All-time members
7
1938-1961
Mountain States Conference
The Mountain States Conference (MSC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1938-1961. 7 programs appear in the membership history, with 6 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
6
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
6
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
1952
New Mexico, BYU, Colorado State, Utah
Championship format
Standings
1961: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Mountain States Conference (MSC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1938-1961. 7 programs appear in the membership history, with 6 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Mountain States Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah, Utah State, Wyoming.
Major eras
- 1938-1947: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1948-1951: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1952-1961: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1961.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1938
- Last tracked season
- 1961
- Standings seasons
- 24
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 14
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU | 1938 | 1961 | 24 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado State | 1938 | 1961 | 24 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 1938 | 1961 | 24 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Utah State | 1938 | 1961 | 24 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 1938 | 1961 | 24 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1938 | 1947 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 1952 | 1961 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership events feed
- 1962: BYU departed
- 1962: Colorado State departed
- 1962: New Mexico departed
- 1962: Utah departed
- 1962: Utah State departed
- 1962: Wyoming departed
- 1952: New Mexico joined
- 1948: Colorado departed
- 1938: BYU joined
- 1938: Colorado joined
- 1938: Colorado State joined
- 1938: Utah joined
- 1938: Utah State joined
- 1938: Wyoming joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
1961 standings
InferredDerived from 15 completed conference games.
Member count
6
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Utah State, Wyoming
Co-champions 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 | Utah State ChampionCo-champion | 4-0-1 | 90.0 | 9-1-1 | 144 | 30 | 114 | AP #10 |
| 2 | Wyoming ChampionCo-champion | 4-0-1 | 90.0 | 6-1-2 | 106 | 34 | 72 | — |
| 3 | New Mexico | 3-2 | 60.0 | 7-4 | 89 | 104 | -15 | — |
| 4 | Utah | 2-3 | 40.0 | 6-4 | 89 | 71 | 18 | — |
| 5 | BYU | 1-4 | 20.0 | 2-8 | 72 | 138 | -66 | — |
| 6 | Colorado State | 0-5 | 0.0 | 0-10 | 34 | 157 | -123 | — |
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
- 1938-1947: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1948-1951: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1952-1961: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1938-1947
Partial1938-1947: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1948: Colorado departed
- 1938: BYU joined
- 1938: Colorado joined
- 1938: Colorado State joined
1948-1951
Partial1948-1951: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1952: New Mexico joined
- 1948: Colorado departed
1952-1961
Partial1952-1961: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1962: BYU departed
- 1962: Colorado State departed
- 1962: New Mexico departed
- 1962: Utah 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
7
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
7
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
New Mexico
Joined in 1952
Longest member
BYU
24 seasons
Shared members
- BYU
- Colorado State
- Utah
- Utah State
- Wyoming
Joined since start
- New Mexico
Departed since start
- Colorado
Realignment timeline
- 1962: BYU departed Mountain States Conference after the 1961 season.
- 1962: Colorado State departed Mountain States Conference after the 1961 season.
- 1962: New Mexico departed Mountain States Conference after the 1961 season.
- 1962: Utah departed Mountain States Conference after the 1961 season.
- 1962: Utah State departed Mountain States Conference after the 1961 season.
- 1962: Wyoming departed Mountain States Conference after the 1961 season.
- 1952: New Mexico joined Mountain States Conference for the 1952 season.
- 1948: Colorado departed Mountain States Conference after the 1947 season.
- 1938: BYU joined Mountain States Conference for the 1938 season.
- 1938: Colorado joined Mountain States Conference for the 1938 season.
- 1938: Colorado State joined Mountain States Conference for the 1938 season.
- 1938: Utah joined Mountain States Conference for the 1938 season.
- 1938: Utah State joined Mountain States Conference for the 1938 season.
- 1938: Wyoming joined Mountain States Conference for the 1938 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
BYU
24 tracked seasons
Newest member
New Mexico
First joined in 1952
Most reshaped metric
14
7 joins and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| BYU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Colorado State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Utah State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Wyoming | 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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