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The WAC merged its football league with that of the ASUN Conference (since reverted to its past name Atlantic Sun Conference) to create the United Athletic Conference (UAC) in 2023. However, the UTRGV athletic program was moved to the Southland Conference (SLC) before the football team ever played a game as a UAC member. [10]
The UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros football team will represent the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in U.S. college football as a future member of the Southland Conference in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). They will begin play at that level in 2025, after an exhibition schedule in 2024.
The conference is a merger of the existing football leagues of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The UAC covers the southwestern , western , and southern United States with member institutions located in Arkansas , Alabama , Georgia , Kentucky , Tennessee , Texas , and Utah .
In his first season at UTRGV, the team finished 10–22 overall, with a 2–12 conference record. In the 2017–18 season, the Vaqueros went 15–16 while winning going 6–8 in WAC play before losing in the Quarterfinals to Seattle. This was the most wins by the team since the 2012–13 season in which they won 16 games.
Neither conference's announcement mentioned any plans to move to FBS. [89] [90] On April 17, 2023, the football league announced its permanent name of United Athletic Conference. [91] In March 2024, however, UTRGV announced they also would be departing for the Southland for the 2024-25 academic year. [92]
On May 18, 2019, the Vaqueros clinched a share of the WAC regular season title, finishing 1st along with California Baptist and New Mexico State. UTRGV finished the regular season 34–19 with a 18–9 conference record. It is the first conference title of any sort since 1955, with the wins being the most in one season since winning 37 in 1991 ...
The season marked the first season as a member of the Southland Conference leaving the Western Athletic Conference in 2024. [1] They were led by first-year head coach Kahil Fennell and played their home games at UTRGV Fieldhouse as members of the Southland Conference (SLC).
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 6, 2025. UT Rio Grande Valley was picked to finish fourth in the Southland Conference with 144 overall votes. [ 2 ]