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“The addition of Grand Canyon for the 2025-26 academic year is a significant win for the student-athletes at GCU and in the Mountain West,” Commissioner Gloria Nevarez was quoted in the release.

Grand Canyon, originally scheduled to move to the Mountain West in July 2026, instead will join the conference in the 2025-26 academic year.

Officials with the Mountain West Conference have announced that Grand Canyon University will join the league immediately for the 2025-26 academic year.

Grand Canyon University was added to the Mountain West Conference on July 8, 2025, expediting its move a year early.