All-time members
2
1984-1986
Gulf Star Conference
The Gulf Star Conference (GSC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1984-1986. 2 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
2
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
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
1984
Sam Houston, Texas State
Championship format
Standings
1986: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Gulf Star Conference (GSC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1984-1986. 2 programs appear in the membership history, with 2 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Gulf Star Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Sam Houston, Texas State.
Major eras
- 1984-1986: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 1986.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1984
- Last tracked season
- 1986
- Standings seasons
- 0
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 4
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston | 1984 | 1986 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Texas State | 1984 | 1986 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership events feed
- 1987: Sam Houston departed
- 1987: Texas State departed
- 1984: Sam Houston joined
- 1984: Texas State joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
1986 standings
UnavailableNo conference games have been completed for this season yet.
Member count
2
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 | Sam Houston | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Texas State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1-0 | 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
- 1984-1986: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1984-1986
Partial1984-1986: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1987: Sam Houston departed
- 1987: Texas State departed
- 1984: Sam Houston joined
- 1984: Texas State 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
Sam Houston
Joined in 1984
Longest member
Sam Houston
3 seasons
Shared members
- Sam Houston
- Texas State
Joined since start
- No new members in the comparison window.
Departed since start
- No departures in the comparison window.
Realignment timeline
- 1987: Sam Houston departed Gulf Star Conference after the 1986 season.
- 1987: Texas State departed Gulf Star Conference after the 1986 season.
- 1984: Sam Houston joined Gulf Star Conference for the 1984 season.
- 1984: Texas State joined Gulf Star Conference for the 1984 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Sam Houston
3 tracked seasons
Newest member
Sam Houston
First joined in 1984
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.
| Team | Conference titles | National title seasons (in conference) | National title seasons (all-time) | Heismans (in conference) | Heismans (all-time) | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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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