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Great West Football Conference
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| Classification | NCAA Division I FCS |
| Established | 2004 |
| Members | 5 |
| Sports fielded | 1 (football) |
| Region | Midwest and West |
| States | 4 – California, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah |
| Headquarters | Elmhurst, Illinois |
| Commissioner | Ed Grom |
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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 (FCS; still frequently known by its former designation of Division I-AA), the lower of two levels of NCAA Division I football.
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St. Mary's (CA) was slated to join the conference but then dropped football prior to the 2004 season. Charter member Northern Colorado joined the Big Sky Conference for all sports in the 2006 season.
The conference's first season was 2004. Cal Poly won the conference title in 2004 and tied with UC Davis for the title in 2005. In 2005 Cal Poly was the conference's first participant in the I-AA (now FCS) tournament. North Dakota State won the conference title in 2006
On March, 7, 2007, North Dakota State and South Dakota State announced that they would leave the conference in 2008 and join the Gateway Football Conference[1] This has fueled speculation of the conference dissolving, though several expansion candidates have been proposed, including North Dakota, South Dakota, San Diego, and Sacramento State. The ultimate goal of the conference would be to get an automatic bid to the Division I playoffs.
| Institution | Aka | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Joined | Nickname | Primary Conference |
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| California Polytechnic State University | Cal Poly | San Luis Obispo, California | 1901 | Public (California State University system) | 17,683 | 2004 | Mustangs | Big West Conference |
| North Dakota State University | NDSU | Fargo, North Dakota | 1890 | Public (North Dakota University System) | 10,426 | 2004 | Bison | Mid-Continent Conference (2007) |
| South Dakota State University | SDSU | Brookings, South Dakota | 1881 | Public | 9,208 | 2004 | Jackrabbits | Mid-Continent Conference (2007) |
| Southern Utah University | Southern Utah | Cedar City, Utah | 1897 | Public (Utah System of Higher Education) | 5,881 | 2004 | Thunderbirds | Mid-Continent Conference |
| University of California, Davis | UC Davis | Davis, California | 1905 | Public (University of California system) | 23,000 | 2004 | Aggies | Big West Conference (2007) |
- North Dakota State University (Gateway Football Conference), 2004-2008
- South Dakota State University (Gateway Football Conference), 2004-2008
- University of Northern Colorado (Big Sky Conference), 2004-2006
- 2004 Cal Poly
- 2005 Cal Poly and UC Davis
- 2006 North Dakota State
| School | Football Stadium | Capacity |
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| Cal Poly | Alex G. Spanos Stadium | 11,775 |
| North Dakota State | Fargodome | 19,000 |
| South Dakota State | Coughlin-Alumni Stadium | 16,000 |
| Southern Utah | Eccles Coliseum | 8,500 |
| UC Davis | UC Davis Stadium | 15,000 |
- ^ Gateway Expands to Nine Members. Gateway Football Conference (2007-03-07). Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
| Great West Football Conference |
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| Cal Poly San Luis Obispo • North Dakota State • South Dakota State • Southern Utah • UC Davis |
| NCAA Division I Championship Subdivision Football Conferences |
| Atlantic Ten Conference – Big Sky Conference – Big South Conference – Gateway Football Conference – Great West Football Conference – Ivy League Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Northeast Conference – Ohio Valley Conference – Patriot League Pioneer Football League – Southern Conference – Southland Conference – Southwestern Athletic Conference – Independents |