Aggie football moves to the Sun Belt Conference

 The Aggie football program made it official Wednesday, announcing its move to the Sun Belt Conference as a football-only member for the 2014 season. 

Such a transition seemed almost essential, with the program set to play an independent schedule in 2013 after the WAC folded as a football conference. 

 During a Wednesday evening press conference at the school, NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston said providing a structured schedule with guaranteed home and away conference games was the No. 1 benefit of getting re-secured in an FBS league. 

The Aggies and the University of Idaho were announced as football members into the Sun Belt, moves that were made in conjunction with the additions of Appalachian State and Georgia Southern as conference members in all sports. 

Such additions allows the Sun Belt to get closer to a 12-team football model, with a football-championship game at season's end.

Aggie football moves to the Sun Belt Conference