All-time members
2
1959-1967
Athletic Association of Western Universities
The Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAOWU) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1959-1967. 2 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 2 national title seasons and 1 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
2
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
2
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
1
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
2
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
1959
Stanford, USC
Championship format
Standings
1967: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAOWU) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1959-1967. 2 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 2 national title seasons and 1 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Athletic Association of Western Universities teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Stanford, USC.
Major eras
- 1959-1967: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1967.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1959
- Last tracked season
- 1967
- Standings seasons
- 9
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 4
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
1967 standings
InferredDerived from 1 completed conference game.
Member count
2
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
USC
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
- 1959-1967: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1959-1967
Partial1959-1967: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1968: Stanford departed
- 1968: USC departed
- 1959: Stanford joined
- 1959: USC joined
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
2
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
2
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Stanford
Joined in 1959
Longest member
Stanford
9 seasons
Shared members
- Stanford
- USC
Joined since start
- No new members in the comparison window.
Departed since start
- No departures in the comparison window.
Realignment timeline
- 1968: Stanford departed Athletic Association of Western Universities after the 1967 season.
- 1968: USC departed Athletic Association of Western Universities after the 1967 season.
- 1959: Stanford joined Athletic Association of Western Universities for the 1959 season.
- 1959: USC joined Athletic Association of Western Universities for the 1959 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Stanford
9 tracked seasons
Newest member
Stanford
First joined in 1959
Most reshaped metric
4
2 joins and 2 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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