The Mountain West Conference announced Wednesday that commissioner Craig Thompson would be stepping down at the end of 2022.
Thompson is the longest-tenured commissioner at the top level of college football and is the only commissioner in Mountain West history after the conference was formed in 1999. He said he was stepping down after his last priority as a commissioner had been accomplished —"My one remaining priority was expansion of the College Football Playoff and viable access for the Mountain West," Thompson said in a statement.
The College Football Playoff is expanding from four to 12 teams no later than 2026. As part of that expansion, the top six conference champions in the College Football Playoff rankings will be a part of the postseason tournament. With five power conferences currently in existence, the extra spot means that a Mountain West champion can be in the playoff mix with a stellar season.
The Mountain West was formed after there was dissension within the WAC after the dissolution of the Southwest Conference. The WAC expanded to 16 teams after the Southwest Conference folded when the Big 12 expanded and the Mountain West was formed by a movement that included BYU, Utah and Air Force. Six original Mountain West teams remain in the conference; Air Force, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State and Wyoming. The other five schools in the conference joined between 2011 and 2013.
Boise State is the only Mountain West team to qualify for a New Year’s Six Bowl game in the eight-year history of the four-team playoff. The Broncos were a part of the inaugural NY6 field when they beat Arizona 38-30 in the Fiesta Bowl.
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