American Southwest
Five current members, six former. Our membership records under this name start in 2014.
2022 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Hardin Baylor | 8–0 | 12–2 | 1331 | WWWWL | ||
| Hardin Simmons | 7–1 | 9–2 | 1304 | WWWWL | ||
| Howard Payne | 6–2 | 7–3 | 1204 | WWLLW | ||
| East Texas Baptist | 4–4 | 5–5 | 1081 | LLWWW | ||
| Sul Ross State | 4–4 | 4–6 | 1060 | LLWLW | ||
| Texas Lutheran | 3–5 | 4–6 | 1068 | LWLWL | ||
| Southwestern U | 2–6 | 2–8 | 959 | LLWLL | ||
| McMurry | 1–7 | 1–9 | 929 | LWLLL | ||
| Austin | 1–7 | 1–9 | 877 | LWLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2022
American Southwest teams are 9–14 outside the conference.
- Southern Athletic Conference2–7
- Others3–0
- Wisconsin Conference1–2
- USA South1–1
- CCIW0–1
- Centennial Conference1–0
- Lone Star Conference0–1
- Minnesota Conference1–0
- Northwest Conference0–1
- So. Cal.0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Members
Every school and its years (11)
Members now
- East Texas Baptist 2014 on
- Hardin Simmons 2014 on
- Howard Payne 2014 on
- Mary Hardin Baylor 2014 on
- McMurry 2015–2023, 2026 on
Former members
- Austin 2020–2023
- Sul Ross State 2014–2023
- Texas Lutheran 2017–2023
- Southwestern U 2017–2022
- Belhaven 2014–2021
- Louisiana Christian 2014–2019
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2014; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 103 team-seasons from 2014. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.