All-time members
4
1948-1970
Gulf States Conference
The Gulf States Conference (GSC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1948-1970. 4 programs appear in the membership history, with 3 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
3
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
3
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
1953
UL Monroe, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech
Championship format
Standings
1970: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Gulf States Conference (GSC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1948-1970. 4 programs appear in the membership history, with 3 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Gulf States Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, UL Monroe.
Major eras
- 1948-1951: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1952: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1953-1970: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1970.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1948
- Last tracked season
- 1970
- Standings seasons
- 0
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 8
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1948 | 1970 | 23 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 1948 | 1970 | 23 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UL Monroe | 1953 | 1970 | 18 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Miss | 1948 | 1951 | 4 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership events feed
- 1971: Louisiana departed
- 1971: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1971: UL Monroe departed
- 1953: UL Monroe joined
- 1952: Southern Miss departed
- 1948: Louisiana joined
- 1948: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1948: Southern Miss joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
1970 standings
UnavailableNo conference games have been completed for this season yet.
Member count
3
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Unavailable
No champion is available for this season in the current dataset.
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 | Louisiana | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | UL Monroe | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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
- 1948-1951: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1952: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1953-1970: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1948-1951
Partial1948-1951: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1952: Southern Miss departed
- 1948: Louisiana joined
- 1948: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1948: Southern Miss joined
1952-1952
Partial1952: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1953: UL Monroe joined
- 1952: Southern Miss departed
1953-1970
Partial1953-1970: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1971: Louisiana departed
- 1971: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1971: UL Monroe departed
- 1953: UL Monroe 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
4
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
4
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
UL Monroe
Joined in 1953
Longest member
Louisiana
23 seasons
Shared members
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Tech
Joined since start
- UL Monroe
Departed since start
- Southern Miss
Realignment timeline
- 1971: Louisiana departed Gulf States Conference after the 1970 season.
- 1971: Louisiana Tech departed Gulf States Conference after the 1970 season.
- 1971: UL Monroe departed Gulf States Conference after the 1970 season.
- 1953: UL Monroe joined Gulf States Conference for the 1953 season.
- 1952: Southern Miss departed Gulf States Conference after the 1951 season.
- 1948: Louisiana joined Gulf States Conference for the 1948 season.
- 1948: Louisiana Tech joined Gulf States Conference for the 1948 season.
- 1948: Southern Miss joined Gulf States Conference for the 1948 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Louisiana
23 tracked seasons
Newest member
UL Monroe
First joined in 1953
Most reshaped metric
8
4 joins and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| UL Monroe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
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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