Mountain West finalizes addition of UTEP

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The Mountain West Conference added UTEP as its seventh full-time member on Tuesday.

The Miners of El Paso, Texas, will begin competition in all sports in the 2026-27 academic year. They have been members of Conference USA since 2005.

"There's no doubt this will be better for our student-athletes, our fans, and for El Paso," UTEP president Heather Wilson said. "We l