All-time members
11
1915-1995
Southwest Conference
The Southwest Conference (SC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1915-1995. 11 programs appear in the membership history, with 8 in the latest snapshot. 4 national title seasons and 5 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
8
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
4
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
5
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
8
Final tracked membership snapshot
Latest champion
No champion available
No champion is available yet
Most conference titles
Unavailable
No official title leader is available yet
Newest members
1976
Houston, Texas Tech, TCU, SMU
Championship format
Standings
1995: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Southwest Conference (SC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1915-1995. 11 programs appear in the membership history, with 8 in the latest snapshot. 4 national title seasons and 5 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Southwest Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Baylor, Houston, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech.
Major eras
- 1915-1917: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1918: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1919: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1920-1922: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1995.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1915
- Last tracked season
- 1995
- Standings seasons
- 81
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 22
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 1918 | 1995 | 78 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Rice | 1918 | 1995 | 78 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 1918 | 1995 | 78 | Former | 2 | 1 |
| Texas A&M | 1918 | 1995 | 78 | Former | 1 | 1 |
| Arkansas | 1915 | 1991 | 77 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| SMU | 1919 | 1995 | 77 | Former | 0 | 1 |
| TCU | 1923 | 1995 | 73 | Former | 1 | 1 |
| Texas Tech | 1960 | 1995 | 36 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Houston | 1976 | 1995 | 20 | Former | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma State | 1915 | 1924 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1915 | 1919 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership events feed
- 1996: Baylor departed
- 1996: Houston departed
- 1996: Rice departed
- 1996: SMU departed
- 1996: TCU departed
- 1996: Texas departed
- 1996: Texas A&M departed
- 1996: Texas Tech departed
- 1992: Arkansas departed
- 1976: Houston joined
- 1960: Texas Tech joined
- 1925: Oklahoma State departed
- 1923: TCU joined
- 1920: Oklahoma departed
- 1919: SMU joined
- 1918: Baylor joined
- 1918: Rice joined
- 1918: Texas joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
1995 standings
InferredDerived from 28 completed conference games.
Member count
8
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Texas
Champion inferred from best conference record.
How this season was decided
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|
Champion leaders
- No official title leaders are available yet.
Era breakdown
- 1915-1917: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1918: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1919: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1920-1922: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1923-1924: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1925-1959: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1960-1975: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1976-1991: 9-9 members, regular-season title era
- 1992-1995: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1915-1917
Partial1915-1917: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1918: Baylor joined
- 1918: Rice joined
- 1918: Texas joined
- 1918: Texas A&M joined
1918-1918
Partial1918: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1919: SMU joined
- 1918: Baylor joined
- 1918: Rice joined
- 1918: Texas joined
1919-1919
Partial1919: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1920: Oklahoma departed
- 1919: SMU joined
1920-1922
Partial1920-1922: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1923: TCU joined
- 1920: Oklahoma departed
1923-1924
Partial1923-1924: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1925: Oklahoma State departed
- 1923: TCU joined
1925-1959
Partial1925-1959: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1960: Texas Tech joined
- 1925: Oklahoma State departed
1960-1975
Partial1960-1975: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1976: Houston joined
- 1960: Texas Tech joined
1976-1991
Partial1976-1991: 9-9 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1992: Arkansas departed
- 1976: Houston joined
1992-1995
Partial1992-1995: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1996: Baylor departed
- 1996: Houston departed
- 1996: Rice departed
- 1996: SMU departed
Division history
Historical division assignments are not stored in the current dataset.
Selected season tiebreak summary
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
Realignment
Membership changes and before/after conference snapshots.
Join events
11
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
11
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Houston
Joined in 1976
Longest member
Baylor
78 seasons
Shared members
Joined since start
- Baylor
- Houston
- Rice
- SMU
- TCU
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Texas Tech
Departed since start
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
Realignment timeline
- 1996: Baylor departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Houston departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Rice departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: SMU departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: TCU departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Texas departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Texas A&M departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Texas Tech departed Southwest Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1992: Arkansas departed Southwest Conference after the 1991 season.
- 1976: Houston joined Southwest Conference for the 1976 season.
- 1960: Texas Tech joined Southwest Conference for the 1960 season.
- 1925: Oklahoma State departed Southwest Conference after the 1924 season.
- 1923: TCU joined Southwest Conference for the 1923 season.
- 1920: Oklahoma departed Southwest Conference after the 1919 season.
- 1919: SMU joined Southwest Conference for the 1919 season.
- 1918: Baylor joined Southwest Conference for the 1918 season.
- 1918: Rice joined Southwest Conference for the 1918 season.
- 1918: Texas joined Southwest Conference for the 1918 season.
- 1918: Texas A&M joined Southwest Conference for the 1918 season.
- 1915: Arkansas joined Southwest Conference for the 1915 season.
- 1915: Oklahoma joined Southwest Conference for the 1915 season.
- 1915: Oklahoma State joined Southwest Conference for the 1915 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Baylor
78 tracked seasons
Newest member
Houston
First joined in 1976
Most reshaped metric
22
11 joins and 11 departures tracked.
Team contribution leaderboard
In-conference totals only count seasons when the program was a member. All-time totals count the full program history.
Data Sources
How CFBTrack treats membership, standings, champions, and future-season caveats.
Membership is tracked from curated CFBTrack conference tables. Standings and champions may be official, curated, or inferred depending on season. Future seasons are provisional until games are played and source records settle.
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