Disclaimer: This is not a BYU should join a conference thread, at least that is not my purpose. But as a BYU fan, I still follow the MWC in some respect out of rivalries, following Boise and USU etc. And as a Houston fan 2nd, I follow the conference very closely. I thought it might be interesting in comparing the two conferences as they stand today, with a few recent stats for Football and Basketball:

FOOTBALL:

Current Top 25 teams: (according to playoff ranking)
MWC: 1
AAC:4

Top 50 Saragin Teams:
MWC: 2
AAC: 6

NY6 Games attended since 2014 (first year of NY6 as currently stands)
MWC: 1
AAC: 3

Top 3 coaching salaries:
MWC: $2.1 mil, $1.8 mil, $1.7 mil 
AAC: $5 mil, $3.7 mil, $2.6 mil

Conference rankings. I stopped at 14, the last spot for either conference. There were 34 possible including FCS.
 1  SEC-WEST            (A) =  83.46     
   2  BIG TEN-EAST        (A) =  81.80    
   3  BIG 12              (A) =  80.11     
   4  PAC-12(NORTH)       (A) =  77.78     
   5  SEC-EAST            (A) =  76.61     
   6  BIG TEN-WEST        (A) =  74.74     
   7  PAC-12(SOUTH)       (A) =  74.69     
   8  AAC WEST            (A) =  73.91     
   9  ACC-ATLANTIC        (A) =  72.89     
  10  ACC-COASTAL         (A) =  72.79    
  11  MWC-MOUNTAIN        (A) =  68.13   
  12  AAC EAST            (A) =  65.66     
  13  SUN BELT-EAST       (A) =  63.19     
  14  MWC-WEST            (A) =  62.13     

BASKETBALL:

Top 50 (current kenpom)
MWC: 0
AAC: 3

Top 100 (current kenpom)
MWC: 3
AAC: 8

2019 NCAA Bids to Tourney
MWC: 2
AAC: 4

2018 NCAA Bids to Tourney
MWC: 2
AAC: 3