Grand Canyon will join the Mountain West Conference by at least 2026, the school and conference announced Friday. The decision comes six months after GCU announced it would join the West Coast Conference in 2025.

More changes for the Mountain West are coming as conference realignment continues. On Friday, the MW added Grand Canyon University (GCU) as a non-football member. GCU will officially join the conference no later than July 1,

The Mountain West Conference announced Friday that Grand Canyon University will join the league as the ninth member beginning July 1, 2026. The Antelopes do not have a football team, but will compete in 17 different sports in the Mountain West. Grand Canyon has won the Western Athletic Conference Commissioners Cup the past five seasons.

Grand Canyon is joining the Mountain West by 2026 and spurning its previous commitment to the West Coast Conference, the university announced Friday. The move comes just months after GCU accepted an invitation from the WCC and announced it would be leaving the WAC in 2025.

The Mountain West is adding Grand Canyon University as a full non-football member in 2026, the conference announced Friday. It is the latest addition for the MWC as it rebuilds following the pending departure of five schools to the similarly rebuilding Pac-12 in 2026.

Grand Canyon University announced on Friday the school has accepted an invitation to the Mountain West Conference.

Grand Canyon has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference no later than 2026. The Antelopes will join a conference that has six existing members, including Air Force, New Mexico, Nevada,