All-time members
9
1964-2020
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference (SC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1964-2020. 9 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
1
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
1
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
1987
Sam Houston
Championship format
Standings
2010: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Southland Conference (SC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1964-2020. 9 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Southland Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Sam Houston.
Major eras
- 1964-1970: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1971-1973: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1974-1981: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1982: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 2020.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1964
- Last tracked season
- 2020
- Standings seasons
- 15
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 18
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston | 1987 | 2020 | 34 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Texas State | 1987 | 2011 | 25 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas State | 1964 | 1986 | 23 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 1971 | 1986 | 16 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UL Monroe | 1982 | 1995 | 14 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| North Texas | 1983 | 1994 | 12 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 1971 | 1981 | 11 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Jacksonville State | 1996 | 2002 | 7 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Troy | 1996 | 2000 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership timeline
Membership events feed
- 2021: Sam Houston departed
- 2012: Texas State departed
- 2003: Jacksonville State departed
- 2001: Troy departed
- 1996: UL Monroe departed
- 1996: Jacksonville State joined
- 1996: Troy joined
- 1995: North Texas departed
- 1987: Arkansas State departed
- 1987: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1987: Sam Houston joined
- 1987: Texas State joined
- 1983: North Texas joined
- 1982: Louisiana departed
- 1982: UL Monroe joined
- 1971: Louisiana joined
- 1971: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1964: Arkansas State joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
2020 alignment is available, but no completed conference standings are available yet. Showing latest usable standings: 2010.
View 2020 alignment2010 standings
InferredDerived from 1 completed conference game.
Member count
2
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Sam Houston
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 | Sam Houston Champion | 1-0 | 100.0 | 5-5 | 31 | 29 | 2 | — |
| 2 | Texas State | 0-1 | 0.0 | 4-6 | 29 | 31 | -2 | — |
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
- 1964-1970: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1971-1973: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1974-1981: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1982: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1983-1994: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1995: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1996-2000: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 2001-2002: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 2003-2007: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2008: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2009-2010: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2011: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2012-2020: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1964-1970
Partial1964-1970: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1971: Louisiana joined
- 1971: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1964: Arkansas State joined
1971-1973
Partial1971-1973: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1971: Louisiana joined
- 1971: Louisiana Tech joined
1974-1981
Partial1974-1981: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1982: Louisiana departed
- 1982: UL Monroe joined
1982-1982
Partial1982: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1983: North Texas joined
- 1982: Louisiana departed
- 1982: UL Monroe joined
1983-1994
Partial1983-1994: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1995: North Texas departed
- 1987: Arkansas State departed
- 1987: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1987: Sam Houston joined
1995-1995
Partial1995: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1996: UL Monroe departed
- 1996: Jacksonville State joined
- 1996: Troy joined
- 1995: North Texas departed
1996-2000
Partial1996-2000: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2001: Troy departed
- 1996: UL Monroe departed
- 1996: Jacksonville State joined
- 1996: Troy joined
2001-2002
Partial2001-2002: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2003: Jacksonville State departed
- 2001: Troy departed
2003-2007
Partial2003-2007: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2003: Jacksonville State departed
2008-2008
Partial2008: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
2009-2010
Partial2009-2010: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
2011-2011
Partial2011: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2012: Texas State departed
2012-2020
Partial2012-2020: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2021: Sam Houston departed
- 2012: Texas State 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
9
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
9
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Jacksonville State
Joined in 1996
Longest member
Sam Houston
34 seasons
Shared members
Joined since start
- Sam Houston
Departed since start
- Arkansas State
Realignment timeline
- 2021: Sam Houston departed Southland Conference after the 2020 season.
- 2012: Texas State departed Southland Conference after the 2011 season.
- 2003: Jacksonville State departed Southland Conference after the 2002 season.
- 2001: Troy departed Southland Conference after the 2000 season.
- 1996: UL Monroe departed Southland Conference after the 1995 season.
- 1996: Jacksonville State joined Southland Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1996: Troy joined Southland Conference for the 1996 season.
- 1995: North Texas departed Southland Conference after the 1994 season.
- 1987: Arkansas State departed Southland Conference after the 1986 season.
- 1987: Louisiana Tech departed Southland Conference after the 1986 season.
- 1987: Sam Houston joined Southland Conference for the 1987 season.
- 1987: Texas State joined Southland Conference for the 1987 season.
- 1983: North Texas joined Southland Conference for the 1983 season.
- 1982: Louisiana departed Southland Conference after the 1981 season.
- 1982: UL Monroe joined Southland Conference for the 1982 season.
- 1971: Louisiana joined Southland Conference for the 1971 season.
- 1971: Louisiana Tech joined Southland Conference for the 1971 season.
- 1964: Arkansas State joined Southland Conference for the 1964 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Sam Houston
34 tracked seasons
Newest member
Jacksonville State
First joined in 1996
Most reshaped metric
18
9 joins and 9 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 | 23 |
| Jacksonville State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| UL Monroe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
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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