for the 2016 spring season (2015–16 school year).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/releases/2013041291x5wb |title=MEN'S SOCCER JOINS BIG WEST CONFERENCE |date=July 5, 2012 |website=[[Sacramento State Hornets]] |access-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/sandvball/2014-15/releases/20150626tgnv5u |title=Sand Volleyball to Join the Big West Conference |date=June 26, 2015 |website=[[Sacramento State Hornets]] |access-date=December 22, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063217/http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/sandvball/2014-15/releases/20150626tgnv5u |archive-date= Dec 23, 2016 }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=3 | [[Sacramento, California]]
| rowspan=3 | 1947
| 2012–13
| rowspan=3 | [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{Small|([[California State University|CSU]] system)}}
| rowspan=3 | 30,670
| {{sortname|Men's|soccer|nolink=y}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| 2015–16
| Beach volleyball
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| 2024–25
| {{sortname|Men's|golf|nolink=y}}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=aff}}

===Future affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Institution
! Nickname
! Location
! Founded
! Joining
! Type
! Enrollment
! Primary<br />conference
! Big West<br />sport(s)
|-
| rowspan="4" | {{sort|Hawaii|'''[[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]]'''}}<br />(Hawaiʻi)
| rowspan="4" | [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Rainbow Warriors &<br />Rainbow Wahine]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| rowspan="4" |1907
| rowspan="4" | 2026{{efn|group=cfm|While technically the school has been a Big West member in all sports since 2012, this will be their first year as an affiliate member.}}
| rowspan="4" | [[State university system|Public]]<br />{{Small|([[University of Hawaii|U of H]] system)}}
| rowspan="4" | 19,074
| rowspan="4" | Big West <br>{{small|([[Mountain West Conference|MW]] in 2026)}}
| Beach volleyball 
|-
| {{sortname|Men's|swimming and diving|nolink=y}}
|-
| {{sortname|Men's|volleyball|nolink=y}}
|-
| {{sortname|Women's|water polo|nolink=y}}
|-
| '''[[Grand Canyon University]]'''
| [[Grand Canyon Antelopes|Antelopes]]
| [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
| 1949
| rowspan=3 | 2025
| Private For-Profit{{efn|group=faff|Grand Canyon's for-profit status is disputed. The U.S. Department of Education treats it as a for-profit institution, but the Internal Revenue Service, the NCAA, and the state of Arizona consider it a nonprofit.}}
| {{nts|103427}}{{efn|group=faff|Includes online students. Current on-campus enrollment is about 25,300.}}
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]<br>{{small|([[Mountain West Conference|MW]] in 2026)}}
| {{sortname|Men's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}}<br />{{sortname|Women's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}}
|-
| {{sort|San Diego|'''[[University of San Diego]]'''}}
| [[San Diego Toreros|Toreros]]
| [[San Diego|San Diego, California]]
| 1949
| Private
| 7,548
| [[West Coast Conference|WCC]]
| {{sortname|Women's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}}
|-
| '''[[Seattle University]]'''
| [[Seattle Redhawks|Redhawks]]
| [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]]
| 1891
| Private
| {{nts|7755}}
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]<br>{{small|([[West Coast Conference|WCC]] in 2025)}}
| {{sortname|Men's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}}<br />{{sortname|Women's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}}
|}

;Notes
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|-
! Institution
! Nickname
! Location
! Founded
! Type
! Enrollment
! Joining
! NCAA Team<br />championships<br />(Division I)
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===Former members===
Many of the former members of the Big West are now members of the [[Western Athletic Conference]] or the [[Mountain West Conference]]. Of the nine schools that were in the WAC before its [[2010–13 Western Athletic Conference realignment|early-2010s realignment]], only Hawaii had not spent some time in the Big West as a football participant – it was a Big West member only in women's sports. Of the former members, Cal State Los Angeles is the only team that reverted to [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level.

School names and nicknames reflect those used by the institutions when they were Big West members. One school has changed its name (Southwestern Louisiana, now branded athletically as Louisiana and also known as Louisiana–Lafayette) and another its nickname (Arkansas State, from Indians to Red Wolves).

====Former full members====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Institution
! Nickname
! Location
! Founded
! Joined
! Left
! Type
! Enrollment
! Current<br />primary<br />conference
|-
| '''[[Boise State University]]'''
| [[Boise State Broncos|Broncos]]
| [[Boise, Idaho]]
| 1932
| 1996
| 2001
| Public
| 22,678
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br />([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
|-
| '''[[California State University, Fresno]]'''<br />(Fresno State)
| [[Fresno State Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| [[Fresno, California]]
| 1911
| 1969
| 1992
| Public
| 22,565
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br />([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
|-
| '''[[California State University, Los Angeles]]'''<br />(Cal State L.A.)
| [[Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
| [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]
| 1947
| 1969
| 1974
| Public
| 20,619
| [[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAA]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| {{sort|Idaho|'''[[University of Idaho]]'''}}
| [[Idaho Vandals|Vandals]]
| [[Moscow, Idaho]]
| 1889
| 1996
| 2005
| Public
| 11,180
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
|-
| {{sort|UNLV|'''[[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]'''}}<br />(UNLV)
| [[UNLV Rebels|Rebels]]
| [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas, Nevada]]{{efn|group=ffm|The UNLV campus lies outside the [[Las Vegas]] city limits in the unincorporated community of [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]]. The U.S. Postal Service considers all unincorporated areas in the Las Vegas Valley to have a Las Vegas address.}}
| 1957
| 1982
| 1996
| Public
| 28,203
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
|-
| {{sort|Nevada|'''[[University of Nevada, Reno]]'''}}
| [[Nevada Wolf Pack|Wolf Pack]]
| [[Reno, Nevada]]
| 1874
| 1992
| 2000
| Public
| 18,227
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State University]]'''
| [[New Mexico State Aggies|Aggies]]
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| 1888
| 1983
| 2000
| Public
| 18,497
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| {{sort|North Texas|'''[[University of North Texas]]'''}}
| [[North Texas Mean Green|Mean Green]]
| [[Denton, Texas]]
| 1890
| 1996
| 2000
| Public
| 35,778
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
| '''[[San Diego State University]]'''
| [[San Diego State Aztecs|Aztecs]]
| [[San Diego|San Diego, California]]
| 1897
| 1969 (men's sports);<br />1984 (women's sports)
| 1978 (men's sports);<br />1990 (women's sports)
| Public
| 28,789
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br />([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
|-
| '''[[San Jose State University]]'''
| [[San Jose State Spartans|Spartans]]
| [[San Jose, California]]
| 1857
| 1969
| 1996
| Public
| 32,697
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
|-
| {{sort|Pacific|'''[[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]]'''}}
| [[Pacific Tigers|Tigers]]
| [[Stockton, California]]
| 1851
| 1969 (football-only);<br />1971 (all sports)
| 2013
| Private
| 6,296
| [[West Coast Conference|West Coast]]
|-
| '''[[Utah State University]]'''
| [[Utah State Aggies|Aggies]]
| [[Logan, Utah]]
| 1888
| 1978
| 2005
| Public
| 28,796
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br />([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
|}

{{notelist|group=ffm}}

====Former affiliate members====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Institution
! Nickname
! Location<br />(California)
! Founded
! Joined
! Left
! Type
! Enrollment
! Primary<br />conference
! Big West<br />sport(s)
|-
| {{sort|Cal Poly|'''[[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona]]'''}}<br />(Cal Poly Pomona)
| [[Cal Poly Pomona Broncos|Broncos]]
| [[Pomona, California|Pomona]]
| 1938
| 1984–85
| 1989–90
| Public
| 22,501
| [[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAA]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
| softball
|-
| {{sort|Sacramento State|'''[[California State University, Sacramento]]'''}}<br />(Sacramento State)
| [[Sacramento State Hornets|Hornets]]
| [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
| 1947
| 1996–97
| 2001–02
| Public
| 24,388
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
| baseball
|-
| {{sort|San Diego|'''[[San Diego State University]]'''}}
| [[San Diego State Aztecs|Aztecs]]
| [[San Diego]]
| 1897
| 2012–13
| 2012–13
| Public
| 33,790
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br />([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
| women's water polo
|}
{{notelist|group=faff}}

====Former football-only members====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Institution
! Nickname
! Location
! Founded
! Joined
! Left
! Type
! Enrollment
! Primary<br />conference<br />at the time<br />of joining<br />Big West<br />football
! Current<br />conference
|-
| '''[[Arkansas State University]]'''
| [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Indians]]{{efn|group=football|Currently known as the [[Arkansas State Red Wolves]].}}
| [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]
| 1909
| 1993–94,<br />1999–2000
| 1995–96,<br />2000–01{{efn|group=football|Arkansas State joined the Big West for football in the 1993 fall season (1993–94 school year), left to become an independent after the 1995 fall season (–96 school year, then re-joined in 1999, only to leave again after the 2000 fall season (2000–01 school year).}}
| Public
| 13,438
| colspan="2" | [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| '''[[Louisiana Tech University]]'''
| [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Bulldogs]]
| [[Ruston, Louisiana]]
| 1894
| 1993–94
| 1995–96
| Public
| 11,581
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| '''[[Northern Illinois University]]'''
| [[Northern Illinois Huskies football|Huskies]]
| [[DeKalb, Illinois]]
| 1895
| 1993–94
| 1995–96
| Public
| 25,313
| [[Summit League|Mid-Continent]]{{efn|group=football|Currently known as the [[Summit League]].}}
| [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]<br>{{small|([[Mountain West Conference|MW]] in 2026){{efn|Northern Illinois will be a football-only MW member, with most other sports in the [[Horizon League]].}}}}
|-
| '''[[University of Louisiana at Lafayette|University of Southwestern Louisiana]]'''{{efn|group=football|Currently known as the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]], and branded for sports purposes as "Louisiana".}}
| [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football|Ragin' Cajuns]]
| [[Lafayette, Louisiana]]
| 1898
| 1993
| 1996
| Public
| 19,188
| colspan="2" | [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=football}}

===Membership timeline===
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   bar:5 color:FullxF from:1996 till:2013
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   bar:7 color:Full from:1969 till:1992 text:[[California State University, Long Beach|Long Beach State]] (1969–present)
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   bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1974 text:[[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAA]]
   bar:8 color:Full from:1974 till:1992 text:[[California State University, Fullerton|Cal State Fullerton]] (1974–present)
   bar:8 color:FullxF from:1992 till:end

   bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1977 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|D-II Independent]]
   bar:9 color:FullxF from:1977 till:end text:[[University of California, Irvine|UC Irvine]] (1977–present)

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   bar:10 color:FullxF from:2001 till:2005
   bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:10 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2026 text:[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
   bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]

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   bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:1975 till:1982 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:11 color:Full from:1982 till:1996 text:[[University of Nevada, Las Vegas|UNLV]] (1982–1996)
   bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:1999 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:1999 till:end text:[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]

   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1970 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|Ind.]]
   bar:12 shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1983 text:[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
   bar:12 color:FullxF from:1983 till:1984 text:[[New Mexico State University|New Mexico State]] (1983–2000)
   bar:12 color:Full from:1984 till:2000 
   bar:12 color:AssocF from:2000 till:2001
   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2005 text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2005 till:2023 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]

   bar:13 color:AssocOS from:1984 till:1990 text:[[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona|Cal Poly Pomona]] (softball, 1984–1990)

   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1979 text:Independent
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   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2012 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:14 color:FullxF from:2012 till:2026
   bar:14 shift:(-325,-5) color:AssocOS from:2026 till:end text:[[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|Hawai'i]] (m. volleyball, beach volleyball, m. swimming and diving, w. water polo; 2026-future)

   bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1979 text:[[West Coast Conference|WCAC]]
   bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:1992 text:[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
   bar:15 color:Full from:1992 till:2000 text:[[University of Nevada, Reno|Nevada]] (1992–2000)
   bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:2000 till:2012 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text:[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]

   bar:16 color:AssocF from:1993 till:1996 text:[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana Tech]] (1993–1995)

   bar:17 color:AssocF from:1993 till:1996 text:[[Northern Illinois University|Northern Illinois]] (1993–1995)

   bar:18 color:AssocF from:1993 till:1996 text:[[University of Louisiana at Lafayette|SW Louisiana]] (1993–1995)

   bar:19 color:AssocF from:1993 till:1996 text:[[Arkansas State University|Arkansas State]] (1993–1995, 1999-2001)
   bar:19 color:AssocF from:1999 till:2001 text:

   bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1975 text:[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1975 till:1982 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1996 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
   bar:20 color:Full from:1996 till:2000 text:[[University of North Texas|North Texas]] (1996–2000)
   bar:20 color:AssocF from:2000 till:2001
   bar:20 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2013 text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2023 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:[[American Athletic Conference|American]]

   bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1970 text:Ind.
   bar:21 shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1996 text:[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
   bar:21 color:Full from:1996 till:2001 text:[[Boise State University|Boise State]] (1996–2001)
   bar:21 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2011 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:end text:[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]

   bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1996 text:[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
   bar:22 color:Full from:1996 till:2001 text:[[University of Idaho|Idaho]] (1996–2005)
   bar:22 color:FullxF from:2001 till:2005
   bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2014 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:22 color:OtherC2 from:2014 till:2024 text:[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
   bar:22 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:2025 text:(m. golf, 2024–2025)
   bar:22 color:OtherC2 from:2025 till:end

   bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1982 text:[[Northern California Athletic Conference|FWC]]
   bar:23 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1985 text:[[Northern California Athletic Conference|NCAC]]
   bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:1985 till:1994 text:Independent
   bar:23 color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:1996 text:[[American West Conference|AWC]]
   bar:23 color:AssocOS from:1996 till:2002 text:(bsb, 1996–2002; m. soccer, 2012–present; beach v'ball, 2015–present; m. golf, 2024–2025)
   bar:23 color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2026
   bar:23 shift:(-15) color:FullxF from:2026 till:end text:[[California State University, Sacramento|Sac State]] (2026–future)

   bar:24 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1994 text:[[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAC]]
   bar:24 color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:1996 text:[[American West Conference|AWC]]
   bar:24 color:FullxF from:1996 till:end text:[[California Polytechnic State University|Cal Poly]] (1996–present)

   bar:25 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1990 text:[[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAC]]
   bar:25 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1994 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:25 color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:1996 text:[[American West Conference|AWC]]
   bar:25 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2001 text:[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
   bar:25 color:FullxF from:2001 till:end text:[[California State University, Northridge|Cal State Northridge]] (2001–present)

   bar:26 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:2000 text:[[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAC]]
   bar:26 shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2001 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Ind.]]
   bar:26 color:FullxF from:2001 till:end text:[[University of California, Riverside|UC Riverside]] (2001–present)

   bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1982 text:[[Northern California Athletic Conference|FWC]]
   bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1998 text:[[Northern California Athletic Conference|NCAC]]
   bar:27 color:OtherC2 from:1998 till:2004 text:[[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAC]]
   bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:2004 till:2007 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|Indep.]]
   bar:27 color:FullxF from:2007 till:2026 text:[[University of California, Davis|UC Davis]] (2007–2026)
   bar:27 color:OtherC2 from:2026 till:end text:[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]

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   bar:28 shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:1972 till:2007 text:[[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAA]]
   bar:28 color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2013
   bar:28 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2015
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   bar:28 color:FullXF from:2020 till:end

   bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:2000 text:[[NCAA Division III independent schools|D-III Independent]]
   bar:29 color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2017
   bar:29 shift:(-300,-5) color:AssocOS from:2017 till:2020 text:[[University of California, San Diego|UC San Diego]] (m. volleyball, 2017–present; w. water polo, 2019–present; full member, 2020–present)
   bar:29 color:FullXF from:2020 till:end

   bar:30 shift:(-131,-5) color:AssocOS from:2025 till:end text:[[Grand Canyon University|GCU]] (m. and w. swimming and diving; 2025-future)

   bar:31 shift: (-140,-5) color:AssocOS from:2025 till:end text:[[Seattle University|Seattle]] (m. and w. swimming and diving; 2025-future)

   bar:32 Shift:(-122,-5) color:AssocOS from:2025 till:end text:[[University of San Diego|San Diego]] (w. swimming and diving; 2025-future)   

   bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1987 text:[[NAIA independent schools|NAIA Ind.]]
   bar:33 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:2013 text:[[Great Southwest Athletic Conference|GSAC]]
   bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2018 text:[[Pacific West Conference|PacWest]]
   bar:33 color:OtherC2 from:2018 till:2026 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:33 shift: (-19,-5) color:FullXF from:2026 till:end text:[[California Baptist University|Cal Baptist]] 2026-future

   bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:1969 till:1974 text:[[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC2 from:1974 till:1984 text:[[NCAA Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference|ICAC]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:1984 till:2003 text:[[Scenic West Athletic Conference|Scenic West]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC2 from:2003 till:2008 text:[[NCAA Division I Independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC1 from:2008 till:2013 text:[[Great West Conference|Great West]]
   bar:34 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2026 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:34 shift: (-24,-5) color:FullXF from:2026 till:end text:[[Utah Valley University|Utah Valley]] 2026-future

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'''Notes'''
* San Diego State played football as an independent for the 1976 and 1977 seasons before leaving the Big West Conference in 1978.
* UC Santa Barbara was an independent from 1974–75 to 1975–76.
* Cal State Fullerton played football as an independent for the 1992 season and dropped football entirely the following year.
* Louisiana Tech, Northern Illinois, Southwestern Louisiana, and Arkansas State joined the Big West for a short-lived football consortium from 1993 to 1995.
* Arkansas State played football as an independent from 1996 to 1998 and later rejoined the Big West for football during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

==Sports==
The Big West Conference currently sponsors 21 NCAA sports, with men's and women's swimming & diving the newest additions for the 2024–25 school year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigwest.org/news/2023/6/8/general-big-west-board-of-directors-approves-new-initiatives-at-annual-spring-meeting.aspx|title=Big West Board of Directors Approves New Initiatives at Annual Spring Meeting|publisher=Big West Conference|date=June 9, 2023|access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>

In baseball, Cal State Fullerton has won four College World Series titles with national championships in 1979, 1984, 1995, and 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2017-06-14/college-world-series-everything-you-need-know-about-cal-state|title=College World Series: Everything you need to know about Cal State Fullerton|date=2017-06-14|work=NCAA.com|access-date=2017-08-04|language=en}}</ref> In addition, Long Beach State and UC Irvine have made multiple appearances in the College World Series. Fullerton also has a national championship in softball, winning in 1984. Long Beach State has won three NCAA women's volleyball titles, as a part of [[Big West Conference women's volleyball]], with national championships in 1989, 1993, and 1998. [[Misty May-Treanor]] led the 49ers (now known as Beach) to a 36–0 record en route to the program's most recent title. UC Santa Barbara was the NCAA men's soccer runner-up in 2004, losing the national championship match to Indiana on penalty kicks. The Gauchos returned to the College Cup in 2006 and won the national championship.

Former Big West members UNLV and Pacific won national championships while part of the conference. The UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team won the 1990 NCAA tournament championship after routing Duke 103–73 in the national title game. UNLV was undefeated during the 1991 NCAA men's basketball season before falling to Duke in the final four. The Runnin' Rebels during this era are widely considered one of the best college basketball teams of all time. The Pacific Tigers women's volleyball team won back-to-back national championships in 1985 and 1986.

The Big West did not sponsor men's volleyball or men's water polo, but it was the primary conference affiliation of several schools that compete in the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]] for these sports, respectively. In NCAA men's volleyball, UC Irvine has established itself as one of the nation's most elite programs, winning four national championships in 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2013. Long Beach State also won men's national volleyball titles in 1991, 2018, 2019, and 2025, three while in the Big West. Hawai'i also won men's national volleyball titles in 2021 and 2022. In NCAA men's water polo, UC Irvine won three national championships in 1970, 1982, and 1989. UC Santa Barbara also won a men's water polo title in 1979.

On May 31, 2016, the Big West announced the conference would sponsor men's volleyball as its 18th sport, with five Big West schools leaving the MPSF to establish the new men's volleyball league. Men's volleyball is the third of four sports in which the MPSF has recently seen a mass exodus of teams to join an existing conference in a newly sponsored sport, with men's soccer, men's water polo, and women's lacrosse as the others. The men's volleyball membership includes core Big West members Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, Hawaii, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara. UC San Diego joined as an affiliate to bring the league to the NCAA minimum requirement of 6 teams to receive an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.

Big West Commissioner Dennis Farrell explained that adding UC San Diego was not an indicator UC San Diego would be added to the Big West Conference as a full member. UC San Diego had recently passed a bill to move all their sports to Division I and was looking for an invite from the Big West Conference. UC San Diego has long competed at the Division I level in men's volleyball; the NCAA conducts a single national championship open to all Division I and II members, and scholarship limits in the sport are the same in both divisions. The Big West regular season for men's volleyball will be a double round-robin, with each team playing the others once at home and once on the road. The Big West Tournament will have all six teams participate in single-elimination rounds with the top two teams receiving semifinal byes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigwest.org/ |title=Big West Announces 2012 Baseball Awards |access-date=2016-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232356/http://www.bigwest.org//story.asp?story_id=15959 |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}/story.asp?story_id=19222</ref>

The Big West is the first Division I all-sports conference (defined as a league that sponsors men's and women's basketball) ever to sponsor men's volleyball, and the second NCAA all-sports conference overall to sponsor men's volleyball as a scholarship sport (the first was the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] [[Conference Carolinas]]).

On November 26, 2017, the Big West announced that it would add UC San Diego along with Cal State Bakersfield as its 10th and 11th members starting on July 1, 2020. Cal State Bakersfield, which was already a full Division I member competing in the [[Western Athletic Conference]], became a full member effective July 1, 2020. UC San Diego, which had failed to move up from Division II in failed bids to the Big West in 2011 and April 2017, has begun the four-year transition process to Division I and became a full member effective July 1, 2024. UC San Diego's men's volleyball joined the Big West in 2017, in advance of that sport's 2018 season, and women's water polo joined in 2019. Because the NCAA does not sponsor a Division II championship in either men's volleyball or women's water polo, UCSD was eligible for conference championships in both sports upon joining the Big West, and remained eligible for such during the D-I transition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigwest.org//story.asp?story_id=20127 |title=CSU Bakersfield, UC San Diego to Join Big West Conference |access-date=2017-11-30}}</ref>

UC San Diego and Cal State Bakersfield, the latter now in the process of rebranding its athletic program as Bakersfield, officially joined the conference on July 1, 2020, and Dan Butterly became the new commissioner following the retirement of Dennis Farrell. UC San Diego officially joined Division I ranks on July 1, 2024, and thus could compete in conference championships and NCAA playoffs from then on.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=
|+ '''Big West Conference teams'''
! Sport || style="width:60px;"| Men's || Women's
|-
| [[College baseball|Baseball]] || {{center|11}} || {{center|–}}
|-
| [[College basketball|Basketball]] || {{center|11}} || {{center|11}}
|-
| [[Beach volleyball]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|7}}
|-
| [[Cross country running|Cross Country]] || {{center|9}} || {{center|11}}
|-
| [[Golf]] || {{center|12}} || {{center|9}}
|-
| [[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|11}}
|-
| [[Softball]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|10}}
|-
| [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] & [[Diving (sport)|diving]] || {{center|6}}|| {{center|6}}
|-
|| [[Tennis]] || {{center|7}} || {{center|10}}
|-
|| [[Track and field (outdoor)|Track and Field (Outdoor)]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|11}}
|-
| [[Volleyball]] || {{center|6}} || {{center|11}}
|-
| [[Water polo]] || {{center|6}} || {{center|7}}
|}

===Men's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:90%"
|-
! School !! Baseball !! Basket{{shy}}ball !! Cross<br />Country !! style="width:55px;"| Golf !! Soccer !! Swimming<br />& diving !!  Tennis !! Track & Field<br />(Outdoor) !! Volley{{shy}}ball !! Water polo !! Total<br /> Sports
|-
| Bakersfield || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 5
|-
| Cal Poly || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 8
|-
| Cal State Fullerton || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || 7
|-
| Cal State Northridge || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 7
|-
| Hawaiʻi || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 6
|-
| {{nowrap|Long Beach}} State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 7
|-
| UC Davis || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| UC Irvine || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
| UC Riverside || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 7
|-
| UC San Diego || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
| UC Santa Barbara || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
! colspan="12" | Future Members
|-
| California Baptist || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
| Sacramento State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 7
|-
| Utah Valley || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 6
|-
! Totals || 11 || 11 || 9 || 10+2{{efn|group=ms|Affiliate members [[Idaho Vandals|Idaho]] and [[Sacramento State Hornets|Sacramento State]].}} || 9+1{{efn|group=ms|Affiliate member [[Sacramento State Hornets|Sacramento State]].}} || 5 || 7 || 10 || 6 || 6 || 84+3
|}

{{notelist|group=ms}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big West Conference which are played by Big West schools
|- style="text-align:center"
! School !! [[Fencing]]{{efn|group=mns|NCAA fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding separate men's and women's squads and all bouts involving members of the same sex. The only Big West member that sponsors the sport, UC San Diego, fields both squads.}} !! [[College football|Football]]{{efn|group=mn|Hawai'i competes at the [[Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] level, while Cal Poly and UC Davis compete at the [[Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] level. Sacramento State is yet to announce what level they will be playing at.}} !! [[College rowing (United States)|Rowing]]{{efn|group=mns|The only category of rowing sponsored by the NCAA is women's heavyweight rowing. Men's rowing and women's lightweight rowing are organized by the [[Intercollegiate Rowing Association]].}} !! [[Indoor athletics|Track & Field<br />(Indoor)]] !! [[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| Bakersfield || No || No || No || No || [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| Cal Poly || No || [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]] || No || Independent ||[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| Cal State Fullerton || No || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No 
|- style="text-align:center"
| Cal State Northridge || No || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No 
|- style="text-align:center" bgcolor=lightgray
| California Baptist || No || No || No || No ||[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| Hawai'i || No || [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] || No || No || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| Long Beach State || No || No || [[American Collegiate Rowing Association|ACRA]]|| [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No
|- style="text-align:center" bgcolor=lightgray
| Sacramento State || No || [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]{{efn|group=mns|name=sacstate|Sacramento State has not yet announced a future affiliation for its football or men's indoor track & field programs.}} || No || [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]{{efn|group=mns|name=sacstate}} || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC Davis || No || [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]] || [[American Collegiate Rowing Association|ACRA]]|| No || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC Irvine || No || No || [[American Collegiate Rowing Association|ACRA]]|| No || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC Riverside || No || No || No || Independent || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC San Diego || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]|| No || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC Santa Barbara || No || No || [[American Collegiate Rowing Association|ACRA]]|| Independent || No
|- style="text-align:center" bgcolor=lightgray
| Utah Valley || No || No || No || [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]{{efn|group=mns|Utah Valley has not yet announced a future affiliation for its men's indoor track & field program.}} ||[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|}

{{notelist|group=mns}}

===Women's sponsored sports by school===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%"
|-
! School !! Basket{{shy}}ball !! Beach Volleyball !! Cross<br />Country !! Golf !! Soccer !! Softball !! Swimming<br />& diving !! Tennis !! Track & Field<br />(Outdoor) !! Volley{{shy}}ball !! Water polo !! Total<br /> Sports
|-
| Bakersfield || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 9   
|-
| Cal Poly || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || <sup>{{yes}}</sup> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 10    
|-
| Cal State Fullerton || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9    
|-
| Cal State Northridge || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10    
|-
| Hawaiʻi || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11   
|-
| Long Beach State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10    
|-
| UC Davis || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11  
|-
| UC Irvine || {{yes}}|| {{no}}  || <sup>{{yes}}</sup> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8    
|-
| UC Riverside || {{yes}}|| {{no}}  || <sup>{{yes}}</sup> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8    
|-
| UC San Diego || {{yes}}|| {{no}} || <sup>{{yes}}</sup> || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9    
|-
| UC Santa Barbara || {{yes}}|| {{no}}  || <sup>{{yes}}</sup> || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9  
|-
! colspan="13" | Future Members
|-
| California Baptist || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9  
|-
| Sacramento State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 9 
|-
| Utah Valley || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 7
|-
! Totals || 11|| 6+1{{efn|group=ws|Affiliate member Sacramento State.}} || 11 || 9|| 11 || 10 || 6 || 10 || 11 || 11 || 8 || 104+1    
|}

{{notelist|group=ws}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big West Conference which are played by Big West schools
|- style="text-align:center"
! School !! [[Fencing]]{{efn|group=wns|NCAA fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding separate men's and women's squads and all bouts involving members of the same sex. The only Big West member that sponsors the sport, UC San Diego, fields both squads.}} !! [[Field hockey|Field Hockey]] !! [[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]] !! [[Women's lacrosse|Lacrosse]] !! [[College rowing (United States)|Rowing]] !! Stunt{{efn|group=wns|Part of the [[NCAA Emerging Sports for Women]] program.}} !! [[Indoor athletics|Track & Field<br />(Indoor)]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| Bakersfield || No || No || No || No || No || No || Independent
|- style="text-align:center"
| Cal Poly || No || No || No || No || No || No || Independent
|- style="text-align:center"
| Cal State Fullerton || No || No || No || No || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| Cal State Northridge || No || No || No || No || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]
|- style="text-align:center" bgcolor=lightgray
| California Baptist || No || No || No || No || No || Independent || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| Hawai'i  || No || No || No || No || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| Long Beach State || No || No || No || No || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]
|- style="text-align:center" bgcolor=lightgray
| Sacramento State || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No || [[West Coast Conference|WCC]] || No || [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]{{efn|group=mns|Sacramento State has not yet announced a future affiliation for its men's indoor track & field program.}}
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC Davis || No || [[America East Conference|America East]] || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] || No|| No || Independent
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC Irvine || No || No || No || No || No|| No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC San Diego || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || No || No || No || [[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]] || No || No
|- style="text-align:center"
| UC Santa Barbara || No || No || No || No || No|| No || Independent
|- style="text-align:center" bgcolor=lightgray
| Utah Valley || No || No || No || No || No || No || [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]{{efn|group=wns|Has not yet announced a future affiliation for its women's indoor track & field program.}}
|}

{{notelist|group=wns}}

=== Current conference champions ===
The Big West Conference sponsors championship competition in 9 men's and 10 women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Men's and women's swimming & diving were added in 2024–25.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bigwest.org/sports/2016/12/22/GEN_1222161145.aspx |title=About The Big West |publisher=Big West Conference |access-date=February 15, 2024}}</ref>

<!--Champions from the previous school year are indicated with the relevant calendar year. -->Regular-season champions are indicated with "(RS)" and tournament champions with "(T)".
{| class="wikitable" style = "text-align: center"
|-
! Season !! Sport !! Men's<br />champion !! Women's<br />champion
|-
| rowspan = 4 | Fall 2024
| Cross country || [[Cal Poly Mustangs|Cal Poly]]|| [[Cal Poly Mustangs|Cal Poly]]
|-
| Soccer || [[Cal Poly Mustangs|Cal Poly]] (RS)<br>[[UC Davis Aggies|UC Davis]] (T) || [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Hawai{{okina}}i]] (RS)<br>[[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's soccer|UC Santa Barbara]] (T)
|-
| Water polo || [[UC Irvine Anteaters|UC Irvine]] (RS)<br>[[Long Beach State athletics|Long Beach State]] (T)
|&nbsp;
|-
| Volleyball || &nbsp; || [[Cal Poly Mustangs|Cal Poly]] (RS)<br>[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Hawai{{okina}}i]] (T)
|-
| rowspan = 2 | Winter 2024–25
| Swimming & diving || [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|UC Santa Barbara]]|| [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|UC Santa Barbara]]
|-
| Basketball || [[2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team|UC San Diego]] (RS & T) || [[2024–25 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team|Hawai{{okina}}i]] (RS)<br/>[[2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons women's basketball team|UC San Diego]] (T)
|-
| rowspan = 8 | Spring 2025
| Golf || Long Beach State || [[Cal State Fullerton Titans|Cal State Fullerton]]
|-
| Volleyball || [[Long Beach State men's volleyball|Long Beach State]] (RS)<br>[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball|Hawai{{okina}}i]] (T)
|&nbsp;
|-
| Beach volleyball || &nbsp; || Cal Poly (RS)<br>Long Beach State (T)
|-
| Tennis || UC Santa Barbara (RS)<br>UC Irvine (T)
| UC Santa Barbara (RS & T)
|-
| Water polo || &nbsp; || Hawai{{okina}}i (RS & T)
|-
| Track & field (outdoor) || Cal Poly || UC Irvine
|-
| Softball || &nbsp; ||  Cal State Fullerton (RS)<br>UC Santa Barbara (T)
|-
| Baseball || UC Irvine (RS)<br>[[Cal Poly Mustangs baseball|Cal Poly]] (T) ||&nbsp;
|}

{{notelist|group=cc}}

===Former sports===

====Football====
An asterisk denotes the participant in the bowls that invited the Big West champion:<br /> [[Pasadena Bowl|Pasadena]] (1969–70), [[California Bowl|California]] (1981–91), [[Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas]] (1992–96), and [[Famous Idaho Potato Bowl|Humanitarian]] (1997–2000)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000817232655/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/football/releases/history.htm Big West Football]. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.</ref>
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Football Champions (1969–1984)'''
|-
!Year
!University
|-
|1969
|[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]]*
|-
|1970
|[[Long Beach State 49ers football|Long Beach State]]* & San Diego State
|-
|1971
|Long Beach State
|-
|1972
|San Diego State
|-
|1973
|San Diego State
|-
|1974
|San Diego State
|-
|1975
|[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]
|-
|1976
|San Jose State
|-
|1977
|[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]]
|-
|1978
|San Jose State and [[Utah State Aggies football|Utah State]]
|-
|1979
|Utah State
|-
|1980
|Long Beach State
|-
|1981
|San Jose State*
|-
|1982
|Fresno State*
|-
|1983
|[[Cal State Fullerton Titans football|Cal State Fullerton]]*
|-
|1984
|Cal State Fullerton ([[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]]* forfeited)
|}
{{Col-break}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Football Champions (1985–2000)'''
|-
!Year
!University
|-
|1985
|Fresno State*
|-
|1986
|San Jose State*
|-
|1987
|San Jose State*
|-
|1988
|Fresno State*
|-
|1989
|Fresno State*
|-
|1990
|San Jose State*
|-
|1991
|Fresno State* & San Jose State
|-
|1992
|[[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada]]*
|-
|1993
|Utah State* & [[Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football|Southwestern La.]]
|-
|1994
|UNLV*, Southwestern La., & Nevada 
|-
|1995
|Nevada*
|-
|1996
|Nevada* & Utah State
|-
|1997
|Utah State* & Nevada
|-
|1998
|[[1998 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]*
|-
|1999
|[[1999 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]*
|-
|2000
|[[2000 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]*
|}
{{col-end}}
The Big West Conference discontinued football following the 2000 season.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010810235116/http://www.bigwest.org/history/ Big West Conference]. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.</ref>

== Athletic department revenue by school ==
Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the [[United States Department of Education]] as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2024–25 academic year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Equity in Athletics |url=https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=ope.ed.gov}}</ref> Notably, no school is operating under a deficit, but most are even.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| 2024-25 Total Revenue from Athletics
! style="width:150px;"| 2024-25 Total Expenses on Athletics
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|Hawai'i]]
| $53,350,682
| $53,350,682
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| [[University of California, Davis|UC Davis]]
| $46,626,686
| $46,626,686
|-bgcolor=lightgray
| [[California Baptist University|California Baptist]]
| $36,994,975
| $34,879,391
|-
| [[California Polytechnic State University|Cal Poly]]
| $35,298,634
| $35,298,634
|-bgcolor=lightgray
|[[California State University, Sacramento|Sacramento State]]
|$33,323,561
|$33,323,561
|-
| [[University of California, San Diego|UC San Diego]]
| $30,251,874
| $30,251,874
|-
| [[University of California, Irvine|UC Irvine]]
| $29,611,950
| $29,611,950
|-
| [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UC Santa Barbara]]
| $28,864,183
| $28,864,183
|-
| [[California State University, Long Beach|Long Beach]]
| $27,086,185
| $27,086,185
|-
| [[California State University, Fullerton|CSU Fullerton]]
| $24,240,924
| $24,240,924
|-
| [[California State University, Northridge|CSU Northridge]]
| $22,181,380
| $21,703,752
|-bgcolor=lightgray
| [[Utah Valley University|Utah Valley]]
| $17,929,384
| $17,929,384
|-
| [[California State University, Bakersfield|CSU Bakersfield]]
| $17,837,609
| $17,837,609
|-
| [[University of California, Riverside|UC Riverside]]
| $17,148,019
| $16,771,144
|}

== Facilities ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|border=2|team=Big West Conference | School | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball stadium | Capacity | Soccer stadium | Capacity }}
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners|{{color|white|'''Bakersfield'''}}]]
| [[Icardo Center]]
| 3,800<!--Basketball has not used Rabobank Arena since 2013–14-->
| [[Hardt Field]]
| 900
| [[Main Soccer Field]]
| 2,500
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cal Poly Mustangs|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Cal Poly Mustangs|{{color|white|'''Cal Poly'''}}]]
|[[Robert A. Mott Athletics Center|Mott Athletics Center]]
|3,032
|[[Robin Baggett Stadium]]
|3,138
|[[Alex G. Spanos Stadium|Mustang Memorial Field]]<ref name='mmfpbdhfhmc'>{{Cite web |url=https://gopoly.com/news/2022/11/11/cal-polys-football-and-soccer-stadium-has-a-new-name.aspx |title=Cal Poly's Football and Soccer Stadium Has a New Field Name |date=November 11, 2022 |website=gopoly.com |access-date=November 14, 2022}}</ref>
|11,075
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cal State Fullerton Titans|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Cal State Fullerton Titans|{{color|white|'''Cal State Fullerton'''}}]]
|[[Titan Gym]]
|4,000
|[[Goodwin Field]]
|3,500
|[[Titan Stadium (Cal State Fullerton)|Titan Stadium]]
|10,000
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cal State Northridge Matadors|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Cal State Northridge Matadors|{{color|white|'''Cal State Northridge'''}}]]
|[[Premier America Credit Union Arena]]
|2,400
|[[Matador Field]]
|1,000
|[[Matador Soccer Field]]
|1,550
|- bgcolor=lightgray
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|California Baptist Lancers|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[California Baptist Lancers|{{color|white|'''California Baptist'''}}]]
|[[Fowler Events Center]]
|{{nts|5050}}
|[[James W. Totman Stadium]]
|{{nts|800}}
|[[CBU Soccer Stadium]]
|{{nts|500}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|{{color|white|'''Hawai{{okina}}i'''}}]]
|[[Stan Sheriff Center]]
|10,300
|[[Les Murakami Stadium]]
|4,312
|[[Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium|Waipiʻo Soccer Stadium]]
|4,500
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Long Beach State Beach|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Long Beach State Beach|{{color|white|'''Long Beach State'''}}]]
|[[Walter Pyramid]]
|5,000<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mike and Arlene Walter Pyramid|url=http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students2/intouch/archives/2007-08/vol16_no2/backpage-pyramid.html|publisher=[[California State University, Long Beach]]|access-date=February 12, 2012|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129022252/http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students2/intouch/archives/2007-08/vol16_no2/backpage-pyramid.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|[[Blair Field]]
|3,238
|[[George Allen Field]]
|1,000
|- 
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Sacramento State Hornets|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Sacramento State Hornets|{{color|white|'''Sacramento State'''}}]]
| bgcolor=lightgray |[[Hornets Nest (Sacramento State)|Hornets Nest]]
| bgcolor=lightgray |1,012
| bgcolor=lightgray |[[John Smith Field]]
| bgcolor=lightgray |1,200
|[[Hornet Soccer Field]]
|1,500
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Davis Aggies|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[UC Davis Aggies|{{color|white|'''UC Davis'''}}]]
|[[The Pavilion at ARC|University Credit Union Center]]
|7,600
|[[Dobbins Stadium]]
|3,500
|[[Aggie Soccer Field|Aggie Field]]
|1,000
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Irvine Anteaters|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[UC Irvine Anteaters|{{color|white|'''UC Irvine'''}}]]
|[[Bren Events Center]]
|4,984
|[[Anteater Ballpark|Cicerone Field]]
|2,900
|[[Anteater Stadium]]
|2,500
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Riverside Highlanders|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[UC Riverside Highlanders|{{color|white|'''UC Riverside'''}}]]
|[[UC Riverside Student Recreation Center|Student Recreation Center]]
|3,168
|[[Riverside Sports Complex]]
|2,500
|[[UC Riverside Soccer Stadium|UCR Soccer Stadium]]
|900
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC San Diego Tritons|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[UC San Diego Tritons|{{color|white|'''UC San Diego'''}}]]
| [[RIMAC|LionTree Arena]]
| 4,200<!--Capacity for basketball; full capacity of 5,000 requires on-floor seating and is only used for concerts-->
| [[Triton Ballpark]]
| 1,200
| [[RIMAC|Triton Soccer Stadium]]
| 1,750<!--Max capacity 1,750 during CCAA postseason, 750 during CCAA regular season-->
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|{{color|white|'''UC Santa Barbara'''}}]]
|[[UC Santa Barbara Events Center|The Thunderdome]]
|5,600
|[[Caesar Uyesaka Stadium]]
|1,000
|[[Harder Stadium]]
|17,000
|- bgcolor=lightgray
| style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Utah Valley Wolverines|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Utah Valley Wolverines|{{color|white|'''Utah Valley'''}}]]
|[[UCCU Center]]
|8,500
|[[UCCU Ballpark]]
|5,000
|Clyde Field
|1,000
|}

==Commissioner's Cup==
Starting during the Big West Conference's 1998–99 season, the Commissioner's Cup is awarded yearly to the most outstanding program throughout the season in the conference's sponsored sports.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 28, 2014 |title=Area Notebook: Long Beach State captures fourth straight BWC Comissioner's [''sic''] Cup |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/20140528/area-notebook-long-beach-state-captures-fourth-straight-bwc-comissioners-cup |newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]] |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref> The [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos]] are the most successful team to date having won 10 total trophies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bigwest.org/sports/2019/12/12/commissioners-cup-history.aspx |title=Big West Commissioner's Cup History |website=Big West Conference |access-date=September 25, 2022}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Institution
!Champion{{shy}}ships<br />competed
!Total points
!Average
!Title #
|-
|1998–99
|[[Pacific Tigers]]
|12
|620
|51.7
|1
|-
|1999–00
|Pacific Tigers
|12
|600
|50.0
|2
|-
|2000–01
|[[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos]]
|16
|870
|54.4
|1
|-
|2001–02
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|16
|2,020
|126.3
|2
|-
|2002–03
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|16
|2,070
|129.4
|3
|-
|2003–04
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|16
|2,210
|138.1
|4
|-
|2004–05
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|16
|2,180
|136.3
|5
|-
|2005–06
|[[Long Beach State athletics|Long Beach State 49ers]]<!--Didn't officially become "Beach" until 2020.-->
|13
|1,640
|126.2
|1
|-
|2006–07
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|16
|1,800
|112.5
|6
|-
|2007–08
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|16
|2,046
|127.9
|7
|-
|2008–09
|Long Beach State 49ers
|14
|1,540
|110.0
|2
|-
|2009–10
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|17
|1,970
|115.9
|8
|-
|2010–11
|Long Beach State 49ers
|14
|1,830
|130.7
|3
|-
|2011–12
|Long Beach State 49ers
|14
|1,960
|140.0
|4
|-
|2012–13
|Long Beach State 49ers
|14
|1,950
|139.3
|5
|-
|2013–14
|Long Beach State 49ers
|14
|1,740
|124.3
|6
|-
|2014–15
|Long Beach State 49ers
|14
|1,640
|117.1
|7
|-
|2015–16
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|15
|2,006.7
|133.8
|9
|-
|2016–17
|Long Beach State 49ers
|15
|1,750
|116.7
|8
|-
|2017–18
|[[Cal State Fullerton Titans]]
|14
|1,635
|116.8
|1
|-
|2018–19
|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
|16
|1,930
|120.6
|10
|-
|2019–20
|align=center rowspan=2 colspan=5 |Not awarded due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
|-
|2020–21
|-
|2021–22
|Long Beach State Beach
|16
|2,260
|141.3
|9
|-
|2022–23
|Long Beach State Beach
|16
|2,360
|147.5
|10
|-
|2023–24
|[[Cal Poly Mustangs]]
|16
|2,390
|149.4
|1
|-
|2024-25
|[[UC Irvine Anteaters]]
|17
|2,530
|148.8
|1
|}

===Overall Commissioner's Cups Table===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Institution
!Commissioner's<br />Cups
|-
|'''[[Long Beach State athletics|Long Beach State 49ers/Beach]]'''
|{{center|'''10'''}}
|-
|'''[[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos]]'''
|{{center|'''10'''}}
|-
|[[Pacific Tigers]]
|{{center|'''2'''}}
|-
|'''[[Cal Poly Mustangs]]'''
|{{center|'''1'''}}
|-
|'''[[Cal State Fullerton Titans]]'''
|{{center|'''1'''}}
|-
|'''[[UC Irvine Anteaters]]'''
|{{center|'''1'''}}
|}
<small>Note 1: '''Bold''' indicates current members of the Big West Conference</small>
<br />
<small>Note 2: The [[Pacific Tigers]] moved to the [[West Coast Conference]] in 2013</small>

==SoCal Challenge==
Starting in 2021, the Big West Conference served as host of the [[SoCal Challenge]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Buckets & Beaches: Southern California's Premier NCAA D1 Men's College Basketball Tournament|url=https://www.socalchallenge.co|website=Southern California Challenge|access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref> an eight-team men's basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] week. One Big West team represented the conference in the field of each tournament. [[2021–22 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team|Cal Poly]], [[2022–23 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team|Cal State Northridge]] and [[2023–24 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team|Cal State Bakersfield]] participated in 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. The final tournament was held in 2023.

==See also==
* [[Big West Conference men's basketball tournament]]
* [[Big West Conference women's basketball tournament]]
* [[List of Big West Conference baseball champions]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons cat}}
* {{Official website}}

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