Sac State to Big West in 2026

[SDHornet]

This is deserving of its own thread as it was touched on in the realignment thread. Today marks the year long countdown until the Hornet Olympic sports depart the Big Sky Conference and arrive in the Big West Conference with like minded in-state institutions. There will be a significant step up in competition in most sports, so the Hornet coaching staffs will have their work cut out for them.

It will be interesting to see where the BW settles on travel partners, regular season and championship scheduling. JD, you're a purveyor of all things BW, what's your take on the scheduling?

 

[Green Cookie Monster]

This is deserving of its own thread as it was touched on in the realignment thread. Today marks the year long countdown until the Hornet Olympic sports depart the Big Sky Conference and arrive in the Big West Conference with like minded in-state institutions. There will be a significant step up in competition in most sports, so the Hornet coaching staffs will have their work cut out for them.

It will be interesting to see where the BW settles on travel partners, regular season and championship scheduling. JD, you're a purveyor of all things BW, what's your take on the scheduling?

'arrive in the Big West Conference with hobo poor minded in-state institutions'

There, I fixed it for you.

 

[SDHornet]

'arrive in the Big West Conference with hobo poor minded in-state institutions'

There, I fixed it for you.

And yet the BW is a step up in almost every sport compared to the BSC. No brainer move IMO.

 

[Super Hornet 2.0]

Both opinions are correct, IMO. LBSU and Foolerton are fairly good in most sponsored sports, but Riverside is weak. Cal Baptist is improving, but in general the pulling up of D-IIs to replace schools that have left (i.e. those who joined the Mountain West and the WCC) have brought the overall quality of the Big West down quite a bit.

I don't like the indy route in football, though. It's going to be too hard to schedule without being overburdened on the travel end. I have a feeling (though I haven't seen any reports to this effect) that Cal and Stanford are going to come to their senses on the extended footprint thing in the ACC and go back to the Pac-whatever with their tails between their legs....