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Charter members included Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah, and Wyoming. Prior to banding together to form the Mountain West Conference, all of the charter members had been aligned with the Western Athletic Conference.

1 Members (and year joined)

• United States Air Force Academy (1999) [=Air Force]
• Brigham Young University (1999) [=BYU]
• Colorado State University (1999)
• University of New Mexico (1999)
• San Diego State University (1999)
• University of Nevada, Las VegasThe University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV for short) is the major university of southern Nevada. It is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is known for its programs in computer science, English, engineering, and hotel administration. UNLV is a doctoral-degre (1999) [=UNLV]
• University of UtahThe University of Utah (also The U or the U of U opened under the name "University of Deseret" (see also University of Deseret) in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 28, 1850, only to be closed two years later for financial reasons. It reopened as a busines (1999)
• University of WyomingDisc golf players on the campus of the University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming located in Laramie, Wyoming, USA, first opened in September, 1887. It is the only educational institution in Wyoming that offers baccalaureate and graduate education. (1999)

In 20052005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated: The World Year of Physics The International Year of Microcredit The International Year for Sport and Physical Education The United States Year of Foreign, Texas Christian UniversityTexas Christian University (often shortened to TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas. Its mascot is the horned frog. Its school colors are purple and white. About 8000 students attend the school. The institution is affiliated with the religious denomination will leave Conference USAConference USA officially abbreviated C-USA is a college athletic conference which stretches from Texas in the west to Florida in the east. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I, and in Division I-A for football. C-USA was founded in 1995 b and join the Mountain West.

The MWC sponsors championships in baseballBusch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport in which a small hand-sized ball is thrown and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases, hence the name. The ball itself is also called a base, men's and women's basketballBasketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing the ball through a basket. Basketball is highly suited to viewing by spectators, as it is primarily an indoor sport, played in a relatively small playing ar, men's and women's golf, skiing, women's soccer, swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, women's volleyball, football, softball, outdoor track and cross country. Many of its member schools participate in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for sports not sponsored by the Mountain West Conference.