All-time members
11
1969-2000
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference (BWC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1969-2000. 11 programs appear in the membership history, with 5 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
5
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
0
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
0
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
5
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
1996
Boise State, North Texas, Arkansas State, New Mexico State
Championship format
Standings
2000: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Big West Conference (BWC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1969-2000. 11 programs appear in the membership history, with 5 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Big West Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Arkansas State, Boise State, New Mexico State, North Texas, Utah State.
Major eras
- 1969-1975: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1977-1981: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1982: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1983-1991: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 2000.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1969
- Last tracked season
- 2000
- Standings seasons
- 18
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 26
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State | 1977 | 2000 | 24 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico State | 1983 | 2000 | 18 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UNLV | 1982 | 1995 | 14 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1992 | 1999 | 8 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego State | 1969 | 1975 | 7 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas State | 1993 | 2000 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Boise State | 1996 | 2000 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| North Texas | 1996 | 2000 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 1993 | 1995 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 1993 | 1995 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Illinois | 1993 | 1995 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership timeline
Membership events feed
- 2001: Arkansas State departed
- 2001: Boise State departed
- 2001: New Mexico State departed
- 2001: North Texas departed
- 2001: Utah State departed
- 2000: Nevada departed
- 1999: Arkansas State joined
- 1996: Arkansas State departed
- 1996: Louisiana departed
- 1996: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1996: Northern Illinois departed
- 1996: UNLV departed
- 1996: Boise State joined
- 1996: North Texas joined
- 1993: Arkansas State joined
- 1993: Louisiana joined
- 1993: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1993: Northern Illinois joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
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2000 standings
InferredDerived from 10 completed conference games.
Member count
5
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Boise State
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.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Win % | Overall | PF | PA | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise State Champion | 4-0 | 100.0 | 10-2 | 201 | 83 | 118 | — |
| 2 | Utah State | 3-1 | 75.0 | 5-6 | 143 | 146 | -3 | — |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 1-3 | 25.0 | 1-10 | 127 | 149 | -22 | — |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 1-3 | 25.0 | 3-8 | 126 | 137 | -11 | — |
| 5 | North Texas | 1-3 | 25.0 | 3-8 | 70 | 152 | -82 | — |
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
- 1969-1975: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1977-1981: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1982: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1983-1991: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1992: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1993-1995: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1996-1998: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1999: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 2000: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1969-1975
Partial1969-1975: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1976: San Diego State departed
- 1969: San Diego State joined
1977-1981
Partial1977-1981: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1982: UNLV joined
- 1977: Utah State joined
1982-1982
Partial1982: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1983: New Mexico State joined
- 1982: UNLV joined
1983-1991
Partial1983-1991: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1992: Nevada joined
- 1988: UNLV departed
- 1988: UNLV joined
- 1983: New Mexico State joined
1992-1992
Partial1992: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1993: Arkansas State joined
- 1993: Louisiana joined
- 1993: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1993: Northern Illinois joined
1993-1995
Partial1993-1995: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1996: Arkansas State departed
- 1996: Louisiana departed
- 1996: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1996: Northern Illinois departed
1996-1998
Partial1996-1998: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1999: Arkansas State joined
- 1996: Arkansas State departed
- 1996: Louisiana departed
- 1996: Louisiana Tech departed
1999-1999
Partial1999: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2000: Nevada departed
- 1999: Arkansas State joined
2000-2000
Partial2000: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2001: Arkansas State departed
- 2001: Boise State departed
- 2001: New Mexico State departed
- 2001: North Texas 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
13
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
13
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Boise State
Joined in 1996
Longest member
Utah State
24 seasons
Shared members
Joined since start
- Arkansas State
- Boise State
- New Mexico State
- North Texas
- Utah State
Departed since start
- San Diego State
Realignment timeline
- 2001: Arkansas State departed Big West Conference after the 2000 season.
- 2001: Boise State departed Big West Conference after the 2000 season.
- 2001: New Mexico State departed Big West Conference after the 2000 season.
- 2001: North Texas departed Big West Conference after the 2000 season.
- 2001: Utah State departed Big West Conference after the 2000 season.
- 2000: Nevada departed Big West Conference after the 1999 season.
- 1999: Arkansas State joined Big West Conference for the 1999 season.
- 1996: Arkansas State departed Big West Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Louisiana departed Big West Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Louisiana Tech departed Big West Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Northern Illinois departed Big West Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: UNLV departed Big West Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Boise State joined Big West Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: North Texas joined Big West Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1993: Arkansas State joined Big West Conference for the 1993 season.
- 1993: Louisiana joined Big West Conference for the 1993 season.
- 1993: Louisiana Tech joined Big West Conference for the 1993 season.
- 1993: Northern Illinois joined Big West Conference for the 1993 season.
- 1992: Nevada joined Big West Conference for the 1992 season.
- 1988: UNLV departed Big West Conference after the 1987 season.
- 1988: UNLV joined Big West Conference for the 1988 season.
- 1983: New Mexico State joined Big West Conference for the 1983 season.
- 1982: UNLV joined Big West Conference for the 1982 season.
- 1977: Utah State joined Big West Conference for the 1977 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Utah State
24 tracked seasons
Newest member
Boise State
First joined in 1996
Most reshaped metric
26
13 joins and 13 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.
| Team | Conference titles | National title seasons (in conference) | National title seasons (all-time) | Heismans (in conference) | Heismans (all-time) | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Boise State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| San Diego State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Utah State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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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