Little Rock will be joining the United Athletic Conference as of July 1, 2026

[Thumper]

https://lrtrojans.com/news/2025/10/10/athletics-trojans-make-history-little-rock-to-join-united-athletic-conference.aspx

 

The United Athletic Conference is what is currently known as the W.A.C.   And it makes sense that they are changing their name as none of the teams in the U.A.C. are in the West so calling yourself the WESTERN Athletic Conference makes no sense.

The Little Rock wrestling team will remain a part of the PAC 12 as the article mentions.

[Hilton Head Joe]

The business side of sports has really messed things up. Pacific in Little Rock AR

[TexRef]

I call the ACC the All Coast Conference 

[ionel]

2 hours ago, Thumper said:

   And it makes sense that they are changing their name as none of the teams in the U.A.C. are in the West so calling yourself the WESTERN Athletic Conference makes no sense.

Because calling a group of 18 teams the Big 10 and a different group of 16 the Big 12 makes sense.  

[GV4444]

21 hours ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

The business side of sports has really messed things up. Pacific in Little Rock AR

Yes, and the Big Ten has 14 teams and the Big 12 has 14 teams.  Stanford is now on the Atlantic coast (probably near Hilton Head, take a look a see if they are near you now

At least the Pacific Athletic Conference changed their name along the way.   It was the PAC 8, then the PAC 10 and finally PAC 12 before the great demise.  They decided not to change to the PAC 2 (for football).

 

[ScottishSteel]

28 minutes ago, GV4444 said:

Yes, and the Big Ten has 14 teams and the Big 12 has 14 teams.  Stanford is now on the Atlantic coast (probably near Hilton Head, take a look a see if they are near you now

At least the Pacific Athletic Conference changed their name along the way.   It was the PAC 8, then the PAC 10 and finally PAC 12 before the great demise.  They decided not to change to the PAC 2 (for football).

 

Should have called it 2Pac for the short term

[nhs67]

On 10/11/2025 at 11:27 AM, ionel said:

Because calling a group of 18 teams the Big 10 and a different group of 16 the Big 12 makes sense.  

I call it the B1G.

[nhs67]

6 hours ago, GV4444 said:

Yes, and the Big Ten has 14 teams and the Big 12 has 14 teams.  Stanford is now on the Atlantic coast (probably near Hilton Head, take a look a see if they are near you now

At least the Pacific Athletic Conference changed their name along the way.   It was the PAC 8, then the PAC 10 and finally PAC 12 before the great demise.  They decided not to change to the PAC 2 (for football).

 

When the Big 10 went to 11, then 12 - they couldn't go to Big 12 because it was already in existence, and the Big 12, when they went to 10 couldn't go to Big 10.