Great West Football Conference

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Great West Football Conference
Established: 2004
NCAA	Division I FCS
Members	5
Sports fielded	1 (football) (men's: 1; women's: 0)
Region	Midwest and West - California, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah
Headquarters	Elmhurst, IL
Commissioner	Ed Grom
Website	http://greatwestfootball.cstv.com
Locations

The Great West Football Conference is a NCAA college athletic conference. As its name suggests, it is a football-only conference. It is a member of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA).

Contents 1 History, Background and Reorganization 2 Members 2.1 Current 2.2 Former members 3 Champions 4 Conference facilities 5 Notes 6 External links

[edit] History, Background and Reorganization

Cal Poly, North Dakota State , Northern Colorado, South Dakota State , Southern Utah , and UC Davis began conference play in the Great West Football Conference in 2004. St. Mary's (CA) was slated to join the conference but then dropped football prior to the 2004 season. In 2005 Cal Poly was the conference's first participant in the NCAA Div. I-AA (now FCS) playoffs.

Northern Colorado left the GWFC to join the Big Sky Conference for all sports for the 2006 season. On March, 7, 2007, North Dakota State and South Dakota State announced that they would leave the conference after the 2007 season and join the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2008.^[1] On August 2, 2007 the University of North Dakota and the University of South Dakota announced that they would be joining the Great West Conference in 2008.

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

Institution	Aka	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined	Nickname	Primary Conference
California Polytechnic State University	Cal Poly	San Luis Obispo, California	1901	Public (California State University system)	18,722	2004	Mustangs	Big West Conference
University of North Dakota	North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	1883	Public	12,834	2008	Fighting Sioux	Independent
University of South Dakota	South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	1862	Public	8,241	2008	Coyotes	Independent
Southern Utah University	Southern Utah	Cedar City, Utah	1897	Public (Utah System of Higher Education)	7,509	2004	Thunderbirds	The Summit League
University of California, Davis	UC Davis	Davis, California	1905	Public (University of California system)	27,530	2004	Aggies	Big West Conference

[edit] Former members

• North Dakota State University (Missouri Valley Football Conference), 2004-2007
• University of Northern Colorado (Big Sky Conference), 2004-2005
• South Dakota State University (Missouri Valley Football Conference), 2004-2007

[edit] Champions

Season	Champion	Record
2004	Cal Poly	4-1
2005	Cal Poly	4-1
	UC Davis	4-1
2006	North Dakota State	4-0
2007	South Dakota State	4-0

[edit] Conference facilities

School	Football Stadium	Capacity
Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium	11,775
North Dakota	Alerus Center	13,500
South Dakota	DakotaDome	10,000
Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum	8,500
UC Davis	Aggie Stadium	10,367

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official conference website
• North Dakota and South Dakota joining

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